Posted inGovernment
Senator Travis Hutson recaps week in the Florida Senate
Senator Travis Hutson informed local Historic City News reporters that the following actions were taken during the week of February 5th – 9th in the Florida Senate.
Posted inCommunity
FDOT road repairs and maintenance report
Historic City News was notified by Florida Department of Transportation Public Information Officer, Monica R. Reifeiss, that traffic will be impacted at the following
St Augustine and St Johns County locations where roadwork is being conducted.
Be alert to lane closures and temporary detours, as well as increased congestion in these areas. FDOT employees and contractors will be working on the roadways and need your full attention.
Posted inEditorials
Letter: Loring also showed contempt for the American Flag
Letter: Loring also showed contempt for the American Flag
(Rabbi) Merrill Shapiro
Palm Coast, FL
Dear Historic City News editor:
It is quite correct that I am not a resident of St. Augustine. But I do pledge allegiance, quite regularly, to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.
Posted inPublic Safety
Ex-lawyer fugitive from NH killed in police involved shooting
Historic City News has learned that at about 6:00 p.m. Tuesday evening, two federal and one county law enforcement officer exercised lethal force while attempting to capture a single, middle-aged, 190-lb former lawyer, who was unarmed, but had an arrest warrant issued against him in the District of New Hampshire.
Posted inEditorials
Museum curators: Tell your legislators to continue grant funding
Museum curators: Tell your legislators to continue grant funding
Kathy Fleming, Executive Director
St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum
There may be a trend developing in the State of Florida toward reducing funding for museums and cultural institutions. If that occurs, Historic City News readers on the First Coast will be hard hit.
Posted inGovernment
Forward March chairman asks for and gets amended request
Reporting in Historic City News was mentioned by several speakers during yesterday morning’s meeting of the St Johns County Commission. Our article preceding the meeting, and individual e-mail copies sent to the chairman and commissioners, resulted in the $10,000 funding request, by Sheriff David Shoar, being taken off the “fast track” consent agenda and modified to bring the requested action into compliance with state law.
Posted inPublic Safety
One shot at Interstate hotel during police operation
A fugitive, wanted in connection with charges of aggravated sexual battery against a child under the age of 15, has been shot and killed at the door to his motel room on SR-16 at I-95 by members of a joint local-federal law enforcement task force attempting to execute an arrest warrant.
Posted inPublic Safety
HCN Reader spots driver involved in possible battery
When one observant Historic City News reader was waiting downtown to pick his teenage son up from work, the driver of a burgundy red Ford Mustang coupe sped up to a Flagler-College-aged female on the east-sidewalk of Cordova Street, threw open the passenger door, and began yelling for her to get into the car.