CLAY COUNTY

Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook on Monday announced the rollout of the agency’s newest tool: drones.

Clay County Sheriff's Office has released a sketch Thursday morning, hoping it will lead to more information in a rape case.

Amid the ongoing talks of selling a former Superfund site in Clay County, News4JAX has received a response from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Two house fires in a remote, rural area of Clay County are being investigated as arson after county officials say they found evidence of a targeted attack.

Amid a population spike, Clay County leaders have begun discussions on major capital investments for the area, including things like a new jail and improvements to major roads.

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office says it’s investigating two fires at unoccupied homes in the Clay Hill area.

Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook on Monday said deputies responded to a reported sexual battery earlier in the day, and that investigators were working to identify a suspect.

Michael Renard Jackson was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole for the rape and murder of 25-year-old Andrea Boyer in 2007.

A Middleburg father, who remembers his son as a “good kid,” said his son was the victim in a deadly hit-and-run crash that happened in Clay County in February.

A mother is remembering the life of her son who she said was taken too soon after being killed in a crash in early February.

News4JAx learned the names of the victims in Saturday’s single-vehicle crash in Bradford County that left a 3-year-old and an adult killed and three other children seriously injured.

A 3-year-old and an adult were killed and three other children were seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Saturday in Bradford County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

An ex-employee of a Clay County plant that was shuttered in the 1990s for illegally burning hazardous materials hopes to help prevent the sale of the former Superfund site.

Michael Walley’s sister, Erica, says their family grew up around motorcycles.

The Clay County School District could soon have a new policy for reviewing books and other materials, in response to a new Florida law that requires the approval of books in school libraries.

In 2022 there were 2,300 child exploitation and human trafficking cases across Northeast Florida. Now, law enforcement officials from five local counties, FDLE, the Department of Homeland Security and the Tim Tebow Foundation are partnering together to put a stop to it.

Some residents of the Clay County community are calling for leaders to stop the sale of a former Superfund site.

A 65-year-old man just turned $50 into a $1 million prize when he bought a scratch-off lottery ticket, the Florida Lottery announced Tuesday.

The lawyer representing Michael Renard Jackson, the man convicted a second time in the 2007 rape and murder of 25-year-old Andrea Boyer at the Wells Road veterinary clinic where she worked, has filed a motion for a new trial.

After making a vow to rebuild a historic Black church in Orange Park from the rubble that was left after a devastating fire, St. Simon Baptist Church members are finally breaking ground on a new building.

A motorcyclist was killed Thursday afternoon in a crash on Blanding Boulevard at the intersection of County Road 352 in Clay County, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol.

Get ready to enjoy a “Wee Bit o’ Scotland” this weekend at the Northeast Florida Scottish Highland Games and Festival!

After Oakleaf lost in the playoffs last season, it didn’t take long for the leaders on the girls’ basketball team to start working toward a better season. Now, the Knights are back in the final four.

A former Clay County deputy on Wednesday pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual assault of a child.

A jury declined to recommend the death penalty Wednesday for a man who raped, stabbed and strangled 25-year-old Andrea Boyer before beating her to death with a fire extinguisher.

Prosecutors will once again seek the death penalty for the man who raped, stabbed and strangled 25-year-old Andrea Boyer before beating her to death with a fire extinguisher.

A Fleming Island veteran is in the fight for his life after recently being diagnosed with cancer.

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office is urging parents to pick up their children Saturday night from the Orange Park Mall, which closed at 8 p.m.

The sister of a 25-year-old veterinary tech who was brutally raped and murdered in Orange Park in 2007 choked back tears Saturday outside the Clay County courthouse as she spoke on behalf of her family.

Michael Renard Jackson showed no emotion in court Saturday as he heard for the second time that he had been convicted by a jury of the rape and murder of a 25-year-old veterinary tech in Orange Park.

The jury was excused to deliberate Friday in the retrial of a man accused of raping and murdering a veterinary technician in Orange Park in 2007.

Hours after deputies surrounded a home on Sandy Hollow Loop in the Lakeside area Friday morning, a man surrendered to law enforcement around 11 a.m., Sheriff Michelle Cook said.

An Amber Alert was issued Thursday night asked for an 8-month-old girl, who was believed to be in the company of her father.

Thirteen years ago, it took a jury about 90 minutes for a jury to convict Michael Renard Jackson of the murder of Andrea Boyer, who investigators said was sexually assaulted and beaten to death at the veterinary clinic where she worked in 2007.

A plane came down in a cow pasture and then flipped onto its roof Wednesday morning, Clay County Fire Rescue said.

A Missouri man already accused of keeping a woman hidden in the basement of his home while repeatedly sexually abusing her is facing new charges.

A man who, records show, has a history of stealing from Target stores explained to an investigator how he kept pulling it off.

A California man considered by law enforcement to be a major player in an organized drug ring that trafficked multiple kilo quantities of fentanyl into Clay County has been taken into custody, News4JAX has learned.

According to a new report from the Northeast Florida Association of Realtors (NEFAR), homes are becoming slightly more affordable.

Testimony began Monday in the long-delayed retrial of a man accused of raping and murdering a veterinary technician in Orange Park in 2007.

Two people have been arrested in connection to a drive-by shootout, according to authorities in Clay County.

After five years, a jury has been seated in the retrial of Michael Renard Jackson, accused of killing a 25-year-old veterinary technician in 2007.

A person was stabbed Thursday morning at a home on State Route 100 in Keystone Heights, according to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.

A 14-year-old boy was struck by a pickup truck and seriously injured Thursday morning in the area of a Middleburg school bus stop, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

The northbound lanes on Blanding Boulevard near Wells Road and the Orange Park Mall are blocked Monday afternoon after a serious crash, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Clay County leaders announced Monday that are taking the initiative to protect law enforcement officers, first responders and emergency management teams with the addition of the Signal 35 Fund, which is named after the county’s radio call code for officers who need assistance.

The family of an 18-year-old shot and killed at an Orange Park basketball court in December held what they called a non-traditional vigil Sunday to remember his life.

A 26-year-old man died in a crash in Clay County Saturday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A Saturday night deadly crash has blocked all lanes on Doctors Lake Drive in Orange Park, according to the Florida Highway Patrol website.

A man is facing charges including murder following a death investigation Tuesday night at a home in Keystone Heights, according to a news release from the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.

One construction worker died and two others were injured Wednesday when a bridge under construction in northwest Missouri collapsed, officials said. Workers were pouring concrete for the deck of the bridge when it fell, Clay County officials said. The other two workers sustained minor injuries and were able to free themselves from the rubble, Clay County Sheriff's spokeswoman Sarah Boyd said.

Officials said the homemade helicopter crashed between two buildings on a private property.

A Clay County woman accusing a sheriff of official oppression won a legal battle on another front. She sued a Wichita Falls topless dance club.

The Northland is nothing at all like the “Old South.”