The arrest warrant served on 65-year-old Jill Agonis last week, suspected in the murder of her husband, 81-year-old William Keefe, gives the best look thus far into previous incomplete and misstated details in St Johns County Sheriff’s press releases, on facebook, and reported in the media.
The question of whether the mayor should be elected by commissioners or voters returns to the City Commission agenda Monday with a public comment period.
Sheriff’s deputies reported to Historic City News that 81-year-old William Arthur Keefe died Friday October 18, of multiple gunshot wounds inside a home at 900 Oxford Drive within the Royal St. Augustine community.
The St. Augustine City Commission will convene for its regular meeting on Monday, October 29 starting at 5:00 p.m. in The Alcazar Room, City Hall, 75 King Street. Street parking is free after 5:00 p.m.
On the 3rd Saturday of next month, join Historic City News editor Michael Gold when he celebrates his birthday from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at the GTM Research Reserve Visitor Center located at 505 Guana River Road in Ponte Vedra Beach. The Reserve will provide docents for a free guided beach exploration event on Saturday, November 16th.
Historic City News received word that in cooperation between the US Coast Guard, St Johns County Fire Rescue and the St Augustine Fire Department, a shrimper at sea, about a mile offshore, was able to be successfully airlifted from harm’s way.
St. Johns County has partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the State of Florida to restore and rebuild South Ponte Vedra Beach and Vilano Beach. Now is the time for the community to join the partnership and take the final step to deliver new sand to these beaches.
This afternoon, Troop G Sergeant Lance Foureau provided an update to a traffic fatality initially reported to Historic City News several weeks ago. The delayed report detailed the observations of Crash Investigator Christopher Bonadie at the scene of a vehicle-vs-bicycle collision that sent an experienced bicyclist and competitive athlete to the hospital, where he later died.
