On yesterday at about 10:30 a.m., the backhoe at San Lorenzo Cemetery in St Augustine was not busy digging a new grave. Instead, it returned to a grave dug five years ago for the remains of 24-year-old Michelle O’Connell who died by gunshot inside the home of her boyfriend, St Johns County Sheriff’s deputy Jeremy Banks.
Board of County Commission Regular Meeting Schedule
St. Johns County Board of County Commission 2016 Regular Meeting ScheduleThe St. Johns County Board of County Commission Meetings are held the first and third Tuesdays each month commencing at 9:00 am in the St. Johns County Auditorium located at 500 San Sebastian View, St. Augustine, FL. The Board reserves
Human bones found only feet below the surface of Charlotte Street
By: Raphael Cosme
Special to Historic City News
Historic City News reporter Raphael Cosme checked in with City of St Augustine archeologist Carl Halbirt who started a month-long dig today that, when it is over, will excavate a large portion of one of the city’s oldest streets.
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Letter: We found Santa Claus at Le Pavillon
Letter: We found Santa Claus at Le Pavillon
Elayne Minzenberg
Ocala, FL
Dear Editor:
All it takes is one person to make something special happen…just one. As Christmas 2015 approached, myself and 2 of my other senior friends with families that are distant or non-existent, decided to spend Christmas day in St. Augustine, FL.
Sexual battery victims can no longer be shamed into silence
Katelynn Quarrels is made of some tough wood. She came to the office of Historic City News twice last year and interviewed with our editor, Michael Gold about one of the most tragic events to happen to her in her young life. She says she was raped twice – once by the boyfriend of her female roommate, then by the St Augustine Police Department and St Johns County State Attorney’s office.
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This Week in St. Johns County
This Week in St. Johns County Monday – Monday, January 11 – 18 Obelisk Art 450 A temporary public art initiative of Compassionate St. Augustine, Obelisk Art 450 pays tribute to the 450th anniversary of the nation’s oldest city in 2015 while promoting a legacy of compassion. This very first St.