No one wants to be in the hospital, but HCA Florida Putnam Hospital in Palatka is undergoing renovations to make people’s stays more pleasant.

Hospital officials in Palatka are eager to open a newly renovated wing of the facility they said will provide a more welcoming environment for their employees to work and patients to recover.

HCA Florida Putnam Hospital employees have preserved the memories of a former registered nurse and local child who died years earlier. 

A Pomona Park man remains behind bars for stabbing someone in the groin during the weekend, authorities said.

Authorities are looking for suspects in the shooting of two men Wednesday night on the north side of Palatka.

Putnam County’s hospital earned top approval from national organizations by receiving Primary Stroke certification, hospital officials say.