A St Johns County tractor operator, pulling a mower deck along US-1 north of Las Calinas Boulevard, was ejected from his vehicle around 11:50 a.m. today; after he traveled into the roadway, striking a passing vehicle.
Former County Commission Chairman Earl Byrd was born in St Johns County on September 17, 1913; he died here this morning, two months shy of his 99th birthday, according to a report from his daughter, Kathy Strickland.
Jazz Society hosts fundraiser
By Michael Isam
The St Augustine Jazz Society hosted a scholarship fundraiser event on Sunday to raise funds for students to continue their music education.
Laurie Sanderson reported the following St. Augustine and St. Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.
Jennifer Tesori announced to local Historic City News reporters that St Joseph Academy Catholic High School and St Augustine High School classes of 1988-1996 would hold a reunion and class mixer on Friday, July 27.
Historic City News received a report that a family of five was forced out of their mobile home after an early morning fire rendered the double-wide uninhabitable; according to Lt. Jeremy Robshaw.
On April 24 St Johns County sheriff’s deputies and traffic homicide investigators responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of CR-210 West and St Johns Parkway involving an impaired driver and four teenagers who suffered serious and life threatening injuries.
A Christopher Street resident was awakened shortly before 12:00 a.m. Saturday night to find an injured man lying in the road behind his home, according to a report received by Historic City News in St Augustine this evening.
