BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Bradford and Union County high schools had 15 football players receive Class 1A All-State recognition, including six who earned first-team honors. Tornadoes running back Manny Covey and quarterback Amari Jones were first-team picks on offense. Covey, a junior who made the team as a utility player, rushed for 558 … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Union County High School entered the District 6-1A boys basketball tournament on a roll, but the Tigers couldn’t make it seven wins in a row, losing 56-49 to Fort White in a quarterfinal game on Feb. 8 at Bell High School. The Tigers, who were seeded fourth, ended their … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer The North Florida Regional Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet returned after the pandemic prevented the 2021 event from taking place, and it was with the pandemic in mind that led to the Bradford County Public Library being honored as the Business of the Year. Four awards in all were … Read more
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor Cathryn and Pastor Brian Reagan both have both had interesting and eventful lives both before and after they married. Cathryn was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, growing up in a military family. After high school she worked as a florist and event planner, doing original floral designs. She … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Florida’s rural counties may be small, but their voices can make a big noise, especially when they’re combined into one. That’s the idea District 19 Rep. Bobby Payne had in working with others to create Rural Counties Days, an annual event in which rural-county officials gather in the courtyard … Read more
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor LAKE BUTLER — The conflict between a group of four families who have joined together in an attempt to mine phosphate in Union County and the government and people of the county is approaching its sixth year and most people who find themselves along for the ride to see … Read more
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor LAKE BUTLER — The Union County Board of County Commissioners is looking at a couple of options to raise funds to provide for the cost of Emergency Medical Services and the Union County Fire Department. Plans for the two services include, if funds can be found, hiring some full-time … Read more
There will be a reunion of Debra Bailey’s former music and chorus students on Saturday, Feb. 12, from 10:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. in the Lake Butler Middle School cafeteria. Bailey would love to see her students from the 1980s and 1990s. Bailey and her husband, … Read more
Daniel Byrd JACKSONVILLE Daniel “Dewey” Allen Carl Byrd, 36, of Jacksonville, died on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. He was born on Aug. 20, 1985 in Jacksonville to Reginald D. and June Rena (Deese) Byrd and grew up in Starke. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his son, Parker Allen Byrd; daughter, … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Union County High School participated in the Feb. 4-5 Clay Rotary Wrestling Invitational at Clay High School, with Caleb Crawford earning a sixth-place finish in the 160-pound class. Crawford’s first match resulted in him pinning North Bay Haven’s Jack Hauck in 54 seconds. He was then pinned in 1:45 … Read more
