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Published 3 hours agoKey points: Inmate gets 18 more months for throwing urine at FSP officer
—Florida State Prison inmate Tyris Devante Hawkins, 34, was sentenced Sept. 16 to 18 more months in prison after pleading no contest to throwing a cup of urine at a correctional officer in March 2024. —The sentence came through a plea deal, will run after any other sentence…
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Published 3 hours agoContractor jailed in Starke homebuilding fraud case
Key points: —Ponce de Leon contractor Justin Robert Hammond, 38, was booked into the Bradford County Jail on Sept. 22 on six felony fraud-related charges, with bond set at $325,000. —Deputies say Hammond took $275,862.95 in construction loan draws for a Starke home that never got…
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Published 3 hours agoHampton man accused of headbutting victim, fleeing scene
Key points: A 36-year-old Hampton man, Robert James Davis, was jailed without bond September 20 on a charge of battery, a second or subsequent offense. According to the arrest report, Davis headbutted a man in the forehead at a Bradford County home, pushed him to the ground and…
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Published 3 hours agoMiddleburg man accused of holding woman in Starke motel room for hours
Key points: —A 49-year-old Middleburg man was arrested Sept. 19 after a woman said he slapped her, threatened to kill her and kept her locked in a Starke motel room for several hours. —The woman told deputies Jesse William Quigley became angry after going through her phone and…
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Published 3 hours agoInmate gets 18 more months for throwing urine at FSP officer
Key points: —Florida State Prison inmate Tyris Devante Hawkins, 34, was sentenced Sept. 16 to 18 more months in prison after pleading no contest to throwing a cup of urine at a correctional officer in March 2024. —The sentence came through a plea deal, will run after any other…
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Published September 23Telegraph-Times-Monitor for Sept. 24, 2026
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Published September 22Constitutional Amendments, English Version
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND REVISIONS FOR THE 2026 GENERAL ELECTION I, CORD BYRD, Secretary of State for Florida, do hereby give notice that the ballot title, summary and proposed text for each of the following proposed amendments and revisions to the Florida…
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Published September 22Constitutional Amendments, Spanish Version
PROPUESTAS DE ENMIENDAS Y REVISIONES CONSTITUCIONALES PARA LA ELECCION GENERAL DEL 2026 Yo, Cord Byrd, el Secretario de Estado de la Florida, por el presente notifico que el título del boleta, el resumen del boleta, y el texto de las siguientes enmiendas constitucionales…
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Published September 224 Bradford FFA members take part in rabbit show
BY EMMA DRAKE Bradford FFA Chapters Reporter Bradford County FFA members Emma Drake, Karlee Walker, Nicholas Ward and Shawn Ward attended the annual North Florida RCBA Fall Rabbit Show in Green Cove Springs on Aug. 29. Walker showed the chapter’s Florida White Sr. buck and got…
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Published September 22Bradford Food Pantry cuts distributions in half, seeks donations
The Bradford Food Pantry has scaled back how often families can receive food assistance, citing rising costs and the loss of longtime donors. The pantry's board of directors decided to reduce distributions from twice a month to once a month for the foreseeable future, according…
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Published September 22BHS, KHHS, UCHS golf roundup
Bradford High School’s Steven Carter finished as medalist as the Tornadoes defeated Union County in a Sept. 17 boys golf match at the Starke Golf and Country Club. The Tornadoes had a team score of 167, which put them 17 strokes ahead of the Tigers. Carter made par on seven…
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Published September 21UCHS JV volleyball keeps rolling with win over BHS
Union County High School’s junior varsity volleyball team improved to 11-3 with a 2-0 (25-10, 25- 21) win over host Bradford on Sept. 17. The second set was a closer affair. Bradford got a service ace each from Callay Carter and Shelby Williams, but the Tigers forced side-out…