Florida leads nation in vacant foreclosed properties
Historic City News has learned from a report released yesterday by RealtyTrac, that Florida has more vacant homes in foreclosure than any other state in the nation; easily beating out other large states with troubled housing markets.





Laurie Sanderson reported the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.
Paul Livingston, Director, Northeast Florida Fair Tax will address the open meeting of the Saint Augustine Tea Party on Tuesday, June 25, and all taxpayers are invited to attend, according to an announcement received by Historic City News today.
Fort Lauderdale attorney Eugene K. Pettis will become the Bar’s first African American leader when he is sworn in as its 65th president during The Florida Bar’s Annual Convention in Boca Raton on June 28, 2013, according to an announcement received by Historic City News today.
Justice will come five-years late, but Historic City News was notified today by State Attorney R. J. Larizza’s Office that the 2007 cold case investigation into the shooting death of 31-year-old Clark Edwin McWhorter will finally close; now that his confessed killer has entered a plea of “no contest” to second degree murder charges.
Historic City News was notified this afternoon that 40-year-old Nathaniel David Juratovac of St Augustine will be allowed to make bail pending his attempted murder trial; so long as he can meet certain conditions set by Judge Michael Traynor and he raises the $300,000 appearance bond.
Historic City News is following the Tuesday afternoon arrest of a 42-year-old transient roofer, Cory Allen Gale, on two-counts of lewd and lascivious molestation involving an 11-year-old boy and 5-year-old girl who were living with their mother and her fiancée in an Anastasia Boulevard motel.
The City of St Augustine announced to Historic City News today that long time civil rights activist, Dr. Robert B. Hayling, will be presented with the city’s highest and most prestigious award, the Order of la Florida, by members of the city commission on July 2; in conjunction with the 40th ACCORD’s Seventh Annual Freedom Trail Luncheon.







