Posted inCommunity
Green side up!
About a dozen St Augustine Public Works Department employees spent the last week removing and re-installing roughly 25,000 sq. ft. of Bermuda sod in the Plaza de la Constitution.
Posted inGovernment
Dead Lives Matter: Sheriff’s election may be overturned
In a 29-page joint pretrial stipulation obtained by Historic City News from the Circuit Court for the Seventh Judicial Circuit, local voters get a glimpse of the degree of corruption involved in electing a sheriff in neighboring Putnam County.
Posted inPublic Safety
Teens captured after escape from Hastings Youth Academy
Four inmates from the Hastings Youth Academy overpowered an elderly guard, took his keys and radio, then made their escape by jumping over the rear perimeter fence of the detention facility early this morning, according to a media release obtained by Historic City News.
Posted inPublic Safety
Can a Historic City News reader identify this man?
St Johns County Deputy Justin Cash is investigating a complaint by a customer of a local Beall’s department store alleging that a man in the dressing room area was using his cell phone to take pictures of female customers as they changed clothes.
Posted inEditorials
Guest: No longer a story about a small beach community
By Lance Thate, Chairman
Saint Augustine Tea Party
Special to Historic City News
While the thunder roared and the rain poured outside, another storm raged inside at the regularly scheduled Monday night commission meeting of the City of St Augustine Beach on April 3, 2017.
Posted inPublic Safety
Gang of thieves loot two Johns Creek Center stores
Historic City News has learned that a Wednesday night burglary of two merchants located in Johns Creek Center on CR-210 West was captured on video. Local law enforcement is requesting our reader’s help in identifying the culprits.
Posted inPublic Safety
Sexual Predator: Tony Lorenzo Smiley
In accordance with Florida State Statute 775.21, this Historic City News release will serve as public notification that a person judged to be a sexual predator has moved to an address within St. Johns County.
Posted inBusiness
Local businesses participate in The Art of Taking Tea
The Lightner Museum will be hosting an evening of education and entertainment on Wednesday May 10, 2017, from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. in the Lightner Museum’s Historic Pool Area, where participants will learn about the development and social customs of “taking tea” while enjoying period-correct food and service.