East Palatka News

One of three fugitive siblings who were the focus of a nationwide search last summer will have to serve at least nine years in prison after pleading guilty to reduced charges.

She's the reason lots of Palatka girls learned how to sew on a button and cook a meal, thanks to her 22 years of teaching home ec at Palatka High School.

Investigators said the main leader of the operation was 31-year-old Johnny Batts, of Palatka.

Elkton woman held in Putnam County sting: Putnam County Sheriff's Office deputies charged seven people, including an Elkton woman, after a drug sting in Putnam County.

Local residents and motorists already know this, but travelers to the Palatka area may want to know that the Florida Department of Transportation has begun resurfacing a stretch of U.S. 17 between State Road 207 and the Memorial Bridge.