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.
Historic City News learned earlier today that a 16-year-old girl fell victim to a 27-year-old Palm Coast man who threatened to kill her and her family if anyone found out about the increasingly violent sexual encounters occurring between them.
St Johns County Deputy Aaron Holland conducted a traffic stop Friday night about 10:00 p.m. after he witnessed a vehicle run through a posted stop sign at the intersection of Gorda Bella Avenue and Cypress Road in the Southeast District.
One Historic City News reader has contacted our office with his concerns that vendors operating on St Johns County beaches, specifically on Anastasia Island and St Augustine Beach, are increasing in numbers, fast taking away from the beauty and adding to the crowding of the barrier island, with no apparent regulation by county management.
If buying a new home is part of your New Year’s resolution for 2019, you need to understand how the down payment will affect you. Your down payment is a crucial part of submitting an offer on a home. Historic City News readers are invited to learn exactly what a down payment is and how to start saving today to accomplish what is typically the single largest business transaction of your life.
Report: Derek Boyd Hankerson, Executive Producer
Hankerson-Henry Productions, LLC
Special to Historic City News
From the birth of Christ and the establishment of the church mission to the birth of freedom and the founding of the first militia, St. Augustine, as one of the oldest North American settlements, is rich with history and markers of a proud past.
The City of St Augustine Beach has invited all Historic City
News readers to kick-off 2019 in seaside style at this year’s special “Beach
Blast Off” event; voted the No. 1 Family New Year’s Event in Florida.
Free admission, free satellite parking, and free transportation shuttles. You’ll have a blast with numerous food and beverage options, live music, a Kids’ Zone, a beer and wine tent benefitting the Vietnam Veterans of America, and a spectacular firework show.
As the scandal involving how, for more than five years, St Johns County Sheriff David Shoar allowed the embezzlement of more than $700,000 to occur at a desk 15-feet from his own, the Florida Department on Ethics has initiated an inquiry in the matter that may hold a clue toward one potential attachable asset under state law governing specified felonies by public employees.
The 74th annual TaxSlayer Gator Bowl New Year’s Eve matchup between NC State and Texas A&M takes place Monday at 7:30 p.m. at TIAA Bank Field with many activities for Historic City News readers leading up to and following the game.
For more information on the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl and other events, visit www.taxslayergatorbowl.com