Historic City News has been published daily since March 2000. Reporting local news for St Augustine and St Johns County Florida, Historic City News is the county's only free press. Our mission is to hold public figures accountable to the public.
Seventh Judicial Circuit Court Communications Officer Ludmilla Lelis reported to Historic City News today that Circuit Judge Howard Maltz is scheduled to hear all pending motions in the case of State of Florida v. James Terry Colley Jr.
Patrician Price announced to local Historic City News reporters that the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve will hold a beach exploration event soon and the public is invited to participate. This will be an opportunity for discovery as you stroll our historic first coast beaches.
Paul K Williamson, Public Affairs Director for the City of St Augustine, was recently selected to serve on the Florida Municipal Communicators Association’s founding Board of Directors, according to a statement received by Historic City News from Melissa Wissel in the Public Affairs Department.
The state Supreme Court on Monday removed a Northeast Florida circuit judge because of improper conduct during a 2016 election campaign and other actions while on the bench. In the unanimous decision, the court ordered the removal at 5:00 p.m. Monday of Judge Scott DuPont, who heard cases in Putnam and Flagler counties in the 7th Judicial Circuit.
A 29-year-old St Johns County man was killed over the weekend in a shooting that occurred near Hurst Street and Sanatorium Avenue in St Augustine around 6:00 p.m.
Florida is a “closed Primary” state, which means that during Primary Elections, voters may only vote for candidates of their own political party; Democrats can only vote for candidates who are Democrats, Republicans can only vote for candidates who are Republicans.
Historic City News editor Michael Gold says that the best strategy to win any election is to run unopposed. Although it is rare to see a county commissioner run for re-election without drawing some opposition, and common to see a judicial candidate returned to the bench, we saw both in the 2018 qualifying period that closed Friday at noon.
Law enforcement was dispatched Saturday to Saint Johns Youth Academy in responce to a call from the Department of Juvenile Justice reporting an incident inside the detention facility with capacity for 70 high-risk male residents ages 14-18.
