BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The Florida Highway Patrol said a 74-year-old Middleburg man was killed and a 54-year-old Keystone Heights woman was injured in a Wednesday, May 11 crash between Camp Blanding and Middleburg. According to an FHP report, the 74-year-old was driving a sedan east on County Road 215 around 4 … Read more
April 30 through May 6 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
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Clay County officials honored 12 officers who died in the line of duty including three lost to COVID-19, during a May 5 ceremony at Spring Park. The names of Deputy Clint Seagle, Sheriff’s Sgt. Eric Twisdale and Green Cove Springs Police Chief Derek Asdot were added to … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— The Clay County Charter Review Commission held public hearings on three proposed amendments to the county’s charter. Only one of the proposed amendments received a comment from a member of the public when Dale Carter spoke against the proposal that would give county commissioners a cost-of-living adjustment. … Read more
April 23 through April 29 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
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— County Commissioner Betsy Condon continued her opposition to a proposed Clay County business licensing ordinance commissioners are now considering. If enacted, the ordinance would require many county businesses to purchase a license to operate in the county. Now, the cities of Keystone Heights and Green Cove Springs, … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— The president of the Clay County Economic Development Corporation told county commissioners that Clay County’s unemployment rate of three percent is lower than the area’s 3.3%, Florida’s 3.5% and the country’s 4.4% “Three percent is a robust unemployment rate,” Crawford Powell told commissioners during their April 26 … Read more
GREEN COVE SPRINGS— During the April 26 Board of County Commissioners meeting, commissioners voted to approve an agreement for broadband infrastructure with Comcast Cable Communications LLC to extend broadband service into areas of Clay County that lack internet service. Comcast currently serves many areas of Clay County and has agreed to extend its cable system … Read more
April 16 through April 25 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
