BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Three players scored in double figures as the Union County High School boys basketball team concluded the regular season with its sixth straight win, defeating visiting Middleburg 51-30 on Feb. 4. The Tigers (11-11) play a District 6-1A quarterfinal game tonight against Fort White at 6 p.m. Union and … Read more
BY LARRY DUPEE Special to the Times LAKE BUTLER — Lake Butler is growing, slowly, but growing. There are still a good number of “old friends” present in the business community, that are now keeping company with some “new kids” that have come into being in the past few years, and all seem to be … Read more
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor LAKE BUTLER — After a year or more without a Women’s Club Valentine’s Day Luncheon, thanks to COVID-19 and its subsequent mutations, club members have finally decided the coast is clear enough to allow the annual event to resume. The date is set for Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022 from … Read more
David Barnes STARKE David Alex “LD” Barnes II, 31, of Starke passed away suddenly on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. He was born in Gainesville on July 26, 1990, to his loving parents, David Alan Barnes and Wendy Strickland Barnes. He was raised in Bradford County where he was a longtime member of Bayless Highway Baptist … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Most of the victories came through the host team forfeiting six weight classes, but the Union County High School wrestling team did have three earn wins through actual competition in a 53-23 win over Palatka on Jan. 27. The Tigers’ winners — Kale Waters (113 class), Alexander Cortese (182) … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Union County High School’s Jaira Highland competed in the Region 2-1A girls weightlifting finals on Jan. 29 at Daytona Beach’s Father Lopez Catholic High School, finishing with an overall total of 225 pounds. Highland placed 12th in the 199 class. She had a best bench press of 110 and … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Cole Andersen-Davis posted a double-double for the Union County High School boys basketball team, which defeated host Baker County 57-53 on Jan. 28. Andersen-Davis led the Tigers with 17 points, while Thomas Williams and Curran Webb scored 14 and 11, respectively. Andersen-Davis and Webb grabbed 10 and nine rebounds, … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor LAKE BUTLER— A woman escaped a Monday fire at her home by crawling through a window, according to Bradford County Fire Rescue Director Allen Parrish. The two-alarm blaze gutted the wood-frame structure on Southwest 132nd Avenue, which is off State Road 100 near the Bradford-Union County line. Parrish said when … Read more
The Alachua County Household Hazardous Waste Department in partnership with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and the Bradford and Union county commissions will sponsor a free Toxic Round-up collection event to properly dispose of and/or recycle common household waste items that cannot be collected curbside. In Bradford, residents can bring hazardous waste items to … Read more
BY LARRY DUPEE Special to the Times A native of Union County, who has served Lake Butler Middle School for the past 12 years in positions ranging from substitute teacher to her current job as school secretary, but mostly as coordinator of whatever it takes to get the job done. Minnie Broughton has dedicated her … Read more
