Clay rejects dead voter’s ballot
Clay County Supervisor of Elections Chris Chambless said his office rejected a mail-in ballot submitted for a dead voter. He added that all voters who submit mail-in ballots must sign the envelope on…
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School employees complain about pay compression
Two Clay County School District employees told the school board that newly approved labor agreements unfairly penalize veteran employees. The workers said the new contracts, one for teachers and a sec…
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KH High recognized as a certified community partnership school
During the Sept. 1 Clay County School board meeting, the district recognized the certification of Keystone Heights High School’s two-year-old community partnership school. The partnership is between t…
Read MoreNTSB: Rotor blade came off gyrocopter prior to crash
A preliminary investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board said a rotor came off a gyrocopter prior to the aircraft’s July 30 crash into a goat field near Melrose. Both the flight instruc…
Read MoreObituaries — Sept. 6, 2022
Stephen Adkins Stephen Barrick Adkins, 48, of Lake Butler, passed away on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at North Florida Regional Hospital in Gainesville. He was born on Dec. 21, 1973, in Jacks…
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Thrift shop reopens at site of former boat repair
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—Abandoned Treasures Thrift Store reopened on Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the corner of Firetower Road and State Road 21. The building was occupied for more tha…
Read MoreJackson, Rivera take top 2 spots in KHHS girls golf victory
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Candace Jackson and M.J. Rivera took the top-two individual spots as the Keystone Heights High School girls golf team defeated host Palatka on Aug. 31. The Indi…
Read MoreGriffin leads KHHS at Florida Horse Park Invitational
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School’s Tyler Griffin placed 98th out of 350 at the ninth annual Florida Horse Park Cross Country Invitational on Sept. 3 in Ocala. Griff…
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Clay clerk: county finances in good shape
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Clay County Clerk of Courts Tara Green said external auditors gave the county an unmodified or clean opinion for the county’s 2020-2021 financial st…
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