SARAH CAVACINI/Palatka Daily News – Principal Tim Adams, left, and some of his students break ground Friday at the site of the new Crescent City Junior-Senior High School.

Construction phase begins for 1st of 3 new high schools

CRESCENT CITY – Local officials and students celebrated Friday as they broke ground at the site of the first of three new high schools to be built in Putnam County. Crescent City Junior-Senior High School, 2201 S. U.S. 17, will be rebuilt entirely…
CRESCENT CITY – Local officials and students celebrated Friday as they broke ground at the site of the first of three new high schools to be built in Putnam County. Crescent City Junior-Senior High School, 2201 S. U.S. 17, will be rebuilt entirely, except for some sports fields, by August 2025. …
The first two competitions of the Wolfson Children’s Hospital Bass Tournament (WCH) are in the books and again the events drew good numbers of entries. The weights were close in Thursday’s Wolfson Lads & Lasses ending at Palatka Riverfront with Brian and Michelle Sousa of St. Augustine taking…
By his own admission, Tripp Davis should not be going to his second straight National Junior College Athletic Association 2A World Series in Enid, Oklahoma. He should be driving a tractor, milking cows or tilling land on the family farm. His love of baseball brought him back. And he’s grateful…
After seeing what seed they were given on Tuesday, the St. Johns River State College softball team goes into its first trip to the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II College World Series with a bit of a chip on its shoulders. “We didn’t get much respect at all,” SJR State…
JACKSONVILLE – For the second straight year, there would be no gold, silver or bronze medals at the Florida High School Athletic Association 2A championship meet. But unlike last year, at least there were medals to take home for Palatka Junior-Senior High School track and field athletes on…
INTERLACHEN – Despite barely having two weeks of practice, Interlachen Junior High football coach Robert Clark was thoroughly pleased with what he saw Thursday night at the county jamboree at Feltner Field at Thompson-Baker Stadium. The Rams won both quarters in the three-team junior high jamboree…
Janely Rodriguez is living the life she dreams about – one that has kept her front and center on stage after graduating from Florida School of the Arts a decade ago. Rodriguez, who recently celebrated her 30th birthday, lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is currently performing with the Children…
The Palatka Woman’s Club will host a humorous evening with an author, who will present “A Dose of Nice and Murder,” the first book in her series of mystery novels. During the event, which begins at 6 p.m. Thursday at 600 S. 13th St. in Palatka, Sharon E. Buck will talk about the book’s characters…
Putnam County and the city of Palatka are at odds, and this week’s Board of County Commissioners meeting did nothing to resolve matters. The county has received $114,700 from the state to oversee the resurfacing of St. Johns Avenue from Palm Avenue to the railroad tracks. The city is responsible…
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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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