Satsuma News

TALLAHASSEE - One ticket matched all four numbers plus the Megaball in Tuesday's Mega Money drawing and will win a $500,000 jackpot, the Florida Lottery announced today. via News Press

One ticket matched the four winning numbers plus the Mega Ball number to collect $500,000 in the Mega Money game, the Florida Lottery said Wednesday. via Bradenton Herald

JAIL LOG * Who: Amaral, Jonathan Lee, 24, St. Augustine. Charge: Simple battery. via St. Augustine Record

Roger D. Engman, 64, of San Mateo, Fla., passed away after a lengthy illness, Wednesday, March 19, 2008, in Venice, Fla. via WisInfo

“I showed up and I was kind of raw.”

It's a very long way from the fabled fashion houses of Europe to a fish camp south of Satsuma. via Florida Times-Union

“I'm the only employee of the winery basically”

By Jessica Clark First Coast News SATSUMA, FL -- Under the Florida sun, Kellie Thropp is growing a dream. via WJXX

Seven teenagers -- ages 13 to 16 -- were arrested on charges of arson, burglary and criminal mischief after a joint investigation by the state Fire Marshal's office and the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. via WJXT

“We arrested one (person) two or three weeks ago and his comments to the arresting officer were that everybody's doing it.”

Talk Back: Post a comment on this article By Lindy Thackston First Coast News PALATKA, FL -- Mike Orand and Jim Bugg run 1st Coast Recycling in Palatka. via First Coast News

“Sure enough, after a couple days, the St. Johns Sheriff's Office called. "If it's stolen, the police department will usually notify us within 24 to 48 hours.”

On Monday, 220 feet of copper wire was stolen from a Clay Electric substation, leaving 3,000 customers in the Satsuma area without power for several hours and causing approximately $30,000 in damage. via Palatka Daily News

“They've been trying car doors and entering the ones that aren't locked.”

St. Augustine Beach: Residents of St. Augustine Beach are being urged to lock their car doors to curb the "rash" of burglaries that began Thursday night. via St. Augustine Record

Two men accused of robbing a Satsuma convenience store early Monday morning are now in the Volusia County Jail after deputies there caught them in a stolen car near DeLeon Spr-ings. The men, Kenneth Leon Horn, ... via Palatka Daily News

A stretch of road in Satsuma has sparked an odd case of road rage, pitting one couple against their neighbors and Putnam County. via First Coast News

“That road is just not passable”

Putnam County's push to pave high-priority dirt roads was reaffirmed Tuesday by county commissioners who unanimously rejected a couple's effort to keep their road pavement-free. The aptly named Cisco Dirt Road, ... via Palatka Daily News

“Most of the crops we grow for income here are pretty much harvested”

While many area residents turned up the thermostat and huddled under blankets Wednesday, Jackson County farmer Mack Glass was watering his trees. via Panama City News Herald

“The intruder then stopped and returned fire on Adams, with Adams firing once again”

Posted: Friday, December 21, 2007 ; Updated: 7:20 AM on Friday, December 21, 2007 ST. via St. Augustine Record

“That's how these type of offenders work. They often take jobs and responsibilities that give them access to children.”

A 54-year-old Satsuma man was charged Wednesday with capital sexual battery of a 9-year-old girl after the girl and her 16-year-old sister made allegations of fondling and sexual assault. via Palatka Daily News

“Then he just continued to go further and further.”

A 54-year-old Putnam County man is accused of sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl and molesting her older sister. via News4Jax

Talk Back: Post a comment on this article By Jessica Clark First Coast News ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FL -- Putnam County Sheriff's Office investigators have arrested a Satsuma man they say sexually abused a 9-year-old ... via FirstCoastNews

“If 50 people bother to get out of their house come here tonight and say they are happy with the bypass, we might consider it a good idea”

Florida highway officials say it could be about 20 years before U.S. 17, a vital link between South Putnam County and Palatka, will be four-laned. Ray Singleton, a resident of Pomona Park and Town Council ... via Palatka Daily News