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Authorities are continuing to investigate threatening messages that have appeared at three Putnam County schools over the past week. A 12-year-old was arrested for one of them.
Read More »3 Threats Written On School Walls In Putnam County
UPDATE: Body Of Man In Interlachen Boat Accident Found
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office hasn't been able to locate a man who went missing after a boat accident this morning on Lake Grandin in Interlachen.
Read More »Police: Interlachen Man Slept While Child, 1, Was Outside Alone
Brandon Overton, of Interlachen, was arrested Monday morning after police believe his 1-year-old son was left unattended outside his home.
Read More »North Central Florida Charter Schools Outperform Public Schools in 2016
One in every nine North Central Florida schools that received grades from the Florida Department of Education in 2016 were charter schools.
Read More »Environmentalists Push Again For Removal Of Rodman Dam
Florida Defenders of the Environment are picking up a decades-old fight tear down the Rodman Dam to help restore the Ocklawaha River. Local anglers and businesses who rely on the premier bass fishing hole are worried about the outcome.
Read More »Florida Voter Turnout Climbs From 2012, Analysis Shows
About 74 percent of registered voters cast ballots in the 2016 general election, according to a WUFT News analysis of the election results from each of Florida’s 67 county supervisors of elections. In 2012, it was 72 percent, according to the Florida Department of State.
Read More »After USB Votes Swing Putnam Sheriff’s Race, Kinney Files Complaint
There is enough evidence of error to doubt the results of the election, Republican candidate Jon Kinney said Monday.
Read More »New Fla. Law Gets A Few More Mail-In Ballots Counted
The law, which comes thanks to a federal judge's October ruling, says that elections officials are now required to mail affidavits to vote-by-mail voters whose signatures do not match what it is on record with their supervisor of elections.
Read More »DeLoach Ahead Of Kinney For Putnam County Sheriff After Recount
“I’m still trying to decide exactly what the staff did that that situation occurred, and as of this moment I can’t say except for human error,” Charles Overturf, the Supervisor of Elections for Putnam County, said.
Read More »Roundup of 2016 Winners from 49 Contested Races In North Central Florida
This story completes our guide, Florida Votes 2016, a coverage of all races up to and through the Nov. 8 election.
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