HISTORIC CITY NEWS
Historic City News has been published daily since March 2000. Reporting local news for St Augustine and St Johns County Florida, Historic City News is the county's only free press. Our mission is to hold public figures accountable to the public.
Tomorrow holds good news for the majority of tourism workers in St Augustine and across the state who are forced to squeeze by with only minimum wage earnings. Florida is one of 18 states who will raise the benchmark economic opportunity indicator.
There are between 1,320 and 6,630 transgender troops currently in U.S. military uniform, according to a RAND Corp. study. However, a legal challenge was filed by the Department of Justice in July, the purpose of which was to block transgender people from openly enlisting in the armed services in the future.
Brittany Kershaw informed local Historic City News reporters Friday that a Palm Coast man has been arrested in Knoxville, Tennessee and he is in the process of extradition back to Florida. According to the arrest warrant, the defendant will answer charges of grand theft of a firearm and two-counts of attempted aggravated battery on a pregnant person after investigators say he attempted to electrocute his estranged wife.
In a summary of orders issued by the Florida Supreme Court during November, Karen Kirksey reported to Historic City News that The Florida Bar has disciplined twelve attorneys – disbarring three, revoking the licenses of two, suspending six and publicly reprimanding one. Three attorneys received more than one form of discipline. One was placed on probation and two were ordered to pay restitution to clients.
Public Safety reporters for Historic City News periodically obtain the results of physical inspections of public food service establishments from the records of the Florida Division of Hotels and Restaurants located in Tallahassee.
A Visit from St Nicholas
The Sentinel
Troy, New York
December 23, 1823
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
Last week, the St. Augustine Beach Police Department challenged the community to donate to all the un-adopted pets at the St. Johns County Animal Control Center who will likely be celebrating the holidays alone.