Five years ago, 2018
• A historical marker was installed at Orange Park Junior High where Orange Park Normal and Industrial School taught Black and white students despite the state prohibitions since 1917.
• The Orange Park Town Council votes 5-0 to notify the county commission of its intention to create its own Emergency Medical Services squad.
• Two teams from Orange Park Elementary compete at the Odyssey of the Mind Regional Tournament.

10 years ago, 2013
• A three-month investigation at the Clay County Jail uncovers a ring that smuggles in contraband to inmates at the pre-trail center.
• Rose Claridydavis starts her job as the county’s Veterans Services Officer.
• St. Vincent’s Medical Center technicians teach CPR at Plantation Oaks Elementary, telling students to do compressions at the beat of the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive.”

20 years ago, 2003
• Murder suspect Irma Thornton Long is arrested in a traffic stop in Washington County. She was accused by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office of killing a Keystone Heights woman.
• The county commission unanimously agreed to commit to imposing impact fees for new development.
• Twenty-five dancers from Marta Jackson School of Dance audition in Gainesville for Hillary Duff’s next movie, “Camp Summer Stage.”

30 years ago, 1993
• A $124.4 million construction project to improve the Buchman Bridge starts.
• Middleburg’s Gary Rhodes, 23, is one of four soldiers killed when their helicopter crashed at Wiesbaden Air Base in Germany.
• Theives at Camp Blanding steal $12,000 worth of tickets for a concert featuring Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, Travis Tritt, Charlie Daniels, The Kentucky Headhunters and Wet Willie to benefit Ronnie Van Zant Park.

40 years ago, 1983
• Three men stationed at Cecil Field following a police chase and break-in at Orange Park High.
• The BCC agrees with Director of County Civil Defense Jim Corbin to break up the Doctors Inlet Volunteer Fire Department.
• The Orange Park Mall donates $500 to the Clay County Science Fair.