Welaka News

She missed her 6th birthday party. She missed Thanksgiving. Now, Haleigh Cummings' family prays she'll be home for the holidays.

First, the burglary attempt was unsuccessful, then the two men involved were seen by a witness, then they were arrested.

Two Putnam County men are accused of trying to break into a pharmacy by smashing its glass door.

" December 10th will mark 10 months since Haleigh Cummings was taken from her Satsuma home in the middle of the night.

Christmas lights are newly strung at Haleigh Cummings' father's and great-grandmother's home in Welaka in Putnam County.

Published: Monday, August 31, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 11:12 p.m. Man arrested in bike hit-and-run A bicyclist was critically injured in a hit-and-run crash just after midnight Saturday when a blue Honda struck the pedestrian at 200 S.E. 24th St.

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A local man was killed while operating a small bulldozer on his land. Sixty-one-year-old Tommy Brenner, of Welaka, died Friday in an apparent accident.

What started as the opportunity to clear her name may have backfired for the stepmother of missing six-year-old Haleigh Cummings.

The family of a missing Putnam County girl came together Sunday for a prayer service the day before Haleigh Cummings will turn 6. Haleigh's family held a service at the First Baptist Church in Welaka on Sunday.

Fox News : SATSUMA, Fla. -- The father of a missing north Florida girl is being held at the Putnam County Jail after the sheriff's office said he got into a fight with his wife's brother.

Fox News : SATSUMA, Fla. -- The father of a missing north Florida girl is being held at the Putnam County Jail after the sheriff's office said he got into a fight with his wife's brother.

Fox News : SATSUMA, Fla. -- The father of a missing north Florida girl is being held at the Putnam County Jail after the sheriff's office said he got into a fight with his wife's brother.

Austin and Susan Tatum of Tallahassee are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth LaTrelle, to William James Athans, son of Ann Athans and Dennis Harding of Ft.

First Coast News has obtained Deputy Nicole Quintiere's report concerning the incident that led to Ronald Cummins arrest early Thursday morning.

Published: Friday, August 7, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, August 7, 2009 at 12:02 a.m. The arrest of the father of a missing Putnam County girl early Thursday stemmed from a fight with his wife's relatives, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Ronald Cummings, 25, was arrested early Thursday morning after getting into an altercation with Hank Croslin Jr., according to the sheriff's office.

A 35-year-old Welaka woman was killed early Monday morning in a single-vehicle wreck near County Road 315 in Putnam County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The motoryacht Scylla is anchored on a quiet bend in a dark-water river. Surrounded by jungle and exotic wildlife, the boat is thousands of miles and an ocean away from its home port.

The staff at the Blackwater Fisheries Research and Development Center has been busy this spring producing more than 4 million fish for Florida waters.