HISTORIC CITY NEWS 2016

DeLand man sent to prison for killing horse injuring rider

Historic City News was informed by Seventh Judicial Circuit State Attorney R. J. Larizza that earlier today, a 22-year-old DeLand man was sentenced to 5 years in state prison for aggravated battery with a motor vehicle, killing of a horse, and leaving the scene of a crash with injury.

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Police searching for person of interest in sexual battery

The St. Augustine Police Department has asked Historic City News readers to help locate 22-year-old Moise Bados-Zavala in connection to a sexual battery investigation that has been ongoing since late February.

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Fugitive captured after attempts to flee deputies and K-9

Historic City News was informed that 34-year-old Kirk Daniel Stevens of St. Augustine led deputies and K-9 units on a 20-minute foot chase through heavily wooded terrain off Kings Estate Road Thursday as he attempted to avoid capture on outstanding warrants.

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Search continues for fifth meth lab suspect

Detectives are still looking for a fifth suspect in Wednesday’s methamphetamine lab bust inside a Ravenswood Drive residence, Historic City News learned.

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Our Veterans – Now and Forever Day

Local Historic City News reporters and Mayor Nancy Shaver welcomed Francisca Guilford, National President of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Auxiliary, Thursday during a flag waiving ceremony on the grounds of Castillo de San Marcos National Monument.

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Editorial: Preachers, Painters, and Politicians

In the 1990’s, I was licensed by the South Carolina Board of Financial Institutions to operate a small loan company. One of my mentors who had been making loans in Columbia for many years offered me some advice at a Christmas party one year — she told me if I wanted to keep a profitable…

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So a Record columnist upset the city attorney – so what?

In an editorial titled, “Right, wrong and the great in between” that appeared in the Sunday March 13, 2016 edition of The St Augustine Record, editorial page editor, Jim Sutton, reveals some things I wish he hadn’t. I hope they are not completely true, because, if they are, our community is not being well served.

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County Parks announce Master Plan public meetings

Historic City News readers are encouraged to attend and participate when the St. Johns County Parks and Recreation Department hosts two public workshops to garner public opinion regarding sports fields, beach and waterway accesses, parks, recreational programming, and athletic facilities within the County.

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