BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Host Columbia used a pair of extra-base hits to score all of its runs and defeat the Union County High School baseball team 4-2 on March 7. The Tigers (3-3) fell behind 2-0 when Columbia took advantage of a single, a walk and a two-run triple in the bottom … Read more
Natalie Thames earned a best-overall rosette in the Intermediate division for the second straight year, while Allyson McElhenny and Sadie Tew also earned rosettes in their respective age divisions in the 4-H Table Setting-Contest, which was held March 4 at the Bradford Agricultural Fairgrounds. Thames presented a “Green Gables Luncheon,” based on the L.M. Montgomery … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Hailey Rivera drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the seventh to give the Union County High School softball team a 13-12 win over visiting Trenton on March 4. The Tigers (5-0) fell behind 12-10 when Trenton hit a three-run homer in the top of the seventh. In … Read more
BY LARRY DUPEE Special to the Times LAKE BUTLER — Union County Solid Waste Director Kim Hayes approached the Union County Board of County Commissioners with a proposed new fee schedule that would reflect changes in the expense of running the county operation. Hayes, who also oversees Union County Animal Control, located next to the … Read more
BY LARRY DUPEE Special to the Times LAKE BUTLER — It’s that time of year again! Spring is in the offing and it is time for the annual livestock shows and sales. Young people from all over the area, members of their local chapters of FFA and 4-H, are putting the finishing touches on their … Read more
BY LARRY DUPEE Special to the Times LAKE BUTLER — After a two year COVID hiatus the Lake Butler Rotary Club’s annual Hawaiian Luau fundraiser made a big comeback Friday, Feb. 25 with dinner, live music, a community favorite as guest of honor and silent and live auctions of donated items. The Luau was … Read more
Nellie Beilling PROVIDENCE Nellie Estell Beilling, 88, of Providence, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. She was born March 29, 1933, in Fayette, Alabama to Denver and Iowa Watkins Campbell. She retired from the Union County School System after dedicating 29 years as a school bus driver. She … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Union County High School wrestlers Alexander Cortese and Caleb Crawford each missed qualifying for the state finals by one win at the Feb. 25-26 Region 1-1A wrestling finals at Wakulla High School. To advance to state, a wrestler had to place in the top four in his weight class. … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Union County High School’s baseball team got four run-scoring doubles as part of a nine-run fifth inning as the Tigers broke a 5-5 tie and defeated visiting Baldwin 14-5 on Feb. 23. The Tigers (1-1) led 5-2 before Baldwin scored three runs in the top of the fifth on … Read more
