By Sarah Cavacini 

and Wayne Smith

Palatka Daily News

scavacini@palatkadailynews.com 

CRESCENT CITY – One city commissioner is taking pandemic problem-solving into her own hands by undergoing a six-week Brown University course. 

No students were injured when a van sideswiped a Putnam County school bus Tuesday afternoon on U.S. 17.

Palatka High School has Putnam County Teacher of the Year Alexis Strickland-Tilton to thank for a prospering agriculture program with a waitlist under her supervision.

Police said a woman is in custody and charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a man Saturday afternoon following an argument in Palatka. 

Putnam County health officials announced seven coronavirus deaths during the Valentine’s Day weekend through Monday but plans to distribute more than 1,400 vaccines this week. 

Rain pounded Palatka pavements Monday as a severe thunderstorm warning and a tornado watch were issued in Putnam County within the same hour. 

The Putnam County Business Park is getting a makeover thanks to the Board of County Commissioners and local officials who don’t want to see the area dilapidated anymore. 

Putnam County School District employees are working to adopt new instructional materials for language arts and math, but the COVID-19 pandemic has modified the process.

A Palatka man is accused of sexually assaulting a teen five months ago.