Public Safety

St. Johns County is the latest county to record a fatality due to COVID-19. The Florida Department of Health issued its 11:00 a.m. update to Historic City News this morning, where we found that Northeast […]

At about 8:00 p.m. last night, Historic City News was informed by Florida Highway Patrol Troop G that a hit-and-run crash occurred on Old Moultrie Road in St Johns County.  According to Trooper Brandon Elder, […]

In a recent update from the Florida Department of Health, Historic City News in St Augustine learned that there are seven cases of COVID-19 being monitored in St Johns County.  This information is taken from […]

Director Linda Stoughton has provided Historic City News local reporters with updated conditions from the St Johns County Emergency Operations Center on Agricultural Center Drive in St Augustine.  At this time (Tuesday 4:00 p.m.) St. […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday banned most visits to nursing homes statewide as he acknowledged the coronavirus has likely spread into the general population. Meanwhile, officials reported to Historic City News that world-famous South Beach […]

In the past hour, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office has reported that officers are on the scene of an extended crash of a semi-tractor trailer against a passenger vehicle that has resulted in a […]

About 50 employees of Flagler Health+ have been in contact with the 63-year-old New York man who tested positive for COVID-19 after he attended Bike Week in Daytona Beach.  The patient was among the new […]

Historic City News has learned that the man who fled from police officers in both Flagler and St Johns counties yesterday, has been identified to the media as 37-year-old Joshua Christopher Noles; reportedly a transient […]

Historic City News has been informed that three St Johns County deputy sheriffs have been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into the shooting death of an armed driver believed […]

Leaving the scene of an automobile collision where the crash led to the death of one or more persons is a first-degree felony in Florida; and, yesterday, St Johns County resident Henry Haigler was sentenced […]

Of all the risks associated with Spring Break, NASCAR and Bike Week, which is going on in Daytona Beach through this weekend, one man in St Johns County becomes ill and tests positive for the […]

The Florida Department of Health announced to Historic City News on Tuesday that eight new positive cases of the novel coronavirus disease have been confirmed in the state.  This new information increases the number of […]

St Johns County deputy sheriff Anthony J Deleo, Jr hit Christopher Butler 19-times with his baton and kicked him in the head twice while Butler was unarmed; and Historic City News readers know this because […]

As COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus continues to spread around the world, Flagler College president, Dr. Joseph G. Joyner says that the private local college remains vigilant regarding international travel, including distribution of a communication to the […]

The St Augustine Beach Police Department reported to Historic City News that a new program is being implemented to alert property owners to make sure their valuables are removed, and their vehicles and property is […]