HISTORIC CITY NEWS 2013

FDLE and its investigator sued by local deputy

Making allegations that the FDLE investigator made the facts fit his own theory of the case in the 2010 suicide of his former girlfriend, Michelle O’Connell; Deputy Sheriff Jeremy H Banks filed a lawsuit against the agency for civil damages in excess of $15,000, and, through his attorney, Mac McLeod, is asking for the decision…

Visit full text article “FDLE and its investigator sued by local deputy” »

Community

Postal Service unveils Ray Charles stamp

The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind has informed Historic City News that the Ray Charles commemorative stamp will be unveiled in a ceremony on Monday, November 18, on the same campus where the legendary musical performer attended high school classes while in St Augustine.

Community

SJCSD: NHS Senior Nicole Thatcher got first place in The Ben Meggitt Memorial Scholarship essay contest sponsored by The Veterans Council of SJC!

NHS Senior Nicole Thatcher got first place in The Ben Meggitt Memorial Scholarship essay contest sponsored by The Veterans Council of SJC!

Community

No one injured in local airplane crash

Executive Director Edward R. Wuellner reported to Historic City News from Northeast Florida Regional Airport at St Augustine that a Mooney single-engine plane has crash landed on Runway 13.

Public Safety

Pirate arrested for assault with sword

Historic City News was informed that a 55-year-old pirate, Scott Franklyn Dixon, who resides at 6486 Central Avenue, Apt D, in St Petersburg, was sent home from jail Sunday, less his sword, after being arrested at the Historic Inn on Anastasia Boulevard and charged by St Augustine Police with aggravated assault.

Public Safety

St. Johns County Insurance Committee Meeting

NOTICE OF MEETINGOF THEST. JOHN’S COUNTY INSURANCE COMMITTEEThursday, November 21, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the St. Johns County Insurance Committee will hold a meeting on Thursday, November 21, 2013 beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the Supervisor of Elections Training Room, 4455 Avenue A, # 101, St. Augustine, FL 32095.

Community

Oil leaking from sailboat after crash with bridge

A diesel spill from a sailboat that crashed into the Bridge of Lions today has St Augustine Vice-Mayor Nancy Sikes-Kline calling for the city to find a way to stop these accidents from being allowed to happen, according to televised reports followed by Historic City News.

Public Safety

Agenda published for joint commission meeting

St Augustine City Clerk, Alison Ratkovic, has provided Historic City News an updated agenda for next week’s joint meeting of the St Johns County Commission and St Augustine City Commission in a joint workshop.

Government