Children’s Reading Center Charter School will add a sixth grade next year after a unanimous vote by Putnam County School District board members at a special-called meeting Monday.

Putnam County Clerk of Courts data showed court-involved mental health and drug-related orders are already higher in 2021 for youth than in previous years. 

The Florida Department of Health reported five COVID-19 deaths Thursday through Sunday in Putnam County.

Dozens of sailors will get a chance to navigate a stretch of the St. Johns River for the top prize Saturday as the 67th Mug Race returns after a year away due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cars sped down U.S. 17 on Friday in East Palatka, passing a vacant, white building overgrown with weeds and covered in dirt.

INTERLACHEN — A 58-year-old Geneva man was killed in a motorcycle crash involving a sports utility vehicle Friday morning.

WELAKA – The town’s ordinances will be getting a makeover in the upcoming weeks, and residents will be allowed to submit input before the Town Council finalizes changes. 

Palatka is looking to pivot away from prison labor by terminating its contract with the state Department of Corrections for maintenance, city commissioners decided Thursday night.

Palatka officials offered input on the Putnam County School District’s plan to convert high schools and middle schools into junior-high schools.

St. Johns River State College and Mt. Tabor First Baptist Church will co-host a second COVID-19 vaccine site April 30 after a successful event last month.