HISTORIC CITY NEWS 2017

Taste Academy: Celebrate St Johns County culinary heritage

Teresa Andrews, Director of Development for EPIC Behavioral Healthcare, invites all Historic City News readers to participate in the upcoming “Taste Academy” Monday, April 17 – Thursday, April 20 in St Augustine. Several local restaurants and food establishments will flaunt their flavor during the culinary workshops.

Community

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.

Community

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.

Government

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.

Public 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.

Public Safety

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.

Editorials

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.

Public 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.

Public Safety