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St. Augustine Target Parking Spat Ends With Woman Waving Gun, Facing Four Felonies

A parking lot standoff outside a St. Augustine Target turned into a felony arrest after a 58-year-old woman allegedly raised a handgun at four occupants of another vehicle, which was blocking the car carrying her as it tried to back out of a space. The confrontation happened around 12:35 p.m. on a Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Target on U.S. 1 South, according to St. Augustine police.

Palatka, FL · 2d

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Veterans at Palatka mill treated to breakfast, gifts

Georgia-Pacific’s Palatka mill recognized employees who have served in the U.S. military during a special Veterans Day breakfast and presentation Wednesday morning. Mill leaders helped serve breakfast as employees gathered to honor their colleagues and recognize their military service. Each veteran also received a patriotic hardhat and flashlight as part of the recognition.

Palatka, FL · 1d

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These 9 Florida Restaurants Are Keeping Nearly Forgotten Southern Recipes Alive

One Florida dining room serves venison and quail between shelves of books and old taxidermy. Another smokes mullet over red oak wood, the way it has for more than 70 years. I love that these dishes still exist at all. Frog legs, swamp cabbage, tomato gravy, and pea pickin’ cake used to be everyday food for Cracker families. Now most menus skip them completely.

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St. Johns County Sting Nets 38 Arrests Targeting Child Predators and Offenders

The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office says 38 people were arrested across two separate operations this fall, one an undercover sting aimed at adults trying to exploit children online, the other a sweep of compliance checks on registered sex offenders and predators already living in the community. According to News4JAX,...

St Johns County, FL · 1d

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FHSAA Region 1-3A football: Cougar quick strikes decimate Panthers

Palatka Junior-Senior High School football coach Lantz Lowery knew to expect the play at any time during Friday night’s Florida High School Athletic Association Region 1-3A playoff game. Tallahassee Godby decided the play was to introduce itself to the Panthers. “They sent three vertical (receivers) and we didn’t divide...

Palatka, FL · 1d

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7-year-old recovering after pygmy rattlesnake bite in Keystone Heights

A 7-year-old girl is recovering after she said she was bitten by a pygmy rattlesnake while walking barefoot to her grandmother’s house in Keystone Heights.

Keystone Heights, FL · 2d

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Florida Crackdown Nets 23 Arrests In Three-Day Online Offender Sweep

Handcuff (File) Twenty-three registered sexual offenders and predators are behind bars following a three-day undercover...

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Datil Fest brings the heat to Palatka’s riverfront

Nov. 13–15 weekend guide: Bluegrass at Rodeheaver Boys Ranch, a comic and toy show on Reid Street and a fall festival in Interlachen. The datil pepper gets a full day on Palatka’s riverfront Saturday, where home cooks will compete with sauces, mustards and jellies, festivalgoers can help choose Florida’s best datil chef, and the Sauce Boss will close the show with music and datil gumbo.

Palatka, FL · 1d

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“Oh, They’re Driving Away”: Florida Witness Watches Damaged Tacoma Leave Crash Scene

As a damaged Toyota Tacoma pulled away from a Florida crash scene, a witness stayed on the phone with 911. BodyCam Uncovered posted footage of the March 15, 2026, Palm Coast crash on November 4. ... Read more

Palm Coast, FL · 1d

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This Humble Florida Restaurant Serves Fried Chicken So Good, People Drive Hours To Get It

If you’ve ever driven past a small, unassuming building and thought “there’s no way anything remarkable is happening in there,” Fryer’s Chicken in Melrose, Florida, is here to teach you a very important lesson about judging things by their exteriors. The lesson is: stop doing...

Melrose, FL · 2d

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Hastings, Marineland and Amendment 3

Abe Lincoln told a story about the fellow who was tarred, feathered and run out of town on a rail. “If it weren’t for the honor of the thing,” he allowed, “I’d have just as soon walked.”. Which brings me to Hastings. Hastings got the honor...

Hastings, FL · 1d

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Group gets $22K donation to support cancer patients

Putnam First Cancer Fund had plenty to celebrate earlier this week as they accepted a pair of donations that totaled $22,000. Holden Crews, an employee at Beck Chevrolet Buick in Palatka, donated $1,000 to the cancer fund, which provides financial assistance to cancer patients to help cover things like groceries and bills. At the beginning of October, Crews announced he would be donating the commissions he earned in October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Palatka, FL · 1d

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Georgia-Pacific Plans $150M Upgrade at Palatka, Florida, Mill

PALATKA, Fla. — Georgia-Pacific has approved a $150 million modernization project at its Palatka mill, investing in new tissue production technology to strengthen the North Florida facility’s long-term manufacturing capabilities. The project will replace an aging paper machine and improve production of Angel Soft® bath tissue. The investment...

Palatka, FL · 1d

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150-mile garage sale returns Nov. 21

Get ready to shop, sell and explore Florida’s scenic east coast as the Super Scenic 150 Mile Garage Sale returns Saturday, Nov. 21, for its 18th year. Organized by the Friends of A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway, Inc., the popular annual event brings thousands of bargain hunters to participating homes, businesses and community locations stretching from Fernandina Beach to Ponce Inlet.

Flagler County, FL · 2d

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Giant Gators Steal The Show At This Century-Old St. Augustine, Florida Zoo

Every species of crocodilian on Earth lives at one zoo. Alligators, crocodiles, caimans, and gharials all share the same address, and it’s the only place in the world that can make that claim. Then there’s the albino alligator. Pale white gators look like they belong in a fantasy novel,...

St. Augustine, FL · 20h

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Tennessee Fugitive Tracked Down At Dental Office In Florida

Kathryn James Deputies in Flagler County arrested a 56-year-old Tennessee woman on November 7 after...

Flagler County, FL · 1d

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Polk County farm among 3 permanently protected from future development

Nearly 830 acres of working Florida agricultural land in Polk County and two other counties have been permanently protected.

Polk County, FL · 2d

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She Owned Three Florida Lots for About 20 Years. Deputies Say Another Woman Forged the Deeds and Sold One for Nearly $30,000

A Florida woman discovered that three vacant lots she had owned for about 20 years had been transferred out of her name without her permission. ... Read More

Flagler County, FL · 8h

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Flagler County sheriff proposes dedicated tax to offset projected budget shortfall

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly is proposing a dedicated property tax to help offset an estimated $15 million budget shortfall following the passage of Amendment 3. The proposal would create a mandatory Municipal Service Taxing Unit (MSTU) to fund law enforcement, including services in cities without their own police departments.

Flagler County, FL · 1d

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Fort Matanzas Was Built to Defend a Back Door

A fort does not have to be enormous to reveal what an empire feared. South of St. Augustine, the Spanish spent two years constructing a small coquina tower beside a marshy inlet because a city with imposing walls could still be reached from the water behind it. Fort Matanzas was not supposed to impress anyone standing in the plaza. Its assignment was simpler: make a narrow approach too dangerous for an enemy vessel to use.

St. Augustine, FL · 2d