Five years ago, 2020

• Despite being closed as a precaution to the coronavirus pandemic, some district schools still are offering breakfast and lunch to students in need.

• A family was reunited with their rescuer at Kingsley Lake Park on Saturday. Jon and Megan Tawney were on a kayak with their two children in February when the kayak began to capsize. Fortunately, the family had life jackets, but they were stranded in Kingsley Lake for over an hour

• Despite residents becoming wary of coronavirus, more than 29,000 Clay County residents helped give Joe Biden and President Donald Trump resounding victories in Tuesday’s Florida Primary

10 years ago, 2015

• When St. Johns County resident John Risler turned 64, he was faced with having to understand and then maneuver something that had previously been foreign to him – Medicare. Now a volunteer with ElderSource, northeast Florida’s Area on Aging agency, he helps seniors overcome the same fear he once had.

• In the wake of controversial trials that garnered national attention, a University of North Florida poll conducted in February shows State Attorney Angela Corey has a 51 percent disapproval rating. A professor behind the poll said Corey’s public image is poor because she is seen as overcharging some of those she has prosecuted.

• Sharing the story of the Clay County Agricultural Fair with the community and its partners is key to a strong and successful fair. Pete Sutton, fair association manager, shared the fair’s story with the Green Cove Springs City Council and council meeting attendees on March 17.

20 years ago, 2005

• Police say a desperate call for help to 911 led to the arrest of James Harris Jones Jr. for the charge of sexual battery on March 17.

• The steady rush of Blanding Boulevard was interrupted by an evening crash on March 22, when Steven Elliot Dinges of Jacksonville sideswiped a Chevrolet vehicle and continued southbound as he crashed into the cab of a Volvo truck.

• The Florida Elections Commission has issued an “Order of No Probable Cause” in a complaint against Clerk of Court James Jett lodged by former employee Zor Paige Barthlow.