Union County burn ban lifted

• May 29, 2026
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• Dan Hildebran

From Union County Emergency Management Director Tim Allen: The burn ban has been lifted. The areas of Union County that were still in burn ban territory have received rainfall over the last few days.…

Union County Pop Warner Doubles Down on Youth Football and Cheer

• April 29, 2026
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• Dan Hildebran

https://youtu.be/5M4pBrF5F3o A year ago, Union County Pop Warner had one football team and no cheerleaders. This past weekend, dozens of kids in shorts and t-shirts were running drills at O.J. Phillip…

Health Department cautions about blue-green algae at Chastain-Seay Park

• April 16, 2026
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• Dan Hildebran

The Florida Department of Health in Union County (DOH-Union) cautions the public of the presence of blue-green algae in the Santa Fe River on April 15, 2026. Water sample testing is underway. Blue-gre…

State declares Union school district in financial emergency

• April 3, 2026
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• Dan Hildebran

The Florida State Board of Education declared the Union County and Glades County school districts in a state of financial emergency during an emergency meeting on Tuesday, March 31, voting unanimously…

Against the odds – How Lake Butler Hospital has survived and thrived as one of Florida’s last rural independent hospitals

• March 31, 2026
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• Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Paula Webb was 19 years old, studying accounting in Gainesville, when a roommate mentioned that a physician who had just purchased a bankrupt hospital an hour nort…

Photos from Career Day at Lake Butler Elementary School

• March 25, 2026
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• Dan Hildebran

Teen Killed in Three-Vehicle Crash on State Road 121 in Union County

• March 2, 2026
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• Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 17-year-old Lake Butler boy was killed Friday afternoon, February 27, in a three-vehicle crash on State Road 121 in Union County, according to the Florida Highwa…