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…

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…

BY TRACY LEE TATE Special to the Times LAKE BUTLER—More than 250 runners and walkers gathered at Lake Butler Hospital on Sat., Sept. 29, to support loved ones, friends, and neighbors who have been cancer victims.  The crowd was colorful, decked out in beads, feather boas, and t-shirts in color, representing the type of cancer…