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NewSee the fireworks with this Fourth of July guide

If you want to see fireworks, all you have to do is wait until dusk and look up; somebodya s going to be lighting up the sky pretty much everywhere.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

WJXT-TV

Meth Lab Busted In Palatka

A search warrant of a Palatka home on Wednesday turned up one of the largest methamphetamine labs ever discovered in Putnam County.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Highlands Today

FHP names new commander for region

The Florida Highway Patrol announced Thursday that Maj. Brent Coates has taken over the reigns as the new commander of Troop F, according to FHP Director Col.

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WJXT

Meth Lab Busted In Palatka

A search warrant yielded quite a discovery on Wednesday in Palatka. The Putnam County Sheriff's Office Drug and Vice Unit and the Palatka Police Department Street Crimes Unit executed a search warrant on to a home in Palakta.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

St. Augustine Record

Putnam Co. police search for shooting suspect

Putnam County police Tuesday night were looking for a suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of a St.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

WJXT-TV

Man Shot, Killed During Robbery Attempt

Putnam County deputies are investigating the shooting death of a 31-year-old St.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

AARP The Magazine

Still Down With a Cause

"? Stetson Kennedy, a civil rights worker, anti-Ku Klux Klan activist and Florida folklorist, on the back deck of his home in Fruit Cove, Fla., 2007, file photo.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

Flagler double murder suspect gets another new attorney

For the second time in as many months a judge had to switch the defense attorney representing a man accused of killing his daughter's mother and her boyfriend.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

St. Augustine Record

News and Notes

Learn, return and earn WorkSource, the organization that connects workers to jobs, has developed Learn, Return and Earn, a program that provides information and easy access to training scholarships for unemployed individuals across Northeast Florida.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

Seattle's WB

Azalea house in full bloom in Palatka

Crab lovers unite! Grab your mallets, picks and prepare to paddle your way to the 14th Annual Blue Crab Festival in Palatka on Memorial Day weekend, May 25-27. Palatka is in Putnam County, about halfway between St.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

Florida Times-Union

Palatka drug warrant sweep nets a dozen

Palatka police arrested 12 people Friday and are searching for five others charged with illegal drug sales in the city, police officials said.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

WCJB

Suspect Caught After Leaving Wallet at Crime Scene

A wallet and a knife were found at the scene of a burglary Monday , and the discovery led to an arrest.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

St. Augustine Record

Putnam volunteer firefighter accused of faking gas bills

A volunteer fire chief from Putnam County was charged Monday with falsifying gas reimbursement documents and pocketing about $1,000. Robert Allen Meyer, 58, was arrested after investigators said he claimed $1,104 for 138 different service calls from Jan.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

News4Jax

Volunteer Fire Chief Arrested

A volunteer fire chief from Putnam County has been arrested and accused of scamming the county.

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

CBS4

Suicide Victim's Family Sues Putnam County

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

The Florida Times-Union

Police charge Palatka man in burglary after finding his wallet

And now in the running for the dumbest criminal of the week award: Palatka police this morning charged a felon with burglarizing the county's school bus garage after finding his wallet at the crime scene and a stolen safe in his home.

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Sun Jun 14, 2009

St. Augustine Record

Neighbors - News and notes from Putnam County

If you haven't gotten a ticket yet, hurry and get one for "Love, Sex and the IRS." It's the latest by the River City Players and opens Thursday with a dress rehearsal at the Scarlett-Hill Theater in the Larimer Arts Center, 216 Reid St., Palatka.

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

Sebring News-Sun

Two Lake Placid men die in Putnam Co. head-on crash

A head-on crash near San Mateo early Monday has claimed a second life. A passenger in the car, Felipe Vazquez, 31, of Lake Placid, died at a Gainesville hospital several hours after he was evacuated by helicopter, the Florida Highway Patrol said Wednesday.

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Wed Jun 10, 2009

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

Human mistakes are being blamed in Putnam jail escape

Published: Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 10:22 p.m. Personnel lapses are being blamed in the escape in mid-April of two men from the Putnam County Jail, according to an internal investigation at the jail that was released Wednesday afternoon.

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Mon Jun 08, 2009

News4Jax

1 Killed In Head-On Collision In Putnam

One driver was killed early Monday in a head-on collision involving several vehicles on State Road 100 east of Palatka.

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