HISTORIC CITY NEWS 2017

Husband reports that wife has been missing since Thursday

Detectives with the Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit are seeking Historic City News readers who may have information on the whereabouts of a St. Johns County woman who was reported missing Friday.

Community

City successfully defends Wendler’s Bert Harris Act lawsuit

St. Johns County Circuit Judge Howard Maltz has reached his decision in the Bert J. Harris Jr. Private Property Rights Protection Act lawsuit filed against the City of St Augustine after the Planning and Zoning Board, Historic Architectural Review Board, and city commission all denied Donna Wendler, her husband Scott, and Wendler Properties, the right…

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Business

Florida National Guard deployed to Washington DC

Public Affairs officer, Maj. Caitlin Brown, reported to Historic City News that approximately 340 soldiers and airmen from the Florida National Guard supported the 58th Presidential Inauguration this week in Washington, D.C.

Government

Sam Pacetti entertains at Lightner After Hours

Historic City News readers are invited to attend the Lightner Museum for their monthly evening of lively conversation and harmonious music on January 26th from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom Gallery.

Community

School District announces St Johns County spelling bee winner

Sreeniketh Vogoti, an eighth-grade student at Fruit Cove Middle School, won the 2017 St. Johns County School District Spelling Bee held today at First Coast Technical College according to an announcement received by Historic City News local reporters.

Community

Forensic psychiatrist calls Jeremy Banks trigger man in murder

In the nationally syndicated radio program “Dr. Carole’s Couch”, heard worldwide on VoiceAmerica Internet Talk Radio, Board Certified Psychiatrist Carole Lieberman, MD, MPH, looks at the evidence collected in the death of Michelle O’Connell and offers her forensic timeline based on a review of the 9-1-1 call from Deputy Jeremy Banks, crime scene photographs, an…

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Editorials

Driver killed on SR-A1A after vehicle overturns

At about 10:30 p.m. last night, Historic City News was informed that the Florida Highway Patrol was investigating a traffic homicide on SR-A1A near Gnarled Oaks Drive in St Johns County.

Public Safety

New Veterans Treatment Court starting in St. Augustine

Historic City News was informed that a new Veterans Treatment Court, modeled after a similar court in Volusia County and designed to focus on military veterans in the criminal justice system, is about to start in St Augustine.

Government