In Memory — Frank Long
Frank, The 10th of July was your birthday. You would have been 80. The 14th of July makes 14 years you’ve been gone. I miss your smiling face when I would say something funny. Love, Caroline and Famil…
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Obituaries — July 19, 2022
Frankie Brookshire Frankie L. Brookshire, 90, of Keystone Heights passed away Sunday, July 17, 2022, at Windsor Health and Rehabilitation Center in Starke. She was born May 21, 1932, in Merrimac, Wes…
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Local travel-ball team wins Southeast NSA World Series
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Takeirra Bakken and Leah Clark each hit a two-run double as Team Florida EvoShield-Taylor 18U — a travel softball team composed mostly of Bradford and Union Cou…
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Union JROTC cadets earn national finalist honors
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor (Editor’s Note: Thanks go to Tiger Battalion Communications Officer Alexis Cox for compiling most of the information used in this article.) Union County High School’s…
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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay
July 2 through July 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 inno…
Read MoreUnion County awarded a grant to benefit community and economy
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor LAKE BUTLER — Union County has been awarded a federal Brownfield Grant, administered through the United States Environmental Protection Agency, that will fund the asses…
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New Lake Butler city commissioner takes seat on board
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor LAKE BUTLER — The Lake Butler City Commission welcomed a new member at its regular June 21, 2022 meeting – taking Seat 4 on the board, replacing retiring Commissioner J…
Read MoreLake Butler receives 2021 audit
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor LAKE BUTLER — For another year the City of Lake Butler has received a clean audit, with few comments or findings. Richard Powell CPA, from the firm Powell & Jones i…
Read MoreLibrary Funding Referendum on August ballot for renewal
BY MARY BROWN Union County Public Libfary LAKE BUTLER — The humble beginnings of the Union County Public Library date back to 1988 when the voters of Union County, Florida passed a referendum for a 1/…
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