Palatka City Manager Troy Bell listens to Palatka City commissioners talk during Thursday’s commission meeting. (SARAH CAVACINI / Palatka Daily News)

Commissioners blindsided by GPS removal

Palatka’s city manager told only the mayor he intended to remove the GPS from his city-owned, publicly-funded vehicle. Mayor Robbi Correa told the Palatka City Commission during Thursday’s commission meeting that City Manager Troy Bell approached…
Palatka’s city manager told only the mayor he intended to remove the GPS from his city-owned, publicly-funded vehicle. Mayor Robbi Correa told the Palatka City Commission during Thursday’s commission meeting that City Manager Troy Bell approached her Feb. 27 to tell her he intended to remove the…
A miserable final round beginning and a strong finish were the stories of Lance LaCombe’s victory at the 67th annual Florida Azalea Amateur Tournament. Heading into Sunday’s third round of the 54-hole event, LaCombe and the Municipal Course got along fine with the 29-year old Fleming Island…
PICK 2 Saturday Midday: 9-9. FB: 2. Evening: 1-3. FB: 5. Sunday Midday: 2-4. FB: 4. Evening: 2-7. FB: 6. Monday Midday: 9-7. FB: 9. Evening: 9-4. FB: 8. PICK 3 Saturday Midday: 2-0-6. FB: 2. Evening: 5-5-8. FB: 5. Sunday Midday: 6-1-5. FB: 4. Evening: 6-0-1. FB: 6. Monday Midday: 6-7-2. FB: 9.…
People filled the Putnam County Governmental Complex parking lot Friday, cuddling their furry friends while waiting to take home their newest family members. The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and Putnam County Animal Control hosted a joint adoption to give 41 dogs rescued from an Interlachen…
Dianne Jacoby of St. Augustine just loves a good talk. Whether she’s portraying one of her 15 characters who wear ballroom gowns or another wearing an apron and shelling peas, what she does is right up her alley. Jacoby is a historical dramatist and travels all across Florida and the east coast…
For nearly a quarter of the day, St. Augustine resident Jordan Ebanks was leading the first round of the 67th Annual Florida Azalea Amateur. Then came the final group. Ten years ago today, Ebanks led the first day of the Azalea tournament. But like in 2014, Ebanks couldn’t hold the lead. He…
Work hard, perfect your craft and one day, you, too, will be heading to the NCAA tournament. For Palatka High School graduate Loran Strunk, she’s been good enough to make three trips to the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. No, not as a player, but it’s what she does with the players that…
Hours after being named the Sun-Lakes Conference Player of the Week, St. Johns River State College freshman catcher Princess Arredondo showed why she is one of the top players in the state, going 2-for-3 – both hits home runs – with three RBIs to lead the host Vikings to an 8-0 win Friday over…
A night after setting both school and county records, Crescent City’s flag football team escaped with a victory it struggled to get.       Missing several girls due to spring break and being down to just 10 players, the Raiders held on to defeat winless and host Orange City Uni-versity, 6-0,…
PICK 2 Midday: 7-1. FB: 9. Evening: 9-8. FB: 2. PICK 3 Midday: 0-5-2. FB: 9. Evening: 9-6-1. FB: 2. PICK 4 Midday: 6-3-0-5. FB: 9. Evening: 5-1-4-9. FB: 2. PICK 5 Midday: 3-5-2-6-3. FB: 9. Evening: 0-0-1-6-4. FB: 2. FANTASY 5 Midday: 3-9-17-20-28. Evening: 2-3-7-8-36. CASH 4 LIFE 23-28-…
It was another late fourth-quarter rally for Crescent City Junior-Senior High School’s flag football team.   Crescent City rallied from an 7-6 late deficit with two touchdowns in the final five minutes of the game to knock off arch-rival Pierson Taylor, 18-7, Thursday at Wisnoski Field at Wiltcher…

Putnam County deputies involved in DUI traffic stop

The Daily News compiled body camera videos received Monday of a traffic stop involving two Putnam County Sheriff's Office deputies. The Sept. 22 event took place in St. Augustine. The police…

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