Sarah Cavacini

Cheers and chants erupted in Ravine Gardens State Park on Tuesday night after more than half of all Palatka voters elected a familiar face to return to office. The Rev. Karl N. Flagg, a former Palatka mayor and Putnam County commissioner, won the mayoral race with 817 votes (57.74%), according to Putnam County Supervisor of Elections data. “The victory […]

Cheers and chants erupted in Ravine Gardens State Park on Tuesday night after more than half of all Palatka voters elected a familiar face to return to off

As data center debates continue nationwide, the Putnam County Board of Commissioners will discuss implementing a countywide moratorium on the centers Tuesday. The Board of County Commissioners meeting will be the site of the first of two required ordinance hearings to establish a moratorium, according to the meeting agenda. The second hearing would be Sept. 8. Part of the […]

The side of Palatka City Hall that faces Reid Street is missing a few pieces of art, but they won’t be gone forever. The six “Down Memory Lane” murals on the side of the 201 N. Second St. building are undergoing restoration, said Nicole Auth, the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency coordinator. The panels were removed Aug.12 to start the […]

The Palatka Charter Review Committee spent two years revising the city’s charter, but elected officials, citing a failure in procedure, voted Thursday not to put the proposed changes on this year’s ballot. The Palatka City Commission unanimously decided to not place the 17 charter amendment proposals on the Nov. 3 general election ballot after learning the committee never saw […]

An Interlachen man was put under arrest Sept. 1 after calling law enforcement on himself and proceeding to punch responding deputies’ vehicles, authorities alleged. Sebastian Gabriel Holland, 21, was charged with two counts of property damage and one count of resisting an officer, according to Putnam County Jail records. Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Lucas Hamilton and Jonathan Ramirez […]

Officials trying to move forward with the development of a motor sports complex project in Palatka recently hit a roadblock in the form of the Palatka City Commission. Putnam County administrators asked the city for a partnership in which the county would connect to the city’s water and wastewater services along County Road 309C, where the Lagasse Motor Sports […]

A Palatka woman sparked a six-hour search when she took one of her children in the early morning hours of Sept. 4 despite not having custody of the minor, authorities said. After being located that same day, Amanda Lynn Burkes, 34, was charged with interfering with the custody of a minor and burglary, according to Putnam County Jail records. […]

The Putnam County Board of Commissioners could make its final decision next week to temporarily ban data centers. The board needs to approve the matter in two public hearings before the decision could take effect, with county commissioners already giving their approval at the first hearing Aug. 25. If the ordinance is passed Sept. 8, the moratorium to ban […]

Putnam County elected officials took little time Sept. 8 to agree to temporarily block the establishment of medium- and large-scale data centers in the county. The Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the ordinance, which took effect immediately and will remain in place until at least Aug. 30, 2027. Sept. 8 was the second of two required […]