Putnam County News

Southbound lanes on Interstate 295 at Lem Turner Road were closed for about three hours Sunday evening following a three-vehicle wreck.

The victim of a car accident on Masters Drive is transported to a Life Flight Helicopter in the Pomar Park parking lot Friday afternoon, July 4, 2008.

A woman who police were told was beaten and left for dead has contacted the Putnam County Sheriff's Office to say she is safe.

They performed at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre for "cinema night," Southwoods Elementary for their Odyssey Community event, Earth Day Festival at the Jacksonville Landing, Sebastian and Gamble Rogers Middle ...

The 10-year-old East Palatka boy accidentally shot in the head on June 15 remains hospitalized, but his condition has stabilized, his father told the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.

Two people have been arrested in the murder of a retired teacher. Gytonia Cheek, 27, and Quritus Lowe II, 20, are accused of killing 58-year-old Myrtle McKinney in her Forrest Glen apartment back on Christmas ...

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office is asking for help finding a woman who is missing and who might be a victim of a crime.

Dr. Parker, licensed educator,has more than 20 years of professional experience in education and 11 years of teaching experience with Crescent City High School.

Little did Hardus Oberholzer know seven years ago, while performing CPR on a cardiac arrest patient in South Africa, that he would be attending First Coast Technical College's public safety academy.

In the past week three wrongful death lawsuits have been filed in federal court involving salmonella poisoning in Putnam County, an inmate drug overdose in Macclenny and a fatal car crash in Jacksonville.

Severe thunderstorms rolled through Putnam County on Wednesday, knocking down power lines and trees and damaging several homes.

The emergency operations center in Putnam County says a small cluster of storms hit them "like a sledge hammer." They are still taking calls and reports of damage in Palatka.

A 10-year-old Putnam County boy remained in critical condition Monday after being shot in the head by a teenage friend over the weekend.

Published: Monday, June 16, 2008 at 8:18 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 16, 2008 at 8:20 a.m. A 10-year-old boy was shot in the head Sunday afternoon at his Palatka home by a teenage friend who had spent the ...

A 10-year-old boy remains in critical condition in a north Florida hospital after being shot in the head.

Crabbers like Woody Hoyt of Palatka make their living trapping and selling blue crabs from the St.

Police in Palatka are turning to you for help in solving the murder of a pregnant corrections officer.

Fire crews are working to contain a brush fire burning in a remote area outside of Palatka.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating after a 23-year-old man died Sunday afternoon after being taken into custody when deputies said he was walking through a Putnam County neighborhood ...

On Tuesday, members with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office Drug/Vice Unit, SWAT team and other detectives and deputies investigated two separate homes they suspected had illegal drug activity and sales.