Michael Pappa Jr.

Of 24 towns contacted in North Central Florida, 18 sent their mayor's emails free of charge to WUFT. The others posed fees, lack of archived emails and other problems when confronted with a request for the public records.

The Putnam County School District is taking steps to create a healthier lifestyle for students, faculty and staff with its new fitness challenge, Walking to Wellness. William D. Moseley Elementary School in Palatka is hosting the fall fitness challenge, where faculty and staff will track how many steps they take each day.

North Central Florida agencies increasingly use Facebook and other social media sites as a method to find suspects, gather evidence and give residents crime updates.

Keystone Heights is holding a "Scarecrow Strut" contest: businesses, schools and nonprofits can build scarecrows to compete and be judged in various categories.

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church took part in a nationwide ringing of the bells, which occurred at 3 p.m. all over the country to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.