LOCAL NEWS 7/21/2021

THE RAIN RETURNS WITH AN INCH OF RAIN FALLING HERE AT THE STUDIOS YESSTERDAY AND OVERNIGHT. MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST TODAY. BASS IS COMING BACK IN 2022
B.A.S.S. OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE 2022 SCHEDULE FOR BASSMASTER ELITE SERIES
THE TOP PROFESSIONAL BASS FISHING CIRCUIT IN THE WORLD WILL ONCE AGAIN KICK OFF ITS SEASON RIGHT HERE IN PALATKA WITH EVENTS ON THE ST. JOHNS RIVER IN PALATKA, FEB. 10-13, 2022 AND THE HARRIS CHAIN OF LAKES IN LEESBURG, FEB. 17-20.
THIS WILL MARK THE FOURTH-STRAIGHT YEAR THE ELITE SERIES HAS HELD ITS SEASON-OPENER ON THE ST. JOHNS RIVER . THE 2021 EVENT ON THE ST. JOHNS WAS WON BY NORTH CAROLINA ROOKIE PRO BRYAN NEW WITH A FOUR-DAY TOTAL OF 79 POUNDS, 7 OUNCES.


ON THE MORNING SHOW TODAY OUR CONGRESSWOMAN KAT CAMMACK JOINED US LIVE TO TALK ABOUT HER RECENT TRIP TO THE BORDER WITH SHERIFF GATOR DELOACH.  SHE NOTED THAT IT IS IMPERITIVE THAT WE SECURE OUR BORDERS.  SHE SAID THEY WITNESSED NUMEROUS PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO COME INTO THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. AND SPEAKING OF KAT CAMMACK REPUBLICAN LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY APPOINTED HER TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DISPARITY AND FAIRNESS IN GROWTH. CAMMACK SAID
“THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, THE U.S. IS AT A TURNING POINT. AS A MEMBER OF THIS SELECT COMMITTEE, I’M COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING AMERICA’S WORKERS, FAMILIES, AND OUR ROBUST ECONOMY TO PROVIDE PRO-BUSINESS SOLUTIONS THAT ENSURE WE’RE PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE,” “CAPITALISM HAS LIFTED MORE PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY THAN ANY OTHER ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN HISTORY AND IT IS OUR DUTY TO CONTINUE THE COMMONSENSE, FREE-MARKET POLICIES THAT HAVE PROPELLED US SINCE OUR NATION’S FOUNDING. ONLY IN AMERICA CAN SOMEONE LIKE ME GO FROM HOMELESS TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN LESS THAN A DECADE.”

“KAT IS AN OBVIOUS CHOICE FOR THIS SELECT COMMITTEE. AS THE YOUNGEST REPUBLICAN WOMAN IN THE HOUSE, SHE HAS SPENT HER TIME IN CONGRESS FIGHTING FOR POLICIES THAT WILL GROW THE MIDDLE CLASS AND EXPAND ACCESS TO THE AMERICAN DREAM,” SAID LEADER MCCARTHY., SHE WILL SHOW AMERICANS HOW DEMOCRATS’ DISASTROUS SPENDING SPREE HAS LEFT WORKING FAMILIES STRUGGLING.

TRAFFIC VIOLATION LEADS TO ARRESTS OF TWO HABITUAL OFFENDERS ON MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES

ON MONDAY, THE FLAGLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE OBSERVED A DRIVER OPERATING A VEHICLE ON DR. MARIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD WHO WAS DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED,. THE TRAFFIC STOP LED TO THE ARREST OF TWO SUBJECTS ON DRUG CHARGES, LATER IDENTIFIED AS 29 YEAR OLD JORDAN MANNING AND 27 YEAR OLD EDWARD SAMPSON
AN FCSO DEPUTY WAS CONDUCTING STATIONARY TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH ANDERSON STREET AND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD WHEN A BLACK DODGE NITRO TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON DR. MARIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD WAS OBSERVED. THE DEPUTY USED VARIOUS DATABASES WHICH IDENTIFIED JORDAN MANNING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE. IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT MANNING’S DRIVER’S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AND HE WAS CONSIDERED A HABITUAL TRAFFIC VIOLATOR WITH 13 SUSPENSIONS ON HIS DRIVER’S LICENSE MANNING EXITED HIS VEHICLE AND WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED. THE PASSENGER, EDWARD SAMPSON, WAS THEN DIRECTED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE SO THE DEPUTY COULD CONDUCT A PROBABLE CAUSE SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE. DURING THE SEARCH, A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE, HASHISH OIL, AND A FANNY PACK CONTAINING VARIOUS NARCOTICS WERE RECOVERED. BOTH WERE ARRESSTED ON VARIOUS DRUG CHARGES.
SHERIFF STALY SAID.. ONE THING I WANT ALL POISON PEDDLERSTO KNOW IS THAT IF YOU BRING DRUGS INTO FLAGLER COUNTY, YOU WILL HAVE ACCOMMODATIONS AT THE GREEN ROOF INN

IN ST. AUGUSTINE, THE COLUMBIA RESTAURANT GROUP, OWNERS OF SEVERAL TRADITIONAL SPANISH RESTAURANTS, WILL REQUIRE EMPLOYEES TO WEAR MASKS AGAIN IN LIGHT OF THE UPTICK IN CORONAVIRUS CASES.
“WITH COVID DELTA VARIANT INFECTION RATES RISING, THE COLUMBIA RESTAURANT ONCE AGAIN WILL LEAD OUR INDUSTRY WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAFETY OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS,” POSTED PRESIDENT AND CEO RICHARD GONZMART ON FACEBOOK.


SPEAKING OF COVID
COVID TESTING SITE AT 1101 HUSSON AVE. NO APPOINTMENT REQUIRED MONDAY AND FRIDAY 10A – 2 PM
COVID TESTING TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY @ DOH-PUTNAM 2801 KENNEDY ST.

VACCINATIONS WILL CONTINUE AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.

FRIDAY, JULY 23RD, FROM 9 AM TO 1 PM
FOOD PANTRY 
321 S 13TH ST, PALATKA

EVERY TUESDAY- 9:00 AM -3 PM
MOSELEY ELEMENTARY TRAINING CENTER
1101 HUSSON AVE, PALATKA,

EVERY WEDNESDAY- 9:30 AM -3 PM
WIC OFFICE – GEORGE C. MILLER JR. MIDDLE SCHOOL
101 S PROSPECT ST, CRESCENT CITY,

EVERY THURSDAY – 9:30 AM – 3 PM
WIC OFFICE – INTERLACHEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
251 COUNTY RD 315, INTERLACHEN

MODERNA VACCINE IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE 18+
PFIZER VACCINE FOR THOSE 12 +
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 18 +

FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE UNDER 18 YEARS OLD, DOH-PUTNAM IS OFFERING ONLY THE PFIZER VACCINE. FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS UNDER 18, A PARENT/GUARDIAN MUST BE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF VACCINATION AND SIGN THE COVID-19 CONSENT FORMS.