Keystone grad dies in plane crash

BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—A 21-year-old Melrose man died when his Cherokee Piper 180 crashed in Paynes Prairie State Park, south of Gainesville, on Tuesday, Nov. 14. Adrien James Valentine had just purchased the aircraft two weeks prior and had taken off from Kissimmee Gateway Airport around 12:45 p.m. According to media reports,…

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