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Senate bill 204 aims to allocate $50 million to lake restoration in Keystone Heights.
Read More »Keystone Heights’ Lakes Might Get State Funding For Water Replenishment, But Not Everyone’s Happy
New Clay County Fallen Veterans Monument Honors ‘Our Boys’
A monument unveiled Monday in Green Cove Springs lists the names of 66 veterans and Clay County natives killed in the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Global War on Terrorism.
Read More »Florida Voices: Vietnam Veterans | Gary Newman, Navy, 1964 and 1967 to 1968
Historians generally connect the significant expansion of U.S. involvement in Vietnam back to an incident in the Gulf of Tonkin in August 1964. Gary Newman was there. Today, he is president of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1059, as well as Chapter 1080 in Union Correctional Institution. The past …
Read More »Hurricane Irma Recovery Updates For North Central Florida
Live Blog Hurricane Irma Original Post Schools: Alachua County: closed through Tuesday Clay County: district schools and offices will remain closed through Wednesday, September 13th College of Central Florida: closed Friday and Monday Dixie County: closed Friday and Monday Duval County: early dismissal Thursday and closed Friday Hernando County: closed Thursday and Friday …
Read More »Clay County School Opens Children’s Closet For Students
A Clay County school has partnered with a nonprofit organization to provide clothing for students in need.
Read More »Shadowlawn Elementary Students’ Work To Be Archived
Students in a sixth-grade class at Shadowlawn Elementary School will have their writings added to the Kerlan Collection, an archive of children's literature at the University of Minnesota.
Read More »Lakeside Elementary Teacher Named Clay County Teacher of the Year
Michelle Bily was selected from among 41 nominees to be Clay County Public Schools Teacher of the Year.
Read More »Judge Says Trauma Center Shouldn’t Have Opened
An administrative law judge has ruled that the Florida Department of Health improperly allowed a Clay County hospital to open a trauma center last year.
Read More »UPDATE: Body Of Man In Interlachen Boat Accident Found
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office hasn't been able to locate a man who went missing after a boat accident this morning on Lake Grandin in Interlachen.
Read More »Woman Poses As Fellow Inmate To Get Out Of Clay County Jail
Investigators are looking into how a Florida woman managed to get out of jail using another inmate's name and release papers in Clay County.
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