Dr. J. Michael Francis received his PhD in History from the University of Cambridge. Since 1997, he has taught at the University of North Florida, where he is Professor of History. Dr. Francis has published numerous articles on the history of early-colonial New Granada (modern day Colombia).
As an active community historic preservationist for Boca Raton, Mrs. Dickenson has served on many boards, including the Children’s Museum at Singing Pines, the Boca Raton Historical Society, where she served as chair, the Boca Raton Junior League, where she served as president, and The Mounts Botanical Garden.
Joseph L. Boles, Jr. moved to St. Augustine with his parents in 1967. A native of North Carolina, he attended the University of Florida after graduating from St. Augustine High School in 1970.
United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces to Historic City News that 29 year-old Rodwick Jewing Dowston of Jacksonville has been indicted on charges stemming from the 2008 burglary of an area firearms dealer.
Traffic Homicide Investigator, Deputy J.D. McGinnis, tells Historic City News that after forensic examination of debris collected at Wednesday’s crash site on SR-214, the vehicle that struck and killed 23 year-old Bryan B. Wrigley is a Ford pickup truck.
Sgt. Chuck Mulligan told Historic City News local reporters this afternoon that deputies believe that suspects wanted in connection with armed robberies at two Walgreens pharmacies, one of them in St. Johns County, were located and led officers on a high-speed chase yesterday.
