Jordan Leigh Henries, indicted by a St Johns County Grand Jury in March 2017, pled “no contest” in circuit court Monday to reduced charges of manslaughter with a firearm, a first-degree felony. She had been indicted on a single count of second-degree murder; stemming from the shooting death of 29-year-old Jeffrey “Stephen” Lee.
The iconic Music by the Sea free concert series is returning to the St Johns County Pier Park starting Wednesday May 16th and Historic City News readers are invited to attend. The series is presented as a community service by the Saint Augustine Beach Civic Association.
Historic City News was informed by the Florida Department of Education that Florida’s First Lady, Ann Scott, will visit a St. Johns County Elementary School this afternoon as part of her work with improving literacy, beginning at an early age.
As qualifying week came to a close on Friday at noon, Historic City News learned that no challengers came forward to contest currently seated circuit court judges.
Therefore, all circuit judges up for election across the 7th Judicial Circuit are retained for another six-year term.
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Do you or your parents still have the ability to judge whether another person has your best financial interests at heart, particularly when that person is a well-known professional like an attorney or investment advisor? The elderly also suffer at the hands of greedy, desperate, or drug addicted relatives and friends, among others.
The Florida Department of Transportation reported to Historic City News today that their contractor, Astron General Contracting Co. Inc, is scheduled to begin a bridge rehabilitation project on the Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine. The rehabilitation project, termed “minor” by FDOT officials, includes cosmetic improvements, cleaning, painting and electrical work starting Wednesday, May 16, barring dangerous weather or other unforeseen circumstances.
Historic City News readers are patriotically invited to attend the open meeting of the Saint Augustine Tea Party on Tuesday, May 8th. at 6:30 p.m. at the Village Inn located at 900 North Ponce de Leon Boulevard, in St. Augustine.
Historic City News has obtained a copy of the arrest report from the St Johns County Sheriffs Office clarifying media accounts that have been broadcast and published following a domestic violence call that resulted in a close-range missed gunshot by one deputy, a TASER shot resulting in serious head injuries by another deputy, and a defendant who was armed only with a kitchen knife, who is still confined to a hospital bed nearly five-days later.
