SARAH CAVACINI/Palatka Daily News – Putnam County Animal Services Department employees and Bryan Helms, far left, the executive director of the county’s Planning and Development Services Department, put shovels to dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for the new animal shelter.

Ground broken for new Animal Services facility

Animal lovers across Putnam County crowded around a pile of dirt Tuesday to celebrate the beginning of the building phase of the county’s new animal shelter. Current and former county commissioners, Animal Services staff, leaders from every county…
Animal lovers across Putnam County crowded around a pile of dirt Tuesday to celebrate the beginning of the building phase of the county’s new animal shelter. Current and former county commissioners, Animal Services staff, leaders from every county municipality and animal lovers expressed their…
Putnam County and the city of Palatka remained deadlocked Tuesday about repaving St. Johns Avenue.  The Board of County Commissioners is giving the Palatka City Commission one more chance to provide additional funding for the repaving of the portion of St. Johns Avenue for which the city is…
Many people find it relaxing to lounge back – favorite beverage in hand – and watch the sunset while listening to music. For those who agree, the city of Palatka is hosting its Riverfront Sunset Social from 5–10 p.m. Friday on the rooftop of the St. Johns River Center, 102 N. First St. in Palatka…
Tournament organizers of the 35th annual Wolfson Children’s Hospital Bass Tournament arrived Tuesday evening to set up at the Palatka Riverfront Park. “We are ready to go,” said Brian Seay from his Jacksonville office. “The trucks are being unpacked and our team and volunteers will have everything…
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Down to a winner-take-all game to decide the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II South Regional title, St. Johns River State College softball coaches Joe Pound and Britney Purser took a huge gamble. Lucky for them it paid off. After throwing game one in a 10-8 shootout win…
Different teams, same result. For the second straight year, the St. Johns River State College baseball team is headed back to the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II World Series in Enid, Oklahoma after finishing off Coastal Alabama North Community College of Brewton, Alabama…
A high-ranking city of Palatka official will be leaving next week to begin a career with the state of Florida. Public Works Department Director Del McMillan submitted his two-week notice in late April, and his last day will be May 17, according to his resignation letter.  “It’s kind of a…
The organizer of what was intended to be six permitted events at a local park is scaling back those plans. Big Homie Urban Life Center organized permitted Family, Friendly, Funday gatherings April 28 and May 5 at Hank Bryan Park, 450 S. 14th St., and had planned to continue those events for the…
He started his theater journey as a 9-year-old boy standing in the wings, having rehearsed his lines in preparation for going on stage. Andrew McClellan got his start in acting in 2015 when he was a third grader at James A. Long Elementary School in Palatka. On Sunday, McClellan, a senior in the…

She’s 104 years young

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It’s hard to imagine a time when a gallon of milk was 60 cents, a 16-ounce loaf of bread sold for 12 cents and everyone could fill up their gas tank for 30 cents a gallon.

A cut above the competition

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One Palatka youth is a cut above the rest when it comes to his metal work art he entered in competition through his 4-H Club at this year’s Putnam County Fair.

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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