HISTORIC CITY NEWS

Former mayor’s wife hacked to death

It is 43-years later and we still have never punished the person responsible for the gruesome hacking death of the City’s former first lady — Athalia Ponsell Lindsley. Almost everyone who was thought to have committed the horrifying murder has died. Many of the investigators and public officials, the judge and prosecutor in the Alan…

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Public Safety

Nepotism is rampant within the local sheriff’s office

St Johns County sheriff, David B. Shoar, through his representative, Commander Charles E. Mulligan, told Historic City News last week that the reason he ignored the department’s nepotism policy in the final days of Fiscal 2016 is because the department has a “critical shortage” of qualified applicants to fill the existing need for additional law…

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Editorials

Tea Party speaker evaluates Trump cabinet picks

On this coming Tuesday, January 24, 2017, the Saint Augustine Tea Party will receive a briefing on the ISIS situation now that President Trump has taken office. The report will be delivered by Randy McDaniels.

Community

St Augustine Plein Air Paint Out

Historic City News was informed by the St. Augustine Art Association that a 10-day citywide Plein Air Paint Out is planned for April 21th – 30th. The event is open to local, regional and national artists and is designed to capture “Impressions of the Flagler Era.”

Community

Palm Coast man arrested for molesting 12-year-old girl

A 68-year old Flagler County man was arrested by St Johns County detectives late Friday afternoon. He has been charged with several sex-related crimes following a three-day investigation.

Public Safety

Husband reports that wife has been missing since Thursday

Detectives with the Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit are seeking Historic City News readers who may have information on the whereabouts of a St. Johns County woman who was reported missing Friday.

Community

City successfully defends Wendler’s Bert Harris Act lawsuit

St. Johns County Circuit Judge Howard Maltz has reached his decision in the Bert J. Harris Jr. Private Property Rights Protection Act lawsuit filed against the City of St Augustine after the Planning and Zoning Board, Historic Architectural Review Board, and city commission all denied Donna Wendler, her husband Scott, and Wendler Properties, the right…

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Business

Florida National Guard deployed to Washington DC

Public Affairs officer, Maj. Caitlin Brown, reported to Historic City News that approximately 340 soldiers and airmen from the Florida National Guard supported the 58th Presidential Inauguration this week in Washington, D.C.

Government