This week's crime report for Clay County Florida, provided by the Clay County Sheriff's Office.
The Community Partnership School program is more than free food, clothes and tutoring. It changes lives.
It is a hub that creates opportunities and hope. It is a weapon to break the cycle of …
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By Don Coble
Managing Editor
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8/10/22
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(This story originally ran in 2018, but it seems appropriate to post it again as we get closer to the election season.)It’s the most wonderful time of the year.Well, really of every two and …
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By Craig R. Seaton
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8/3/22
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Disney usually gives millions of dollars to Republicans. Will that happen this fall?
Indications of whether Florida Republicans’ snout smack of the Walt Disney Co. will make any immediate …
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By Scott Powers
For FloridaPolitics.com
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8/3/22
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More than a dozen Florida property insurance companies won’t receive an official downgrade from Demotech, an Ohio-based ratings agency – at least not yet.
The new ratings were to take effect …
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By Gray Rohrer
For FloridaPolitics.com
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7/27/22
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I used to have neighbors who fought all the time. I mean bowling balls against the wall, blood on the sidewalk and glass-shattering kinds of fights.
Their arguments often included lots of …
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By Don Coble
Managing Editor
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7/27/22
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Gov. Ron DeSantis is joining the chorus of conservatives criticizing the use of gender-neutral terms like “birthing people” when describing pregnancies.
The national debate on abortion spawned …
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By Renzo Downey
For FloridaPolitics.com
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7/20/22
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Compiling information for This Week in History is tedious. It requires pouring through old editions of Clay Today and The Crescent, going page by page looking for interesting stories from five, 10, …
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By Don Coble
Managing Editor
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7/20/22
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LAKE BUENA VISTA – For nearly 30 years, Keelan Parham has drawn faces at Walt Disney World. Enough time has passed for mullets to be in style, fall out of favor and then come back into fashion …
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By Gabrielle Russon
For FloridaPolitics.com
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7/13/22
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Reader: True patriotism requires honest knowledgeEditor:Patriotism is not found in the waving of a flag or the display of fireworks. It is found with competent, honest, cooperative service whether in …
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7/13/22
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I received a letter this week from a woman named Lyuda, who lives in Ukraine. Although her country is teetering in the ruins and doubt of war, she wanted to remind all Americans to proudly embrace …
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By Don Coble
Managing Editor
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7/6/22
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The moment I walked into Jon Cantrell’s office on Feb. 14, 2019, I knew I wanted to work at Clay Today.
Moments after I shook hands with Cantrell and co-owner Hugh Osteen, I didn’t waste time …
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The progressive left’s outrage over the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in which they overturned Roe v. Wade, clearly demonstrates that they do not …
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By Lucy Ann Hoover
Retired FBI Agent
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6/29/22
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I need a parade.
I need to watch children wave flags, eat snow cones and laugh. I need to see parents pushing strollers and using their shoulders to help little ones get a better view.
I want …
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By Don Coble
Managing Editor
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6/29/22
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As we gather to celebrate Independence Day, it’s a good time to reflect on how our most fundamental freedoms have served this nation well.
It’s an even better time to think about what would …
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By Ken Paulson
Director of the Free Speech Center
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6/29/22
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Dear Editor,
From 1994 to 2021 there has been a 74.7 percent decrease in injuries per hundred thousand pounds of consumer fireworks used in the U.S., while there has been a 265 percent increase …
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6/29/22
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(On June 24) the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade, the nearly 50-year law that protected the constitutional rights of women who sought to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. The …
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By Jackie Cetnar
Clay County Democratic Party Executive Chair
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6/29/22
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Gasoline prices nationally and in Florida eased back a few cents last week from the previous record highs, with Florida coming in Monday averaging $4.81 per gallon of gas, an 8-cent drop.
The …
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By Scott Powers
For FloridaPolitics.com
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6/22/22
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We’ve all wondered what it could be like to be a fly on the wall when something big breaks. I was that fly in July of 1996.
I saw the negotiations between the agent for Shaquille O’Neal, the …
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By Don Coble
Managing Editor
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6/22/22
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Congress has an opportunity to pass legislation that benefits all local citizens, businesses and even protects our democracy. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act, LJSA for short, should be …
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By Dean Ridings
America’s Newspapers
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6/15/22
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My Dad was 60 when I was born. Not only was he the oldest Dad on the block, but he was also older than all of my friends’ grandfathers. He was also a blind man having lost his sight in his early …
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By Jack Levin
4Generations Institute
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6/15/22
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