Five years ago, 2019

• In an effort to raise awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project, Ken Brock and his service dog Pam reached the halfway mark from Keystone Heights to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The journey was made all on foot, through thunderstorms and tornadoes. 

• After being opened in Fleming Island for four years, Mackey's Munchies moved to its new location at 868 Blanding Blvd.

• The Orange Park Town Council voted to create the Historic Preservation Board.

10 years ago, 2014

• The Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Orange Park Police Department, state office of Parole and Probation, the NCIS and State Attorney’s Office joined forces in a countywide drug sweep that culminated with 35 arrests.

• A fisherman from Richmond, Virginia, caught and released 12 Florida largemouth bass, one of which was a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission TrophyCatch Hall of Fame entry verified as 13 pounds, 12 ounces.

• Former Fleming Island resident Alexandre Mohbat made the Lebanese Winter Olympic Games team in the giant slalom.

20 years ago, 2004

• The Clay County School Board held its first meeting at the new Teacher Training Center on the campus of Fleming Island High School leaving behind its decades old meeting room at the school district headquarters in Green Cove Springs.

• Clay County Sheriff’s Office deputies joined other law enforcement agencies to conduct a six-month investigation aiming to arrest 46 suspects for various charges ranging from dealing in stolen property to drug charges as part of “Operation Spring Cleaning.” Officers set up shop in a fake pawn shop in Middleburg to carry out the operation.

30 years ago, 1994

• Clay County Clerk of Court John Keene said a third-party audit of clerk office finances exonerated him and the county of any alleged wrongdoing. He had been accused of “irregularities” in managing county funds.

• Bishop John J. Snyder dined with students at Annunciation Catholic School to celebrate National Nutrition Month.

40 years ago, 1984

• The Clay County School Board moved ahead with plans to buy a 37-acre site near Ridgeview Elementary, where it planned to build a middle school. The land was purchased for $457,000.

• The Clay County Sheriff’s Office conducted a foot and air search for a missing 13-year-old boy from Keystone Heights. The family became alarmed when the family dog showed back up at home, but the child did not.

50 years ago, 1974

• The Green Cove Springs City Council de-authorized its city landfill and began transporting refuse to a county landfill in Doctors Inlet.