Clay Today

ORANGE PARK – Sometimes as a high school athlete the chance to hit the national spotlight may never happen, unless you’re a past or present member of the nationally ranked Lakeland Dreadnaughts who will bring their #23 ranking in USA Today’s Super 25 and #6 in ESPN’s power rankings to Fleming Island, the land of the Golden Eagles for the Class 5A regional finals on Friday night. Full Story »

GREEN COVE SPRINGS – Sentencing is set for Jan. 9 for a Clay County man convicted of murder and who jurors later recommended should be put to death. Full Story »

GREEN COVE SPRINGS – The likelihood of severe weather tonight and Saturday has caused the postponing of the Christmas on Walnut Street events for one week. Full Story »

ORANGE PARK – The annual Clay County Legislative Delegation Meeting will be held Tuesday, Dec. 15, at the county courthouse. Members of the delegation will hear public comments from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the County Commissioners meeting room. Full Story »

ORANGE PARK – Clay County residents interested in the Florida Department of Transportation’s proposed road projects over the next five years should plan to attend a Tuesday, Dec. 15, public hearing. Full Story »

GREEN COVE SPRINGS – Nine cabins have been transported from Kingsley Lake Beach to Camp Chowenwaw Park, and county officials say they’ll be available to the public sometime next year at the historic site on Ball Road off U.S Highway 17. Full Story »

ORANGE PARK -- Former St. Johns River Community College President Robert L. McLendon Jr. was recently honored during the 60th Annual Florida Association of Community Colleges Convention in Orlando. Full Story »

GREEN COVE SPRINGS – Some records checking by a suspicious police officer led to the arrest of a Green Cove Springs man on a 27-year-old felony warrant. Full Story »

GREEN COVE SPRINGS – A stone obelisk honoring fallen Civil War soldiers and Clay County pioneers likely will replace a similar marker that disappeared 50 years ago from an historic cemetery in Magnolia Springs. Full Story »

GREEN COVE SPRINGS – Little Green Cove Springs, with a population of scarcely more than 5,000, has found itself embroiled in a situation threatening to engulf the entire state. Full Story »

ORANGE PARK – Town council members have tabled discussion about proposed increases in water, sewer and garbage and trash collection fees, but the rate hikes appear inevitable. Full Story »

GREEN COVE SPRINGS - Nature provided a beautiful day at The Golf Club at Fleming Island for sixty golfers participating in the second annual Challenge Enterprises golf tournament. Full Story »

JACKSONVILLE - Orange Park resident but pitcher for perennial state title contender Eagles View Academy, Zac Houck signed a letter of intent to continue his baseball aspirations at Jacksonville University. Full Story »

KEYSTONE HEIGHTS – Aggravated battery and assault charges are filed against a Keystone Heights man accused of using his pickup truck to strike an ATV rider. Full Story »

JACKSONVILLE – A Green Cove Springs woman was a passenger in a private ambulance involved in a fatal crash Sunday, Nov. 29, on Phillips Highway that sent seven people to the hospital. Full Story »

ORANGE PARK --Thrasher-Horne Executive Director Tony Walsh is making his holiday list and checking it twice, as he prepares to direct, and perform in the THCA holiday presentation of Clay County Christmas. Full Story »

FLEMING ISLAND – Clay County’s fifth farmer’s market is opening Saturday, Dec. 5, in Fleming Island. Full Story »

ORANGE PARK – Papa Murphy’s, the country’s largest and fastest growing take-and-bake chain that lets customers cook the pizza at home, has chosen Orange Park to be the site of its first Florida store. Full Story »

ORANGE PARK – The Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts will present its annual community holiday performance of Clay County Christmas for one performance only Saturday, Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Full Story »

ORANGE PARK - A growing number of girls in Clay County are now participating in a sport that has long been just for boys, football. “I truly enjoyed coaching Girls’ Flag Football this year,” says Christopher White. “The season went really well.” Full Story »

PALATKA - Approximately 200 attended the event at St. Johns River Community College, where Athletic Director Ross Jones invited community members to meet SJRCC’s 80+ student-athletes who play for the volleyball, basketball, baseball and softball teams. Full Story »

Senior running back Robert Boswell scored two touchdowns in the first half to lead the Golden Eagles past visiting Seabreeze in Region 1-5A action. Boswell scored on a 10-yard scamper and cashed in on a 40-yard strike from quarterback Rookie Gunn for Fleming Island who posted a 20-7 halftime lead. Full Story »