BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS — Clay County Fire Rescue said the 3.25-acre grass fire was caused by a burn pile that got out of control. Station 11 in Keystone Heights and Station 23 in McRae responded to the blaze, which was near the 5th Street boat ramp in Lake Geneva, across State … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Clay County District Schools said Caleb Moncrief has advanced to the next round in the competition for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. “He is one of more than 5,000 candidates in the 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program,” the district said in a social media post. “The candidates were … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Tony Brown won another three years on the Keystone Heights City Council and political newcomer Chris Thompson will join the five-member board beginning in May. Both residents won their seats by being the only candidates to qualify for them. Brown, a longtime council member and former mayor, took … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Clay County Commissioners told its staff to begin negotiations with Comcast to get broadband internet services to the rural areas of the county. During a Feb. 8 commission meeting, the panel reviewed five bids for the project. Comcast said it could deliver a fiber network to the … Read more
*Superintendent David Broskie said the app gives teachers and staff the ability to report a threat with the touch of a button.*He added that the district partnered with the sheriff’s office and the police departments in Orange Park and Green Cove Springs to implement the new safety feature.*Clay Schools Police Chief Ken Wagner said only … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— The organizer of an upcoming racing event at Keystone Beach Park said coverage of the event will wind up on a sports cable channel. Alan Verlander of Airstream Ventures told the Clay County Tourist Development Council on Wednesday, Jan. 26 that the April motorized surfboard and motorized … Read more
*Ricky Dixon spoke to the Senate Criminal Justice Committee on Tuesday, Jan. 25. *Dixon said the three things that will immediately repair and restore the corrections system is having sufficient staff, eliminating inmate idleness and incentivizing cooperative behavior. *He said part of incentivizing cooperative behavior is separating short-term inmates from career criminals. BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Clay County commissioners discussed upcoming funding levels for their trap-neuter-and-return cat policy during a Jan. 25 meeting, with several commissioners wondering if they should continue the program. Chairman Wayne Bolla said the policy, now funded by $75,000 a year, has not been effective in reducing the county’s … Read more
*The Tuesday afternoon blaze spread from a pile of debris to the surrounding yard.*The siding on a nearby mobile home was warped from the heat of the fire.*Clay County Fire Rescue said no one was injured in the High Ridge Estates-area incident, which occurred in the 7200 block of Rosemont Street.
Jan. 17 through Jan. 28 The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union or Clay (Keystone Heights-area) counties. All defendants are considered innocent until convicted in a court or until pleading guilty or no contest. Information in this report is from law enforcement agencies and court documents, which are … Read more
