Putnam County’s property appraiser ran away with the primary Tuesday evening, allowing him to serve a fourth term in office beginning in January.

Assistant Public Defender Matt Metz, a Republican, defeated two Republican challengers to become the Seventh Judicial Circuit’s next public defender.

Two judicial races in the Seventh Judicial Circuit turned out to be close. The third race was a wipeout.

Republican Kat Cammack and Democrat Adam Christensen will face off in a bid to replace outgoing U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho in Florida’s Third Congressional District.

Women voters in Putnam County had a celebration worth driving them to the polls Tuesday as residents throughout the state cast their vote in the primary.

Putnam County remained at 1,611 coronavirus cases Monday despite three duplicate cases found in the data. 

Two Putnam County Board of Commissioners spots and a Palatka City Commission position are among seats where residents will decide who moves on to November during today’s primary.

Eight Palatka sanitation department workers arrived at City Hall on Monday morning asking for raises.

Cars wrapped around the new Captain D’s in Palatka and onto State Road 19 on Monday for the seafood chain’s debut. 

A Palatka man is accused of threatening a Save A Lot employee with a knife Sunday for allegedly attempting to take steaks in his pockets from the store, according to the Palatka Police Department.<