St Augustine Beach Police Chief Richard Hedges and his Assistant Chief, Daniel Decoursey, are not the only two targets of the litany of accusations lodged by members of the police department, former mayor Frank Charles told Historic City News — although he may be the first to be cleared of any wrongdoing.
The St Johns County crime desk at Historic City News in St Augustine was notified that the Bank of America located at 4850 Belle Terre Parkway in Palm Coast was robbed this morning and Sheriff Don Fleming is asking if you can help identify the robber.
When it comes to casting your ballot in St Johns County, there’s an old joke about corrupt politicos registering voters from the cemetery just to get their candidate elected; however, Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes told Historic City News editor Michael Gold that is not likely to happen these days.
Thursday, May 17
“ROMANZA WEEK”, Monday-Sunday, May 14-20, 2012, clusters over 50 shows and exhibitions in a single week to highlight the remarkable living culture of the Nation’s Oldest City.
Historic City News readers are invited to attend a “Team Teal” pep rally and join Jacksonville Jaguars coaches, players, ROAR cheerleaders and other special guests as they build momentum for the 2012 NFL season.
A law enforcement veteran with over twenty-five years of training and experience in all aspects of the job will assist the City of St Augustine in the role of interim Chief of Police according to an announcement made this morning by St Johns County Sheriff David B. Shoar.
Certain members of the City of St Augustine staff, and some of its elected commissioners, have increasingly taken heat from the public about what, exactly, we taxpayers have to show for the hundreds of thousands of our tax dollars that have been thrown at what should have been a simple, economically realistic anniversary week, or even event.
Historic City News has learned that the Florida Department of Education has resolved a contract dispute between the two competing bidders for a scholastic testing system, after the chosen company agreed to share $4.6 million of the $36.8 million federal grant proceeds with the losing bidder.
