Tigers nervous going into Spring scrimmage

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected]  Union County football coach Andrew Thomas said he could tell his team was nervous as they entered their spring scrimmage game in Folkston, Georgia. The Tigers faced Charlton County in a controlled scrimmage in front of around 50 Union County faithful and approximately 150 spectators in the home stands on Thursday, … Read more

Union County grad now helping seniors

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected]  Union County High School graduate Justin Hanson returned to Lake Butler on Tuesday, April 22, to give the Rotary Club an overview of how his company helps seniors with daily tasks. Hanson is the operating director for the Gainesville office of Cornerstone Caregiving, a Waco, Texas-based in-home care company, launched in … Read more

Water filter, AI model, and microplastics analysis win at Union science fair

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected]  Peyton Kilgore’s water filtering system won the overall prize for the Union County Science Fair on Friday, January 17, and took first place in the Environmental Engineering category. The Union County High School junior calls himself a big agriculture buff and decided on his project after discovering that water waste is … Read more

Water main breaks in Lake Butler

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Union County Schools dismissed students early Friday after a water main break prevented water service to City of Lake Butler customers. City Of Lake Butler Public Works Director Sam Norris said the break was caused by a Florida Department of Transportation contractor taking soil borings on Southwest 6th Avenue directly in … Read more

Alzheimer’s Bingo at the Mary Brown Library

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The September meeting of Senior’s Social at Lake Butler’s Mary C. Brown Library featured a presenter who educated the group about Alzheimer’s. Donna Lee, the program manager for the Central and North Florida Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, said she had intended to drive the organization’s brain bus to the September … Read more