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Clay County Commissioners Looking for Courthouse Options

Clay County Commissioners Looking for Courthouse Options

Clay County Courthouse Photo: WNAX


The Clay County Commission will have to consider other options for their courthouse and jail following the defeat of a forty-one million dollar bond issue earlier this week.
During a meeting of the Facility Planning Committee Thursday night, Commissioner Michael Manning said they should start looking for a site for a jail at least…

Manning says they could start with one facility with planned future growth…

Manning says they were planning to do more repairs in the courthouse…

The main courthouse dates to 1912, with a law enforcement addition added in 1989.

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