Clay Today

GREEN COVE SPRINGS -- A SWAT standoff early Friday morning at a home near Clay High School has ended peacefully, the Clay County Sheriff's Ofice said. Full Story »

ORANGE PARK – FBI agents have arrested a 64-year-old man who lives near the Somer Thompson family on child pornography charges but say the man is not a suspect in the 7-year-old child’s abduction or murder. Full Story »

ORANGE PARK – An Illinois man who answered at knock at his motel room door was beaten and robbed March 13. Full Story »

ORANGE PARK – A convicted felon is charged in the March 9 stabbing death of a man in a Madison Avenue home. Brandon Alan Hand, 25, was arrested three days after getting into a fight with Joseph Andrew Comley, 33, at Comley’s home, according to a Clay County Sheriff’s Office arrest report. Full Story »

ORANGE PARK – Two Orange Park residents are among 21 store owners and clerks arrested in a Florida Department of Law Enforcement sting to uncover public assistance fraud statewide. Full Story »

ORANGE PARK – Carolyn Clark will be married to Town Manager John Bowles this weekend, but the two will go back to their spouses when a day-long celebration ends at Clarke House Park. Full Story »

ORANGE PARK -- After 40 years on Kingsley Avenue in Orange Park, Clay Today is moving a short distance south. Our new address as of Monday, March 22, will be 3513 U.S. 17 in Fleming Island in the Westover Plaza. The office phone number will remain (904) 264-3200. Full Story »

ORANGE PARK – More than 250 Clay County athletes from junior and senior high schools threw tennis balls, jumped into sand pits and guided their wheelchairs through slalom courses during the first portion of a redesigned 2010 Special Olympics. Full Story »

GREEN COVE SPRINGS – Seated around a conference table Monday, March 15, Green Cove Springs City Council members and staff met once again with Reynolds Park representatives. Full Story »

GREEN COVE SPRINGS – The general public will get three opportunities to provide input on whether the county’s Charter Review Commission should place amendments on this year’s general elections ballot concerning legalized gambling and new requirements for citizen petitioning. Full Story »

ORANGE PARK - Gordon Chevrolet announced today it will be investing support in Orange Park through a partnership with Bel Med Athletic Association. Full Story »

MIDDLEBURG – Early in the high school baseball season, the Middleburg Broncos followed up a 19-3 drubbing over St. Augustine with a lopsided 15-3 win over Keystone Heights. Full Story »

ORANGE PARK – Three people are in jail following a Monday, March 15, home invasion robbery involving a victim who followed the suspects and helped police make an arrest. Full Story »

FLEMING ISLAND -- Two Fleming Island High School students have been arrested and charged in connection with a prank call Tuesday, March 16, that caused the school to go into “lock down.” Full Story »

ORANGE PARK -- A Fleming Island High School junior is the winner of the 2010 Concert on the Green poster contest. Full Story »

ORANGE PARK - When Orange Park High School senior Jessica Curtis was confronted about her personal spiritual beliefs she responded with grace, choosing to quietly allow her passion to be expressed through her art. Full Story »