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App · Putnam CountyAn app that allows students to send tips to law enforcement agencies is the reason behind the arrest of a Putnam County student accused of bringing a gun to school.The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said a tip on the FortifyFL app led authorities to the 9th grader at QI Roberts Junior-Senior High School.Deputy Brady, who is assigned to the school, found the student with a gun in their backpack. The deputy secured the handgun and took the student…See the Story
9th grader arrested after tip on FortifyFL app leads to discovery of gun at Putnam County school
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Melrose, Florida · MelroseA postal office in Melrose will be renamed to honor the life of a mail carrier who was fatally mauled by a pack of dogs in Putnam County in 2022.When Pam Rock’s postal car broke down on Aug. 21, 2022, while she was delivering mail on a dirt road, five dogs escaped their fenced-in yard and attacked her. The dogs’ owner had previously tried unsuccessfully to surrender them to animal control.She was 61 years old.H.R. 3947 was signed into legislatio…See the Story
Putnam County postal office to be renamed to memorialize life of mail carrier fatally attacked by dogs
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Golf · PalatkaSchool officials are celebrating two local teachers, one of whom learned this week she’d been selected to attend a teaching program and the other who is the first educator from Florida to receive aSee the Story
Putnam teachers recognized for academic tenacity | Palatka Daily News, Palatka, Florida
Palatka · PalatkaThe Palatka Police Department said it will crack down on people who blast loud music while driving and those with loud car exhausts because of complaints from residents.Michael Borton said he often hears loud cars in Palatka.“I live two blocks off of 19th, so I can be at home in my bedroom and hear ‘bdrmmm, bdrmmm’ and all I want to do is shoot the tires,” Borton said.It’s a loud sound he said comes from a modified car exhaust.He also said he he…See the Story
Palatka police cracks down on loud music, car exhausts after complaints from residents
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Guns · Putnam CountyA man who is accused of trying to speed away from Putnam County deputies before he crashed into a utility pole was arrested early Monday morning on drug and gun charges.According to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, the 27-year-old Palatka man was first seen driving in an SUV on Gillis Street driving slowly with his lights off. When deputies tried to pull him over, he sped off, deputies said.The man reached speeds of 100 mph, deputies said, be…See the Story
Deputy fires TASER out of cruiser window, hits man accused of running with AR-15 style rifle following car chase, crash
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