Historic City News local reporters were watching Monday night as Chief Operations Officer John Regan told city commissioners that he is working with Florida Representative Bill Proctor to garner support to return management of the heritage program to the city.

Representatives of the St. Augustine Alpha Xi Eta chapter of Phi Theta Kappa honor society told local St. Johns County Historic City News reporters that they presented the District Board of Trustees of St. Johns River Community College with awards received by the chapter at recent PTK regional and international conventions.

Local reporters at Historic City News learned that Governor Charlie Crist signed House Bill 483 today, the Back to School Sales Tax Holiday, at a Target store in the Waterford Lakes Town Center in Orlando.

Local reporters from Historic City News have learned that musicians Will Conner and Eric Brigmond will be performing Friday night in a concert to benefit Keepers of the Coast; a local non-profit marine conservation organization.

Historic City News reporters were updated this morning by the Office of the Secretary of Defense with predictions that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could soon reach levels on par with the 250,000 barrels of crude oil lost in the 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker spill.

State Senator Tony Hill reported to Historic City News that he has recently visited the Bahamas trying to connect-the-dots of the Underground Railroad Network to freedom, a national program under the direction of the National Park Service

Florida Native Plant Society Sea Oats Chapter President Renee Stambaugh, informed local Historic City News reporters of the upcoming June meeting of their organization.

St. Johns River Community College President Joe Pickens, J.D. told local Historic City News reporters that the college will expand its academic offerings this fall with the community’s brightest students in mind.