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.
Three local friends were riding a 2016 Canam Defender ATV traveling south on a dirt trail inside the Dunns Creek State Park last night, according a report received by Historic City News from the Florida Highway Patrol this morning.
Letter: Why aren’t we arresting “Take em’ Down” criminals?
Jeff McNabb
St Augustine, FL
Dear Historic City News editor:
In 1958, the US Congress gave confederate veterans the same legal status as US veterans (Public Law 85-425, Section 410).
Letter: Multi-prong effort needed to protect children
Dennis Stewart
St. Augustine, Fl
Dear Historic City News Editor,
I have been posting this recommendation for months.
For the first time since 2005 Historic City News readers will have a two-hour window in which to visit and tour the interior of the St Augustine Waterworks Building located in Davenport Park on San Marco Avenue. Saturday’s event is part of the city’s celebration of National Historic Preservation Month.
Historic City News was notified by Florida Department of Transportation Public Information Officer, Monica R. Reifeiss, that traffic will be impacted at the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations where roadwork is being conducted.
Be alert to lane closures and temporary detours, as well as increased congestion in these areas. FDOT employees and contractors will be working on the roadways and need your full attention.
After a year’s long court battle to get temporary custody of her child from extended family, a process that required three separate petitions, 32-year-old Melissa Lazerte surrendered her child to Department of Children and Families again after they were called to the drug house where Lazerte was located on Wednesday.
A man and a woman were arrested in St Augustine earlier this week after a drug deal escalated into a robbery and stabbing according to a report received by Historic City News last night. St. Augustine Police Department public information officer Cici Aiple reported that the incident occurred just after midnight Monday.
What happens when the chief has a stroke?
On November 16, 2017, St. Johns County Fire Chief Carl Shank was thinking about his next appointment as he was sitting in his customary seat at the head of the conference table with his six deputy fire chiefs, all seasoned paramedics with years of experience in emergency situations. As the table discussion was wrapping up at the Fire Administration Building in St. Augustine, Capt. Jeremy Robshaw asked Shank a question but didn’t get a response.
