This week in history 3/4/21
Five years ago, 2016• Bobbie and Joseph White of Middleburg are indicted for first degree murder, armed robbery, armed burglary with assault, second degree arson and possession of heroin in the …
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This week in history 3/4/21
Five years ago, 2016
• Bobbie and Joseph White of Middleburg are indicted for first degree murder, armed robbery, armed burglary with assault, second degree arson and possession of heroin in the death of Corey Bryan Laine, 35, of Jacksonville.
• The Clay County Sheriff’s Office starts its “Coffee with a Cop” program by sitting with residents in Keystone Heights and discussing their concerns.
• Julieann Crisp, who was born without significant portions of her spine, is given a special rehab bicycle from the Orange Park Rotary Club.
10 years ago, 2011
• School superintendent Ben Wortham sends Clay County teacher an email with hopes of boosting morale after the school board denies a new teacher contract.
• Members of the Clay Board of Commissioners said they play to create “Somer Day” in honor of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, who was murdered in 2009.
• Green Coves Springs City Councilman John Buchanan announces he won’t seek a second term.
20 years ago, 2001
• The Clay County Sheriff’s Office said more than 45 “dead beat parents” were arrested or surrendered after it posted a list in the Clay Today of the more than 200 who were behind in making child support payments.
• Florida Air National Guard Chief Warrant Office John Duce of Orange Park is killed when his Army C-23B Sherpa crashed in Georgia while flying a routine mission.
• Clay County Sheriff Scott Lancaster isn’t injured in a car crash on State Road 16 with Penney Farms man who was under the influence.
30 years ago, 1991
• The Clay County Fair expands to nine days.
• The Green Cove Springs City Council agrees to CH2M Hill to build a $168,000 water treatment plant south of town.
• Green Cove Springs police officer Kevin Weigand resigns while he’s being investigated for excessive force during an arrest.
40 years ago, 1981
• The Clay County Commission denies an administrative re-zoning request for the 500-acre Reynolds Industrial Park, saying it must go through the standard zoning process.
• “Hoe-Down in Raidertown” is the theme for a Mardi Gras parade sponsored by the Orange Park High School Band Parents Association.
• Plans are set for an official dedication on April 26 of the third and fourth floors by the Historical Commission.
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