A Melrose Elementary School student emerged victorious Wednesday after 18 rounds of Putnam County’s 54th annual spelling bee.

Deputies arrested an Interlachen man Tuesday after he was accused of dousing his neighbor with pepper spray intended for bears.

It’s onto the next step for multiple historic buildings in Putnam County.

Steps to put the Palatka Barge Port on the map continue to progress but it isn’t the only project being forward, county officials said Tuesday.

The same company that brought R&B singer Ginuwine to the Palatka riverfront could be coming back to help host this year’s Blue Crab festival.

It’s time to tee up in Palatka.

Bikers and runners didn’t let a little rainy weather slow them down Saturday as they raised money for A Women’s Resource Center in Palatka.

Business consultant Rick Paul wants to help Putnam County’s entrepreneurs start out right, get better, be more efficient and grow.

Under the sunshine, blue skies and spring-like temperature of a Florida afternoon in January, the St. Johns River State College grounds became home to a new live oak tree.

Welaka Mayor Jamie Watts said he was “humbled” after being reelected Friday, but election season in the town isn’t over yet.