Alcohol suspected factor in Racy Point crash
At about 11:30 p.m. last night, Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Neil P Mariotti informed local Historic City News reporters in St Augustine that two occupants of a 2006 Nissan Maxima flipped and crashed on CR-13; sending both to area hospitals.



Historic City News has learned that 50 year-old John Thomas Olsen, passed away at his home on Venetian Boulevard in St Augustine on Friday, June 15th.
Dark clouds and heavy rain set a mood, of sorts, when Historic City News visited the Flagler Beach Fire Department headquarters this afternoon while members of the Flagler Emergency Communications Association staged an emergency training simulation in Palm Coast.
The late Jack Williams, a colonial history and antique weapons expert in St Augustine, “knew what he had” when he contacted archaeologist Dr. Kathleen Deagan of the Florida Museum of Natural History in the 1970’s, according to local author and businessman Daniel D. Holiday.
Retired Sheriff of St Johns County and St Augustine native, Neil Joseph Perry, age 67, passed away peacefully Wednesday afternoon at his home surrounded by his family. His strength and character was evident during his long and courageous battle with cancer. He will long be remembered as a compassionate and loving husband, father, grandfather and valued friend.
Laurie Sanderson reported the following St. Augustine and St. Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced to local Historic City News reporters that after examining some of the more than 150 dead or distressed birds sighted along the coast, researchers believe these deaths are related to stress from the species’ long, trans-Atlantic migration.
When a local Dunkin Donuts employee dropped off her deposit at Regions Bank on South Ponce de Leon Boulevard Tuesday afternoon, there was more in her bank bag than cash; according to information received by Historic City News in St Augustine.