Parents dropped off students, offered encouragement and took pictures of their children before letting them go into another school year early Tuesday morning.
On the first day of school Tuesday, Putnam County School District board members addressed COVID-19 concerns balanced with optimism for the new academic year.
CRESCENT CITY – A large live oak tree towers above City Hall with branches an arborist deemed dangerous, but the tree is scheduled to come down.
Andy Hall, the ever-optimistic and affable sports editor at the Palatka Daily News for 29 years, passed away Tuesday after a long period of illness, including COVID-19.
Palatka Mayor Terrill Hill’s one-year term as president of the Florida League of Mayors concluded late last week, a position he said boosted exposure for the city.
GRANDIN – A Chiefland truck driver was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when the tractor-trailer he was driving overturned, spilling logs into the roadway.
More than 1,500 Palatka residents lost power Monday night due to equipment damage.
Mellon Learning Center is partnering with a Tennessee-based mentoring program and a major cellphone company to provide a resource room for teachers, parents and students.
CRESCENT CITY – A South Putnam woman was arrested in connection to a July shooting that left one man dead and his two brothers injured.
CRESCENT CITY – The interim city manager completed his final day on the job with name-calling during an attempt to correct what he said was misinformation over a tree.