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Fires can easily cross county lines
Flagler County is bracing for another day battling blazes from more than a dozen active wildfires and brush fires according to a report received by Historic City News this morning.
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Shooting death treated as homicide
Sheriff’s spokesman Kevin Kelshaw told Historic City News local crime patrol reporters that we should have more answers today in the shooting death of a Fruit Cove area woman that occurred early Tuesday morning.
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Danger from fire ever present
The State Division of Forestry and firefighters with the St. Johns County Fire Department reported to Historic City News that they have a woods fire in the area of Lightsey Road under control at this hour.
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Enterprise Florida president tours county
The St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce reported to Historic City News that they recently welcomed Enterprise Florida President Gray Swoope to town for an economic development mission tour.
Posted inGovernment
Countywide burn ban ordered today
Responding to an emergency meeting called by County Staff, Historic City News was on hand this morning when three members of the county commission convened to address fire-safety concerns.
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Help locate missing 16 year-old boy
The St. Augustine Police Department is asking Historic City News readers for help locating a 16 year old missing runway from 12 Nesbit Avenue in St. Augustine.
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Richard Watson: admired jurist dies
The namesake of the St. Johns County Courthouse, Richard Orien Watson, has passed away in St. Augustine after fighting a losing battle with pancreatic cancer — he was 78 years-old.
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Dozen burglaries cleared with one arrest
Public Information Officer Mark Samson informed crime patrol reporters with Historic City News that a 30 year-old St. Johns County man, wanted in connection with a dozen auto burglaries, was arrested by St. Augustine Police last week.
