Author: Historic City News

Tavar vehicle recovered – human remains found

In what is being described to local Historic City News reporters as a gruesome crime scene in a heavily wooded area, St. Johns County Sheriff’s investigators have located human remains this morning — in advanced stage of decomposition.

Public Safety

County begins fiscal year with increased reserves

On September 29th, Historic City News reported that the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners had adopted the final “Fiscal Year 2011” budget of $582 million — a $29 million decrease from 2010, and, a $151 million decrease since 2007.

Government

Wanchick to county: A job well done

Historic City News reporters received a copy of the following open letter to the County Commission, each County employee, and St. Johns County residents from County Administrator Michael D. Wanchick.

Government

Letter: Stop the divisive tactics

Dear Editor: It is true; we can no longer afford “business as usual” in our government, in politics, in our lives — but that idea needs to be applied in more ways than just our finances, especially in the St. Augustine Beach community.

Editorials

Manhunt over – now a quest for answers

Sheriff David B. Shoar dispatched investigators George Harrigan and Charles Brantley to Seattle Washington to interview 26 year-old Joseph Dean Roberts — who has been aggressively sought by the U.S. Marshal Service in a nationwide manhunt that ended Tuesday night.

Public Safety

Picturing Hastings at public library

Historic City News has learned that the Hastings “Drop-In” Center, a socialization center for those with mental health conditions, proudly presents an exhibition of photographs taken by its members titled “Picturing Hastings”.

Community