Five years ago, 2016

• Clay County Superintendent Charlie Van Zant suspends plans to re-draw attendance boundaries to address overcrowding.

• Hosts of “Ghost Hunters and Paranormal” said they encountered “spirits” after spending four hours at the old Clay County Jail.

• The Green Cove Springs City Council passes a resolution to get money from the Property Assessed Clean Energy program to provide loans for energy-efficient home improvements.

10 years ago, 2011

• Carrie Prewitt, along with her daughters Ashley, Taylor and Gina Brewer, arrive in a limousine to their new 3,400-square-foot home in Middleburg built by ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”

• Clay Electric announces customers who bought service between 1986 and 2009 will share in a $5 million refund.

• The Fleming Island girls soccer team beat Lynn Haven Mosley 1-0 on Emily Cooksey’s first-half goal to earn a spot in the Class 5A Final Four.

20 years ago, 2001

• The Clay County School Board expresses concern after the state mandates building design, construction and inspection standards be lumped into a single code – a change that will cost the county $390,000 in the next 16 months.

• Sulia King, 62, dies in a fire that started with a kerosene heater at her home at 211 N. First St., in Green Cove Springs.

• The Green Cove Springs City Council votes against a proposed Walgreen’s to be built at the Qui Si Sana Hotel site.

30 years ago, 1991

• Brothers Dwight and Larry Hackworth of Green Cove Springs are deployed to the Middle East to serve in Operation Desert Storm.

• The Clay County Planning Commission denies a plan to build a residential planned unit development community in Penney Farms.

• The Green Cove Springs City Council decides to hold the Augusta Savage Festival on April 20.

40 years ago, 1981

• The Clay County Commission drafts a resolution that asks Camp Blanding, which comprises nearly 17% of the county’s land area, to start paying taxes.

• The roof at Brunson Furniture Store catches fire, creating smoke and water damage to the second floor.

• The county commissioners voted unanimously to make the Clay County Crescent as its only legal publication. The Clay County Crescent eventually became the Clay Today.