BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Around 150 people learned about voter registration, vote-by-mail, how voting machines are tested and other election procedures during an election expo, held by the supervisor of elections office on Wednesday, Feb. 9. Supervisor Chris Chambless told attendees that a lot has changed on election night since he … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— The Clay County Sheriff’s Office is pointing out a little-known and under-reported crime that victimizes children, some under 13 years of age. The agency said that one common scheme of online criminals is sextortion: persuading a minor to send nude images online and then using the images … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor PALATKA— Putnam deputies said John Junior Williams III of Keystone Heights exposed himself and performed a sex act while a female passenger was riding in his tow truck. The victim recorded the act on her cell phone. A tow truck camera also captured the crime on video. According to the … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Margaret Whipple was hired by the county in 1989 as a clerk in the Keystone Heights library and was promoted to branch manager in 2007. County commissioners recognized Whipple’s 33 years of service during their Feb. 8 meeting. Whipple officially retired on Jan. 31. Commissioner Betsy Condon … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Audry Cisco of Keystone Heights High School and Iolanthe Cushman of Keystone Heights Elementary led Lake Region students in the Clay County Science Fair held at the county fairgrounds in Green Cove Springs. Cisco finished first in Junior, Biomedical and Health Sciences. Cushman won the Junior B … Read more
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
