March 2021

This is Marcia Lane, your roving reporter. Putnam County commissioners will hold a special county commission meeting Thursday morning in Palatka at 8 a.m. at the government complex on Crill Avenue dealing with cost overruns on road resurfacing for [Read More]

This is Marcia Lane, your roving reporter. County commissioners from Putnam, Flagler and St. Johns counties hold a special called tri-county meeting Thursday to talk about areas of mutual interest. Proposed topics include economic development and [Read More]

This is Marcia Lane, your roving reporter. Putnam County manager Terry Suggs will be staying in Putnam County. One of three finalists for the job of Daytona Beach city manager, he withdrew his name from consideration Friday. Putnam commissioners [Read More]

This is Marcia Lane, your roving reporter. Palatka City Commission didn’t approve the Palatka Housing Authority’s one-year plan at Thursday’s meeting, citing a number of concerns including no response to a list of questions sent by City [Read More]

This is Marcia Lane, your roving reporter. The peaceful surrender by an armed man ended a potentially deadly situation in Satsuma following a reported domestic violence battery late Tuesday night. Putnam County Sheriff’s deputies went to the Kerry [Read More]

This is Marcia Lane, your roving reporter. Two major crashes on Interstate 95 North in St. Johns County this morning shut down portions of the highway and rerouted traffic as Florida Highway Patrol investigates. The first crash just after 2 a.m. [Read More]

This is Marcia Lane, your roving reporter. Crescent City Commission holds a special meeting today to look at candidates for the interim city manager job. While the public can come, the meeting notice says no direct public input is allowed while [Read More]

This is Marcia Lane, your roving reporter. Longtime Welaka mayor Gordon Sands died Sunday less than two weeks after he spoke at funeral services for a fellow councilman and friend, Willie Washington. Sands, 85, surprised many when he withdrew from [Read More]

This is Marcia Lane, your roving reporter. Florida Highway Patrol is investigating an accident Thursday night that left one person dead in the Reid Street parking lot of Beck Wholesale Parts in Palatka. Authorities say a man driving a van through [Read More]