Five years ago, 2017
• Orange County residents and Town Council members look at shifting money in the budget to address drainage problems.
• “Home for the Holidays” is held at the Clay County Courthouse for adoption agencies to find homes for children.
• More than 650 wreaths are placed on the gravesites of fallen veterans at the Keystone Heights Cemetery as part of the Wreaths Across America program.

10 years ago, 2012
• The Clay County Development Authority selects a 35-acre site near Branan Field and Old Jennings Road for a multi-sport facility as part of the Big League Dreams program.
• The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will investigate Clay County Sheriff’s Office deputy Reginald Hyatt after he fired three times at an Orange Park man who was threatening suicide.
• Orange Park Vice Mayor Steve Howard asks the Clay County Legislative delegation to modify Sunshine Law rules to keep discussions about real estate acquisitions and personal matters private.

20 years ago, 2002
• CCSO Sgt. Wesley Gronikowski resigns after he was charged with soliciting a prostitute in Jacksonville.
• Neil Chipoletti is hired as the Athletics Director and Randy Warren as head football coach at Fleming Island High.
• Argyle residents tell the Florida Department of Transportation they are frustrated by the state’s transportation plans to ease traffic.

30 years ago, 1992
• An 18-month-old boy, Alex Ryder, dies after a fire broke out in his Magnolia Springs apartment in Green Cove Springs.
• Green Cove Springs keeps its 9:30 p.m. curfew to help minors off the streets to better control crime.
• The Clay High wrestling team finish second at the Kiwanis Christmas tournament at Forrest High in Jacksonville.

40 years ago, 1982
• The Florida State marching band selects Orange Park High’s Cotney Stadium for rehearsals ahead of the Seminoles’ Gator Bowl game against West Virginia.
• Baxley Sawmill in Middleburg is destroyed by fire.
• Turn-of-the-century medicine bottles are put on display by the Clay County Historical Society at the Historical Museum in Green Cove Springs.