Five years ago, 2017

• Greyhound trainer Charles McClellan’s license is suspended after state officials said 12 of his dogs tested positive for a cocaine metabolite at bestbet of Orange Park.

• Paul Newman’s Newman’s Own Foundation donates $6,000 to the Food Pantry of Green Cove Springs.

• The St. Johns River Water Management District approves a plan to pipe water from the flood-prone Black Creek to Lake Magnolia in Keystone Heights.

10 years ago, 2012

• The Board of County Commissioners put $225,000 in its capital improvement budget to use as matching funds for athletic associations that lease county parks and ballfield for youth sports.

• Benjamin Rex Moats is finally caught after a three-year search for running a psychedelic mushroom grow operation in his Orange Park apartment.

• After serving as a housing counselor for four years, Carolyn Edwards is promoted to president of Clay County Habitat for Humanity.

20 years ago, 2002

• Jennifer Carroll resigns as the Executive Director of the Florida Department of Veteran’s Affairs.

• Eagle Harbor’s Director of Tennis and Assistant Community Manager Andy Fletcher is selected as the Volunteer of the Year by the U.S. Professional Tennis Association’s Jacksonville District.

• The Middleburg Athletic Association All-Stars won the district tournament with an 11-2 win against South Lakeland.

30 years ago, 1992

• County Commissioner Mackie Christenson resigns after her husband received orders from the U.S. Navy to command the USS Dubuque in Japan.

• The City of Keystone Heights said it will crack down on people swimming – particularly skinny-dippers – at Keystone Beach when the park is closed.

• Talks continue between county officials and healthcare officials to save the debt-ridden Clay Memorial Hospital.

40 years ago, 1982

• Florida Highway Patrol Director Eldridge Beach resigns after its disclosed he used a highway patrol aircraft to go on a hunting trip in Green Cove Springs.

• The county commission awards bids for new fire stations at Virginia Village in Green Cove Springs and McRae.

• Despite being part of the county’s comprehensive plan, commissioners decided to table the Airport Study application.