Year: 2018

Museum curators: Tell your legislators to continue grant funding

Museum curators: Tell your legislators to continue grant funding Kathy Fleming, Executive Director St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum There may be a trend developing in the State of Florida toward reducing funding for museums and cultural institutions.  If that occurs, Historic City News readers on the First Coast will be hard hit.

Editorials

Forward March chairman asks for and gets amended request

Reporting in Historic City News was mentioned by several speakers during yesterday morning’s meeting of the St Johns County Commission. Our article preceding the meeting, and individual e-mail copies sent to the chairman and commissioners, resulted in the $10,000 funding request, by Sheriff David Shoar, being taken off the “fast track” consent agenda and modified…

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Government

One shot at Interstate hotel during police operation

A fugitive, wanted in connection with charges of aggravated sexual battery against a child under the age of 15, has been shot and killed at the door to his motel room on SR-16 at I-95 by members of a joint local-federal law enforcement task force attempting to execute an arrest warrant.

Public Safety

HCN Reader spots driver involved in possible battery

When one observant Historic City News reader was waiting downtown to pick his teenage son up from work, the driver of a burgundy red Ford Mustang coupe sped up to a Flagler-College-aged female on the east-sidewalk of Cordova Street, threw open the passenger door, and began yelling for her to get into the car.

Public Safety

Confederate Memorial Advisory Committee first meeting

The Confederate Memorial Contextualization Advisory Committee will hold its inaugural meeting on Wednesday, February 7th.  Historic City News readers and the public are invited to attend in The Alcazar Room of the St Augustine City Hall, located at 75 King Street.

Government

Sheriff attempts misappropriation of law enforcement funds

Historic City News learned Friday that St Johns County Sheriff David B. Shoar has apparently attempted to misappropriate $10,000.00 in public funds making a material misstatement that the use of those funds by a third-party organization complies with the requirements of state law.  To further conceal the misappropriation sought by the sheriff, the request appears…

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Government