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Daytona-based Embry-Riddle Aeronautical flight students flying near Palatka help pilot in distress

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Two Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University flight students were flying near Palatka when they heard an emergency call over the radio that an 81-year-pilot nearby had just experienced engine failure at 800 feet.

Palatka man gets life in prison for murdering girlfriend

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PALATKA, Fla – Jose Maldonado Sr. pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the gunshot killing of his estranged girlfriend and was subsequently sentenced to life in prison earlier on this Friday, a spokesman for the State Attorney's Office announced.  

Palatka woman among 3 Florida citizens appointed by Gov. Scott to council for deaf & hard of hearing

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PALATKA, Fla. – Gov. Rick Scott announced the appointment of Lois “Darlene” Laibl-Crowe of Palatka and two other Florida citizens on Wednesday to the Florida Coordinating Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

499. Palatka City Commissioner Allegra Kitchens demonstrated she can 'stand the heat'

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Top 500 Newsmakers of Central Florida / Headline Surfer®
Headline Surfer® has long since passed the half decade mark of providing around-the-clock award-winning breaking news & investigative reporting coverage for Central Florida with our April 7, 2008, launch as the Sunshine State's first exclusively-online newspaper. As part of the milestone our special countdown of the Top 500 newsmakers continues here with No. 499.
 

Paltka City Commissioner Allegra Kitchens No. 496 in internet news countdown / Headline Surfer®PALATKA -- It was President Truman who said, "I'll stand by [you] but if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen." Palatka City Commissioner Allegra Kitchens can relate to the pressure of politics; her last name befitting of the controversy stirred up earlier this year.