East Palatka
Putnam County residents and visitors are invited to visit downtown Palatka on Nov. 11 to celebrate the people who have served and those who continue to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces. The annual Veterans Day Parade will take place at 10 a.m. along St. Johns Avenue, starting from 11th...
An annual festival in Putnam County is devoted to the Datil Pepper, a unique Florida pepper. The organizers behind Datil Fest want more people to now about this pepper so that it can thrive. FOX 35's David Martin has more.
The Fall Palatka Bluegrass Festival has returned to Putnam County and has brought with it four and a half days’ worth of musical entertainment. The four-day festival will begin at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 10 with a Veterans Day show that starts that evening and resume the afternoon of Nov. 12 and continue through the evening of Nov. 14 with a lineup headlined by Authentic Unlimited, Dailey & Vincent, and Volume Five.
If you ate out in Marion County, Florida, this past October, you will want to know which kitchens had the most trouble during their recent restaurant inspection. State records showed that the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation conducted inspections at 105 restaurants in Marion County in the last 30 days. The good news is that 64 establishments passed on their first visit. The bad news is that 41 restaurants failed to meet standards initially, with some requiring follow-up inspections before meeting food-serving standards.
An employee of Lake Asbury Junior High in Clay County has resigned amid allegations being investigated by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office and Florida Department of Children and Families, a spokeswoman said. Amid the investigation, the district is not discussing the nature of the allegations but said it has contacted families of “involved students.”
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, Fla. (WCJB) - The Keystone Heights City Council voted 4-1 to move ahead with the process of creating special assessments to pay for some city services. The approval of Amendment 3 in last week’s general election is forcing local governments to take a closer look at their budgets.
Flagler College sits in the middle of old St. Augustine, and the main building looks like it belongs in another century. That’s because it does. The place opened in 1888 as the Hotel Ponce de Leon, a grand winter resort for wealthy Northerners, and it became a college in 1968.
A modern highway asks you to forget the surface underneath. Flagler County has a road that does the opposite: it makes the pavement the destination. The Old Brick Road, associated with the historic Dixie Highway near Espanola, is narrow, red and deeply out of scale with today’s habit of building several lanes for every movement. The Flagler County Historical Society documents it as part of Florida’s earlier effort to make travel by automobile dependable rather than an argument with sand and mud.
After nearly three weeks without a contract, commissioners are searching for someone to answer animal calls, and time is short.
Clay County District Schools is mourning the “unexpected” death of one of its elementary school principals.
Free local news and info, in your inbox at 6 a.m. M-F. The St. Johns County School Board has approved plans for a new high school in the sprawling Silverleaf community, with plans to open the school in time for the 2029-30 school year. The school district is moving along...
OCALA, Fla. – A proposed second Target store near State Road 200 is sparking debate among Marion County residents, with some welcoming the convenience and others raising concerns about traffic and overdevelopment. The site plan places the new store next to a Walmart Neighborhood Market along State Road 200,...
Note: this is the first of two articles today on the consequences of Amendment 3 on local Flagler County budgets. See the second article, on the sheriff’s budget: “Sheriff Orders Staff to Prepare Drastic Cuts: ‘Everything Is On the Table,’ From Helicopter to Body Cams to Service Cuts.”
St. Augustine business owners are pushing back on Nights of Lights parking restrictions, saying the rules are keeping customers away.
Palm Coast city government on Friday closed on a $17 million transaction making the city the owner and landlord of 23 Town Center parcels totaling 259 acres. The city is borrowing $11 million and drawing the balance from its reserve to complete a purchase that will make it the largest landholder of vacant real estate in Town Center.
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – St. Johns County is preparing for significant budget adjustments after Florida voters approved Amendment 3, a property tax reform measure that will reduce ad valorem tax revenue for local governments. According to the Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, the county could see...
A St. Johns County family was split apart nearly three months ago, when the parents of a 29-year-old Leonel Armando Bolivar Linares say their son was taken into ICE custody while on his way to work as a school district custodian.
A state licensing inspection in Marion County found nine violations at Darrell's Diner, 4409 NW Blitchton Rd in Ocala, and the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation ordered a follow-up review of the local eatery.
CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – Clay County has selected three finalists in its search for a new fire chief, following the upcoming retirement of longtime leader Lorin Mock. Mock has led Clay County Fire Rescue since 2009 - a tenure spanning nearly 17 years - and his retirement set off a nationwide search for his successor.
On August 16, 1986, two Florida lakes began keeping a new kind of record. The first LAKEWATCH water samples came from Lake Santa Fe in Alachua County and Lake Broward in Putnam County. That date is more revealing than a generic celebration of citizen science: somewhere, samples were collected carefully enough to become the first entries in a long-running program.
