Posted inPublic Safety
Cyber tip leads to child pornography arrest
A 31-year-old St. Johns County man was arrested this morning, charged with possession and transmission of child pornography.
Posted inCommunity
Download a free museum on your smartphone
The Florida Humanities Council first introduced a free walking tour app that can be downloaded on your Android or Apple phone to kick off St. Augustine’s 450th anniversary in 2015, but the popularity of the app, known as “Florida Stories”, quickly led to its expansion.
Posted inEditorials
Letter: No to Rawls demand to “remove them now”
Theresa Hartley
St Augustine, FL
I am appalled that any elected official in St Johns County would entertain for a second Rev Ron Rawls proposal for removing the Confederate monuments in the Plaza, and his three-word demand to “Remove them now”.
Posted inCommunity
Two city parks will close for maintenance
Historic City News readers who visit Swing Park, located adjacent to the Historic Downtown Parking Facility, and Davenport Park, located at the corner of May Street and San Marco Avenue, are cautioned to avoid the area while work is underway for two days during the coming weeks.
Posted inEditorials
Letter: All civilizations have experienced slavery
Bruce and Marilyn Kendeigh
St Augustine, FL
Becoming property owners in St. Augustine almost twenty years ago, and having some mobility difficulties, we just wish to contribute our written opinion to Rev. Rawls’ demands.
Posted inGovernment
Visitor Information Center agreement on agenda
When Chairman Jack Peter calls the next regular meeting of the St Johns County Tourist Development Council to order at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, August 28th, Historic City News will be paying close attention to Item 9 on the agenda, an item listed with no backup documents provided.
Posted inCommunity
Fighting cancer takes balls
Historic City News learned that a 21-year-old single father in Baymeadows is battling stage-3 testicular cancer. We found his story, his commitment, and his outlook compelling; if you consider that he has already lost one testicle and undergone two invasive surgeries at the precipice of adulthood.
Posted inCommunity
History of the Confederate Memorial
Historic City News readers, Herbert Greenleaf and his wife Sheila, native St Augustinians, are considered local historians. In 2013, Sheila and Friends of South Dixie Highway won approval from the City for a marker to be erected beside the 100-year-old Albert Lewis Trough; located at 92 South Dixie Highway. And, Herbie is known for his “History of the Confederate Monument”, printed and distributed by the General William W. Loring Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.