BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County’s Zoey Marshall, competing with Gainesville’s Supreme Performance Athletics, won two events at the AAU Region 9 Qualifier at Winter Garden’s West Orange High School, qualifying for the AAU Junior Olympics in the process. Marshall, competing in the 12-year-old division, sprinted her way to a win in the 200m with … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Bradford, Keystone Heights and Union County high school baseball players were placed on all-area teams produced by three publications, with Keystone’s Guage Barry, Jeffrey Brugh and Austin Smith earning some of the highest honors. Keystone’s Smith, a senior infielder, was named to the Gainesville Sun’s Big-School All-Area first team after batting … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School junior Amia Bethea put together an impressive performance during track-and-field season and was named to the all-area teams of three local publications. Bethea earned two medals at the Class 2A track-and-field finals, placing fifth in the 100m with a time of 11.87 seconds and seventh in the … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School had eight softball players earn all-area recognition with the release of the Gainesville Sun’s All-Area, the Florida Times-Union’s All-First Coast and the Main Street Daily News-Bosshardt Realty All-Area teams. Honorees also included six from Bradford and two from Keystone Heights. Union junior second baseman Leanne Dicks was … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The Union County School District thanked a 21-year employee during the June 24 school board meeting. Elizabeth Vandiver spent her first 16 years teaching in Jacksonville before making Lake Butler Elementary School her home over the last two decades. The school’s former dean, Stephanie Sellers, now an assistant principal at the … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] City Manager Kim Hayes introduced new Public Works Director Mike Gray to the city commission during the five-member panel’s June 17 meeting. Gray told commissioners he is a graduate of Santa Fe High School and has operated a business over the last 32 years, building fences and pole barns. “Been pretty … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The Lake Butler City Commission re-elected Melissa Hendrix as the municipality’s mayor during the commission’s June 17 meeting. When City Attorney John Maines asked for nominations, Annette Redman nominated Rondoll Huggins, and Hendrix nominated Fred Sirmones. Huggins nominated Hendrix. “She laid a true foundation, and I think that we’re headed in … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] ACORN Clinic Executive Director Tina Lloyd spoke to the Keystone Heights Rotary Club on June 11, telling the Lake Region civic group how her nonprofit delivers dental care to underprivileged residents. Lloyd also described her role in leading other Union County community groups, including United for a Cure, the Union County … Read more
Gerald Dallimore Gerald Dallimore, 98, died Wednesday, June 18, 2025. He was born Feb. 22, 1927, in Plymouth, England to the late Herbert Ernest Dallimore and Alice Rogers Dallimore. He was preceded in death by two wives, Betty Jane and Esther. Survivors are nephews, John Osborne of Cape Town, South Africa and Gerry Osborne of Welwyn … Read more
