12:31 p.m. Keystone Heights Airport Manager Craig Coon: Airport staff has completed its checklist for crash incidents, and the National Transportation Safety Board has been notified. The airport remains open for flight operations. 12:10 p.m. Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith: The victim is a frequent flyer and well-known at the Keystone Airport, but does not … Read more
BY JENN SAMSEL Special to the Monitor An early Monday fire north of Keystone Heights destroyed one home and resulted in a missing dog. Clay County Fire Rescue received the call on the fire at 4:26 a.m., June 16. One man occupied the home, who told first responders he couldn’t find his dog. The Red … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Mossman Hall displayed the works of two area artists during the June 6 Melrose Art Walk. St. Simons Island resident Alyson Tucker was raised in Atlanta and moved to Georgia’s Golden Isles in the 1970s to escape the city. “That was when the drug culture was so strong,” she said, “and … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The Florida Highway Patrol is reporting at least one fatality at a traffic crash near the intersection of State Road 100 and King Street in Keystone Heights. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office first reported the collision around midnight Thursday morning, adding that both lanes of the State Road were blocked. Tiffany … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said staff at Melrose Elementary School received a threatening phone call around 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29. In response to the threat, the school initiated a lockdown, and the school district locked down other West Putnam schools, including those in Interlocken. “At the same time,” … Read more
BY JENN SAMSEL Special to the Monitor A semi-truck overturned in Keystone Heights on South Lawrence Boulevard Saturday morning, causing significant damage to a city fence and spilling cases of bottled water. The incident resulted in several hours of road closures. The April 19 traffic crash occurred at 5:45 a.m. According to the Clay County … Read more
BY JENN SAMSEL Special to the Monitor The Bakery in Keystone Heights, which had been operating for four years, closed in July 2018 and reopened in 2024 “I closed so I could take care of my brother,” said owner Teri Gibbs. “After his passing, I decided to call the Bakery number two because his name … Read more
BY JENN SAMSEL Special to the Monitor Clay Electric Cooperative said an equipment failure tripped a circuit breaker, leaving around 8,500 customers in several counties without power for around 20 minutes. The Monday, April 7, 10:20 a.m. outage blacked out the City of Keystone Heights and the surrounding area for nearly half an hour.
BY JENN SAMSEL Special to the Monitor A three-car crash sent one person to a hospital in critical condition and a second with serious injuries on State Road 21 near the Putnam-Clay-County line Friday afternoon. According to an eyewitness who declined to release his name, at around 5:30 p.m., a southbound silver pickup was stationary … Read more
BY JENN SAMSEL Special to the Monitor The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said its officers and Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies are continuing to search Lake Santa Fe for a missing boater. FWC said in a statement that on Wednesday, January 1, at approximately 7:15 p.m., the two agencies and the Florida Highway Patrol … Read more
