Five years ago, 2021

• Clay County Sheriff’s Office and Animal Control rescued 257 dogs, pigs, chickens, goats and rabbits from “deplorable conditions” at a house on Old Jennings Road in Orange Park.

• Cathie Parrott is honored with the Florida Department of Transportation’s Garry Balogh Award at Penney Farms.

• Five Fleming Island High students – Libby Pittman, Ila Gapinski, William MacMillan, Gabrielle Carson and Jenna McHardy – are selected as National Merit semifinalists.

10 years ago, 2016

• The dispute between the Orange Park Medical Center and UF Health in Jacksonville continued as OPMC again requests to open a trauma center.

• Former Orange Park High quarterback Jacob Mezera is selected as the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s Offensive Player of the Year after leading Fort Hays State to a win against Pittsburg State with 446 passing yards.

• County residents are left with downed trees and power lines after Hurricane Matthew skirts the Florida East Coast.

20 years ago, 2006

• Despite unanimous opposition from the public, the BCC voted 4-1 to approve the universal trash collection of solid waste at a cost of $110 a year for each household.

• A Victim’s Service Center for survivors of sexual abuse opened in Green Cove Springs.

• The county commission took exception to the Florida Department of Transportation’s proposal to remove a portion of the Shands Bridge.

30 years ago, 1996

• The Clay County Sheriff’s Office arrested Carl Amos Gibbons of Orange Park for two counts of attempted murder for allegedly trying to kill his parents, Denver and Lisa Gibbons.

• Clay Coounty’s Black Creek rose above flooding level during Tropical Storm Josephine. The rain flooded cars on Wisteria Lane in Middleburg.

• Six years after stopping the Cross Florida Barge Canal Project, Clay County received $11 million in ad valorem taxes after the County paid into the project since its inception in 1930.

40 years ago, 1986

• Car dealers along the “Little Detroit” corridor in Green Cove Springs experienced a rash of at least five new and used cars.

• The Green Cove Springs City Council rejected a request from Clay Memorial Hospital to create a mobile health unit on its grounds because it would violate the city’s mobile home ordinances.

• The Orange Park Town Council contracted with Kohler Engineering Group to oversee water, sewer, drainage and road repairs on Miller Street near 14 homes considered sub-standard.