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.
On Wednesday afternoon, local Historic City News reporters were informed that a small Hyundai Elantra was traveling too fast for conditions on I-95 southbound then collided with two tractor-trailer operators when the driver lost control of the vehicle.
Historic City News readers are patriotically invited to attend the next general meeting of the Saint Augustine Tea Party on Tuesday evening, June 13th at 6:30 p.m. when the distinguished guest speaker will be Wayne Morrow, State of Florida Coordinator for the John Birch Society.
Wake-up call for all Historic City News readers who have been lulled to sleep by the seemingly endless, and pointless, meetings (public and private) over new entry corridor standards for Anastasia Boulevard — after nine-months of community feedback, the city commission will hear Version 10; the final draft of new regulations proposed by staff.
Historic City News readers can count one more craft brewery downtown this summer when Ancient City Brewing opens its second location on the Plaza de la Constitution by the end of June. A1A Ale Works is located across the Plaza on King Street; opposite the new Ancient City Brewing taproom opening at 18 Cathedral Place.
First Coast Worksite Wellness Council and the Mayor’s Council on Fitness & Well-Being has informed local Historic City News business reporters that the Bailey Group in St Augustine has been named a 3-time Gold Level Award winner for being one of 2017’s healthiest companies.
A 60-year-old former Duval County deputy sheriff has pled guilty to attempted commercial sex trafficking of a child and faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15-years to life in federal prison after he solicited an adult woman in Texas to sexually abuse her 4-year-old daughter, take photographs of the abuse, and then sell the photographs to him.
Although today’s forecast won’t encourage you to take advantage of it, resource management coordinator Joe Burgess, reported to Historic City News this morning that the South Beach Access Parking Lot at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas Research Reserve has officially reopened, having been closed for repairs since October.
