When the State of Florida found more money to market our area, both in the “Visit Florida” program and this year’s “Viva Florida 500” celebration, Historic City News noted that they elected to showcase our authentic European heritage, the Spanish discovery of La Florida, and the founding of America’s Oldest City by Pedro Menendez in 1565.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement notified Historic City News tonight that the statewide manhunt for two convicted murderers is over. The men used fraudulent documents ordering their release to make good their escapes.
The St Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park invites Historic City News readers to celebrate three nights of fun for Creatures of the Night, taking place on October 25, October 26 and October 31.
Media Relations Officer Kevin Kelshaw informed Historic City News reporters that a 39-year-old registered sexual offender, who was raised in St Augustine and then moved to Michigan as an adult, is in custody in St Johns County tonight; charged with 100-counts of possession of child pornography — he was convicted of the same crime in 2005.
In Flagler County, Historic City News reporters learned that, in past years, investigators were largely dependent on the collection of latent fingerprint evidence at major crime scenes to identify persons involved in committing those crimes.
Exciting details came in to Historic City News Wednesday morning, when turtle patrollers stumbled across the wooden ribs and keel of an ancient shipwreck; buried in the dunes just south of Ponte Vedra Beach.
Historic City News readers are invited to enjoy a day at the St Johns Golf Club, today through October 20, while a field of 78 amateur players, whose golf resumes and tournament experience have earned them a spot, compete for the John C. Jennison III Trophy in the St Augustine Amateur.
