Historic City News

Entertainment in St Augustine this week

Barbara Golden, Communications Manager for the St Augustine, Ponte Vedra and the Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau, informed local Historic City News reporters about the following entertaining events for our St Johns County readers.

Community

Silver Alert issued from Julington Creek

An elderly man from Pennsylvania who is now residing in Fruit Cove has gone missing this morning in the Julington Creek area and St Johns County investigators are asking you for assistance in locating him.

Public Safety

Southeast Toyota helps Living Reef Restoration

Friends of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve informed local Historic City News reporters that Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC in Jacksonville recently sent a team to assist in building reef from over 5,000 pounds of oyster shell.

Community

Guardians gang members headed for prison

U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced five members of the “Guardians” gang last Friday to federal prison terms. Maynard Kenneth Godwin (33, Jacksonville), Andrew Chase Wilkie (31, Callahan) and Eric Steven Ellis (28, Atlantic Beach) were convicted of conspiracy and violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.

Public Safety

Obama not officially re-elected yet

Historic City News reported that millions of voters turned out in Florida to cast their ballots on Tuesday, November 6, but they did not re-elect President Obama; in fact, the entire state only has 29 votes in the decision of who will be the next President and Vice President of the United States for the…

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Government

Yacht breaks anchor becomes lodged on beach

When Historic City News reporter Lindsay Norton went for her daily walk on Vilano Beach this morning, she was surprised to find a 64-foot yacht that ran aground after it broke free from its anchor in the St Augustine inlet.

Public Safety

Machete-wielding man shot and killed by deputy

The scene was tense last night when Debra Johnson reported to Historic City News that a 32-year-old Palm Coast man, armed with an 18″ machete, was shot and killed by a Flagler County deputy sheriff; after a Taser shot failed to stay his advance against another officer.

Public Safety

Marriage Licenses Applications – 12/16/2012

The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee. The original public records are on file with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court and should be consulted before taking any action.

Community