BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Union County High School weightlifters Tucker Baynard and Thomas Williams will join teammates Quinn Raulerson and Christian Simmons at the Class 1A state finals, which will be held Saturday, April 23, at Port St. Joe High School. Raulerson (183-pound class) and Simmons (119) earned automatic bids in the traditional … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Leah Clark finished with five RBI, while pitcher Lily Neal threw a two-hit, four-inning shutout in the Union County High School softball team’s 17-0 win at Hawthorne on April 11. The Tigers (12-2) scored all the runs they’d need in a six-run first inning, which featured a bases-loaded triple … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor LAKE BUTLER— A St. Johns County home-schooled eighth grader who represented Union County in the First Coast Spelling Bee won the event and will now compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington this summer. Soon after Sam Evans and his family moved from the South Florida community of … Read more
April 2 through April 8 The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union or Clay (Keystone Heights-area) counties. All defendants are considered innocent until convicted in a court or until pleading guilty or no contest. Information in this report is from law enforcement agencies and court documents, which are … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Union County High School’s Quinn Raulerson and Christian Simmons won their weight classes in the traditional event (bench press and clean and jerk), while Simmons also won his class in the snatch event at today’s Region 2-1A boys weightlifting finals at Keystone Heights High School. The champions in each … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Ayden Elixson, Trevor Holtzendorf and Eli Rimes each drove in two runs, while Quinten Rawls threw a five-hit shutout in the Union County High School baseball team’s 11-0, five-inning win over host Dixie County on April 7. The Tigers (8-6) scored four runs in each of the first two … Read more
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor LAKE BUTLER — Working in agriculture is not what it used to be. In days past a prospective farmer, either working in field crops or livestock, derived much of their knowledge from other farmers, most notable their family members. In today’s agricultural world there is so much more to … Read more
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor LAKE BUTLER — The drag boats are coming to the lake and organizers say they feel lucky to have found a good place for their sport to hold its competitions. For the third time the members of the Southern Outlaw Dragboat Association will “take to the lake” in Lake … Read more
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor LAKE BUTLER — Representatives from Career/Source Florida Crown attended the March meeting of the Union County Board of Commissioners to address concerns of the board as to the value the county was getting for participation with the agency. At the February meeting of the board, where the board discussed … Read more
BY LARRY DUPEE Special to the Times LAKE BUTLER —åCourtney Edwards chose her job because she wanted more time to spend with her family and she loves the choice she has made. She takes great satisfaction in her multifaceted position as school secretary, answering phones and dealing with the students, as well as updating the … Read more
