Defendant captured after wild goose chase
On Thursday, December 4, 2025, the St Johns County Sheriffs Office confirmed to Historic City News that the “heavy law enforcement presence” on I-95 near Mile Marker 323 was the result of an attempted traffic stop gone bad that spiraled into a full-on manhunt spreading east across International Golf Parkway to US-1 near Abbotts Way.







Florida’s Historic Coast has been welcoming vacationers for more than 125 years, but, as Jay Humphreys reminds Historic City News readers, our history is not the same old story.
Historic City News learned that the Letter Carrier Food Drive is the largest one day food drive in the nation, according to a report from Nancy Burns with United Way of St. Johns County.
First elected St. Johns County Property Appraiser in 1996, Sharon Outland has announced her bid for re-election next year to Historic City News — the first of five constitutional officers who might face a challenger in the Primary Election on August 28, 2012 or might face a challenger in the General Election on November 6, 2012.
Sallie O’Hara, Byway Program Administrator, reported to Historic City News today that along the A1A Byway you will find several farmers markets to enjoy each week during the summer months.
St. Augustine auctioneer, Cory Mara, announced to Historic City News that he has several liquidation lots that will hit the auction block tonight, Thursday April 21st at 6:00 p.m. at 5 West San Carlos Avenue.
Historic City News was in attendance at the March 15, 2011 meeting, when St. Johns County Commissioner Mark Miner put the county attorney to task identifying county ordinances that once regulated and permitted the registration and carrying of firearms; ordinances, the privilege given and enforcement of which, have been illegal since the late 1980’s.
From witness accounts, a composite drawing has been produced and forwarded to Historic City News by Traffic Homicide Investigator, Deputy J.D. McGinnis, in hopes that our readers may recognize it as someone they know.