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Celia (far right in the pink) on May 15, 1995.

Cuban refugee, U.S. Navy petty officer reunite 30 years after Guantanamo Bay Part 2: The Detention Center

More than 30,000 refugees were sent to Guantanamo Bay, a “legal no man’s land,” University of Miami Professor Michael Bustamante said. It isn’t formally U.S. territory and hasn’t been since … more

Jack Randall,
jack@claytodayonline.com | 4/25/24

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office hosted a contingent of law enforcement agencies, including the Green Cove Springs and Orange Park police departments, last week to update U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio about the influx of fentanyl, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine in Northeast Florida. Sheriffs told the senator most of the illegal narcotics are smuggled into the country across the southern border and delivered to California, Arizona and Atlanta.

NE Florida law agencies detail fentanyl scourge to Marco Rubio

FLEMING ISLAND – U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio looked in astonishment when he was told about a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputy who, just a day earlier, was overwhelmed by an apparent fentanyl … more

By Don Coble don@claytodayonline.com | 8/17/23

The Clay County District School’s Oversight Committee reviewed objections to 45 books on Tuesday and decided 22 didn’t meet the requirements of the obscenity guidelines outlined in Chapter 847, which was created by the Florida Legislature and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022 and will be removed. A full committee will re-examine three other books, while the remaining 20 will remain in media centers.

School District pulls 22 books from library shelves

FLEMING ISLAND – Children still will be able to check out “Arthur’s Birthday” and “Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stink-a-Lot” from their elementary school library. more

By Don Coble don@claytodayonline.com | 8/3/23

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