Starke News

Share + Jan 6, 2010 3:02 am US/Eastern STARKE, Fla. A Baker County corrections deputy has been charged with sexually abusing a young girl.

Published: Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at 7:03 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at 7:03 p.m. A St.

Sheriff's deputies in Alachua and Bradford counties are warning banks and other law enforcement agencies in the area to be on the lookout for a man they believe has held up three banks in small towns in north-central Florida over the past two weeks, and was spotted in a fourth bank.

The first few nights of expected freezes have area strawberry farmers focusing all their attention on saving their crops.

Published: Friday, January 1, 2010 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 1, 2010 at 4:31 p.m. POLICE BEAT Information sought in Hawthorne robbery The Alachua County Sheriff's Office is asking for any information regarding a Monday afternoon robbery at the M&S bank in Hawthorne.

Photos provided by Gretchen Ferrell Customers shop at the Beaches Green Market in October.

Police have arrested three people after finding what they are calling a "somewhat extensive meth lab" and moonshine still.

Published: Monday, December 28, 2009 at 12:21 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 28, 2009 at 12:21 p.m. Officers were evacuating buildings near a Hawthorne bank after a report that a suspicious package had been left at the business Monday morning.

Police need your help finding a man who made an illegal withdrawal from a bank in Starke.

Starke police and the FBI have sealed off the Capital City Bank on U.S. 301 after it was robbed Tuesday morning.

A drug task force acting on a tip from the Clay County Sheriff's Office found what they believe was a methamphetamine lab in a home in northern Bradford County and made one arrest.

POLICE BEAT 8-year-old girl hurt after school bus leaves road An 8-year-old Lawtey girl was slightly injured Tuesday afternoon when the school bus in which she was riding went off the road.

A 16-year-old girl was killed Monday in a traffic wreck in Starke, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

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An Orange Park man is in serious condition after an accident on Wednesday afternoon in Bradford County.

" Whose cooking your Thanksgiving dinner? Grandma or carryout? According to National Restaurant Association research , 53-percent of Americans will get food from restaurants.

Citrus County School Board Member Pat Deutschman has been hearing a comment about the proposed design for renovations at Crystal River High School that she finds a little disturbing.

Riding in the front passenger seat of an armored Humvee, Staff Sgt. Jaime Lugo calmly alerted others in the vehicle: "There is a possible IED." The Army convoy, which included Lugo and his fellow soldiers, had just gone around a curve.

Published: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 10:02 p.m. At the request of Gov.

A new high school opening in Orange City next year moved ahead on two fronts Tuesday, while Starke Elementary School in DeLand got a new lease on life.