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Prep baseball/softball: Crescent City captures regular-season finale
The Crescent City Junior-Senior High School baseball team will be going into the state tournament next week on a positive note. Brandon Padgett scattered four hits over 6⅔ innings on Friday as the…
7-year-old boy dies in ATV crash at Putnam County campground, resort
PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. — A 7-year-old boy is dead after a crash at Hog Waller Campground & ATV Resort in Palatka on Sunday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 2:06 p.m. An FHP crash report states that the 7-year-old was sitting behind a 32-year-old man...
Letter to the Editor: Demolishing Belton house erases jazz, Black history in Palatka
Jazz legends Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington visited Palatka regularly. They stayed with the Beltons, right by the train station. The Belton house is historically…
Breaking bass barriers
Bassmaster broke down doors for women this weekend when it hosted a first-time, all-female bass fishing workshop. BassmastHER taught 17 women anglers, beginners and experienced, how to break into the bass-fishing world. The five-hour workshop took place across the street from the all-male Bassmaster Elite Series semifinals Saturday in Palatka.
Central Florida Rep. Bruce Antone Criticizes Black Leaders For Supporting ‘White-Washed’ Black History Museum Plans
Some Florida representatives are disappointed after Antone slammed building the museum on a slave plantation in St. Augustine. Members of the West Augustine community are displeased with Central Florida Representative Bruce Antone’s online remarks concerning St. Augustine and the city’s proposed site for Florida’s statewide Black History Museum.
Volunteers spending week making 600 pies for Blueberry Festival
The 25th Bostwick Blueberry Festival is set to take place Saturday, and organizers are looking forward to welcoming visitors who have come to love “The Little Town with an Even Bigger Heart.”. “There are so many stories I hear every year,” said Palatka resident Dawn Rawls, the chief pie-maker...
2nd candidate enters running for city seat
A new candidate has entered the fight to claim a Palatka City Commission seat its holder will vacate after her current term ends. Annie Henderson Davis filed her campaign paperwork last month as she began her bid to win the Group 1 commission seat, according to the Supervisor of Elections Office. Davis will face off in the nonpartisan commission contest against Vito Russo, according to the Elections Office.
🌊Let's celebrate the upcoming beach season!
Today we welcome a sunshine-y 🌞Thursday, with temperatures spiking at 82 degrees and wind gusts clocking in at what a lovely breeze! Why I dare say, the weather will be picture-perfect today. On a trip to San Diego, I caught this little lady waking up with an award-winning yawn, don't you think? ...
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