Deputies shoot and kill man armed with shotgun
Historic City News is gathering details from tonight’s shooting death of a man, wielding a shotgun, at the scene of a call for help that was reported as a “violent disturbance”.
Customer information compromised at local Dairy Queen
International Dairy Queen, Inc. has confirmed the conclusion of an external investigation that found customer payment card data at 395 stores in the United States, including a St Augustine Dairy Queen, was exposed when a third-party vendor’s account credentials were compromised and used to access systems at those locations.
This Week in St. Johns County
This Week in St. Johns County Monday – Sunday: December 29 – January 4 Dressing of the Palms in Vilano Beach The third annual Dressing of the Palms along Vilano Beach features palm trees decorated in holiday finery – A Celebration of Coastal Living. The trees showcase creative talents of residents, artists, businesses, clubs, schools, and…
Today is last day to register
St Johns County Supervisor of Elections, Vicky Oakes, is informing Historic City News readers that any remaining new voter registrations or political party changes must be filed before the close of business today in order to apply to the upcoming January 27, 2015 election.
Foster Parent Pre-Service Training Schedule
2014-2015 FOSTER CARE/ADOPTIONPRE-SERVICE CLASS SCHEDULE Meetings are held on Monday evenings from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at 1955 US1 South (just south of the 312 intersection), St. Augustine, FL 32086. Use the building entrance facing US 1 and the duck pond. Location may be changing in late February 2015 due to FIP program office relocation. For information:…
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Letter: Why have Lights if you don’t want visitors
Letter: Why have Lights if you don’t want visitors Kelly Jo Boyce Sanford, FL Dear Editor: My family and I traveled 1-1/2 hours to your beautiful city this past weekend to see the Nights of Lights and celebrate in the festivities. We love to visit St Augustine and this was our first time visiting during…
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Agenda update for city Visioning Committee
The Department of Public Affairs for the City of St Augustine informed Historic City News that there have been “last minute” changes to the agenda affecting items that will come before the visioning committee meeting on January 5th.
Some legislators attempt to hide public records
Historic City News will be following close to a dozen bills already filed by Florida lawmakers that would create or expand open records exemptions; keeping certain publicly available information secret.