Clay County News

For a man who'd waited in line nearly five hours and needed crutches to hobble to the cash register, customer No.

A man accused of beating a woman with a hammer has been convicted of murder. David Martin could death penalty for killing Jaycee McWilliams in March of last year.

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. -- Police said a Clay County woman has been arrested for trying to kill her own child.

Despite the growth slowdown in Clay County, some schools remain overcrowded, prompting the School Board to consider redrawing attendance boundaries to balance enrollment.

Here are the area Thanksgiving holiday government office closings and waste pickup changes: Clay County County government offices will be closed Thursday and Friday.

The principal of W.E. Cherry Elementary School in Orange Park sent out a letter to parents Thursday after a report of a man in a car offering a girl a ride home Wednesday afternoon.

Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler said Wednesday the case for the search for Somer Thompson's killer is not cold and the investigation is still very active.

A man is on trial in Clay County on murder charges connected to the death of a woman found dead in a wooded area near Middleburg.

Call the Sheriff's Office at 227-6911 or Crime Stoppers at 845-8477 to remain ananonymous or e-mail cart@claysheriff.com . Local musicians will perform 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday at "Somer's Day," a festival sponsored by a newly formed group, Rockers Against Sexual Predators.

Clay County jail officials receive a reaccreditation certificate from representatives of the Florida Corrections Accreditation Commission.

After years of public complaints that their 2 p.m. meetings hampered public attendance, the Clay County Commission may move its regular sessions two hours later in the day.

For months, local activist Durwood Smith has stood up during the public comment period of County Commission meetings and criticized the transport of Clay County solid waste to a Georgia landfill as too costly for taxpayers.

Somer Thompson, 7 ORANGE PARK In their resolve to apprehend the killer of Somer Thompson, Clay County police said on 11/06 they are "ready to move," in response to additional telephone tips they hope will result following the " America's Most Wanted" TV show, to be broadcast Saturday night .

In an 18-day stretch, the Clay County Sheriff's Office has contended with a fatal police shooting, a double homicide, the disappearance of a little girl whose body was later discovered in a landfill and, this week, the murder-suicide of two children and their father .

After America's Most Wanted featured Somer Thompson's kidnapping and murder on Saturday's episode, the Clay County Sheriff's Office released artist renderings of two items that belonged to the Orange Park first grader and haven't been seen since her abduction.

Florida Highway Patrol investigators said John Herbert, 50, of Green Cove Springs was in critical condition Sunday morning after being hit by an SUV while riding his motorcycle.

The Clay County Sheriff's Office has released two images of items that might have been in 7-year-old Somer Thompson's possession when she was abducted Oct.

State fire investigators working with the Clay County Sheriff's Office arrested three men accused of setting a fire inside the Orange Park Walmart store last week.

The Jacksonville Jewish Federation is reaching out to Jewish families in Clay County.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 8:07 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 8:09 a.m. ORANGE PARK Counseling will be offered to Clay County deputies after the usually quiet area has experienced seven killings in 18 days.