Obituaries — April 22, 2025
Willie J. Carter Jr. Willie James Carter Jr., 62, passed away on Saturday, April 19, 2025 at North Florida Regional Hospital, Gainesville. He was born in Cocoa on April 21, 1962. He was of the Baptis…
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Union County
Dicks’ hit gives Tigers 5-4 win over Lafayette
BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Leanne Dicks’ RBI single in the top of the seventh gave the Union County High School softball team a 5-4 win over host Lafayette on April 21. The Tigers…
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Lake Butler Middle School honors Fitzpatrick as Teacher of the Year
BY AMBER J. CRAFT Special to the Times With her trademark smile and a heart rooted in faith and education, Meredith Fitzpatrick has been named Lake Butler Middle School’s 2025 Teacher of the Year—an h…
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Tigers are 2nd seed in Region 3-Rural playoffs
BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Union County High School’s baseball team came up short of playing for the District 6-Rural championship when it was defeated 4-2 by Branford in the tour…
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Lake Butler approves special exception for Wawa
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com The Lake Butler City Commission, acting as its own board of adjustment, approved a special exception that removes one barrier for the construction of a Wawa conve…
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Lake Butler hires lawyer to recover water main break costs
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com The City of Lake Butler has hired a Gainesville attorney to help it recover nearly $72,000 in costs related to a water main break on Friday, January 17. The misha…
Read MoreTigers lose 4-2 to Branford in district tourney
BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Second seed Union County held a 2-1 lead after three innings, but fell 4-2 to third seed Branford in the April 15 semifinals of the District 6-Rural tou…
Read MoreCard of Thanks — the Langston Sykes family
The Sirmones and Sykes family would like to extend our sincere appreciation for your calls, visits, texts, private messages, monetary gifts and your thoughts and prayers during the loss of our family…
Read MoreObituaries — April 15, 2025
Daniel Badenhorst Daniel Badenhorst, 60, of Hawthorne died at home on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Survivors are his wife, Elena (Meyer) Badenhorst; sons, Frans Badenhorst and Gert Badenhorst and their…
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