Thursday evening, shortly after 5:00 p.m., Historic City News learned that neighbors in the 400 block of Chattan Way called 9-1-1 to report hearing gunshots fired in their otherwise peaceful St Johns neighborhood.
During the running of this week’s Summer Shotgun Race hosted by the City of Palm Coast, Historic City News learned that five runners had to take a break from the competition after a fellow runner collapsed in cardiac arrest.
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.
After a two-day trial, a St Johns County jury deliberated for approximately three hours yesterday before finding 42-year-old Clay County man, Isaac Sieh Forh, guilty as charged of Robbery with a Firearm, a first degree felony, punishable by life.
I find it interesting that elections supervisors in Florida have only offered the option of “early voting” since 2004; and yet some Jacksonville activists are clogging up the courts with a lawsuit that would have you to think that two-weeks of in-person voting before Election Day was their God-given right.
County commission District 1 is one of three county commission contests this year; and, one of two that will not be finally decided until the General Election in November; the incumbent in this race has been supported by Historic City News during each of her last two elections — we see no reason to change our position now.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission informed local Historic City News reporters in St Augustine that they will conduct regional workshops to present information on the management plan revisions and permitting guidelines for gopher tortoises.
Yesterday, Historic City News reporters learned that Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, Jeff Atwater, visited the St Johns County Chamber of Commerce to meet area business leaders and to tour the headquarters of one of the county’s largest employers, Ring Power Corporation.
