• The Fleming Island High girls 200 medley relay swimming team of Emma Grimm, Christine Johnson, Sarah Grimm and Abree Clark win their consecutive gold medal at the Class 3A State Swimming Championships. 

• Carol Studdard attends her final school board meeting after serving for 28 years. 

• The Clay County Development Authority will get a lion’s share of $500,000 of the $1,250,000 Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded through the Florida Defense Support Task Force Grant Program to five projects to protect military installations. 

10 years ago, 2015 

• Boy Scout Troop 389, sponsored by the Clay County Shrine Club, conducts a food drive to help fill the shelves at the Food Pantry of Green Cove Springs. 

• Ashley Penafiel, 17, is committed to helping others not to smoke. The Orange Park High senior is selected to the state’s advocacy board of Students Working Against Tobacco. 

20 Years Ago, 2005 

 • About 350 Clay County residents turn out for a Department of Transportation presentation explaining the need to build the First Coast Outer Beltway. 

• Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler, and the agency’s Drug Abatement Response Team, raze a Lemon Street home in Green Cove Springs that had been a known haven for drug activity. 

 • Clay County Commission Chairman Glenn Lassiter announces he would not seek re-election after serving one term on the Board of County Commissioners. Five candidates had already lined up to seek his seat at the time of his announcement. 

30 Years Ago, 1995 

• Orange Park Town Council hosts a workshop where it discusses a water and sewer rate study conducted by the St. Johns River Water Management District, which said the town needs to develop residential rates that encourage water consumption. 

• The Clay County Sheriff’s Office investigates the murder of Jack Jones, who had been beaten to death in his home at 973 Lake Asbury Dr. His wife, Linda Jones, told police three masked men entered the house and beat her husband. 

• William Emmerich is selected as the city manager of Green Cove Springs, replacing Richard Manfredi, who resigned in March. 

40 Years Ago, 1985 

• Orange Park Town Council votes to demote Town Manager Joyce Bryan to acting town manager in a 3-2 vote until a suitable replacement could be hired. At the same meeting, Council Member George Kent resigned, stating that he could no longer fulfill his duties due to the increased travel required by his swimming pool business. 

• Green Cove Springs Mayor Dick Beseler says the city council’s credibility is at an all-time low in the wake of a letter sent to Clay County Sheriff Jennings Murrhee asking if the county would provide contracted law enforcement services to the city, allowing the city to disband its police force. 

• Bhide and Hall Park unveils to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office a $1.8 million design to expand the Clay County Jail by adding 28 new cells to ease overcrowding.