Five years ago, 2019

• School Board Member Janice Kerekes urged the school board to sue the Board of County Commissioners. This was in response to the BCC denying the school board's request to hold a special election, which if approved by the voters, would have added a $300 million sales tax for maintenance and repairs on school buildings. The BCC ended up winning the lawsuit. 
• Two suspects in a drive-by shooting were apprehended after their car ran out of gas near the Clay/Duval county line. Kenneth McCombs and Justus Harper allegedly fired seven bullets into a home on Tanglewood Boulevard. 
• FEMA awarded more than $3.1 million for debris removal reimbursement for Clay County following Hurricane Irma. The massive 2017 storm was blamed for 134 deaths and $77.2 billion in damage – $50 billion in the U.S.

10 years ago, 2014

• The inaugural CalaVida art festival was approved and planned in Green Cove Springs. "CalaVida" means "Cove Life."
• With the onset of recent heavy rainfall, the South Prong of Black Creek was determined to be at a minor flood-stage level. 
• For the first time, Clay County commissioners paved the way for a potential property tax hike by approving a tentative maximum property tax rate of 8.4583 mills for the 2014-15 fiscal year.

20 years ago, 2004

• Clay County Sheriff’s Office corrections officer Jason Bishop was arrested by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and charged with allegedly selling cocaine to informants two different times.
• Three homes in Argyle, Middleburg and Lake Asbury suffered fire damages sparked by afternoon lightning from a thunderstorm.
• Clay County Sheriff’s Office deputies turned down a measure to unionize by a margin of 67 percent voting no and 33 percent voting yes.

30 years ago, 1994

• The Florida Department of Education awarded one of three $15,000 grants to Middleburg High School to bolster its Community-Based Instruction Program for students with intellectual and physical disabilities.
• The Clay County Sheriff’s Office charged Moody Wayne Collins Jr. of Keystone Heights with attempted first-degree murder with a firearm after shooting his 13-year-old son in the face with a .22-caliber rifle.
• Clay County Sheriff’s Deputy Christopher Dangerfield was treated for minor injuries at University Medical Center in Jacksonville after he was struck by a car on Longbay Road in Middleburg.

40 years ago, 1984

• The Clay County Board of Commissioners approved a site plan to build a new clinic for the Clay County Health Department on Deer Run Boulevard off of Blanding Boulevard. The facility was expected to cost $167,000.
• Clay County School Superintendent Jesse P. Tynes Jr. asked school board members to study a proposal extending the school day to seven, 50-minute periods in the wake of a state law offering school districts incentives for extending the school day.
• Fleming Island insurance agent Robert Larsen went on trial for allegedly killing his 48-year-old wife, Jacqueline Larsen.

50 years ago, 1974

• Homeowners turned out at an Orange Park Town Council meeting to protest having large amounts of sand show up in their city-ran drinking water supply.
• The Florida Pollution Control Department gave the owners of Wright’s Dairy 10 days to correct the pollution. The agency said the dairy dumped into Peter’s Creek along County Road 315.
• Green Cove Springs City Council approved spending $16,500 for a study to determine the feasibility of generating its electricity and breaking away from its current provider, the Jacksonville Electric Authority.