Paving set to resume on SR-16 tonight
Historic City News readers will want to use extra caution as paving resumes tonight on the SR-16 resurfacing project from Green Acres Road, just east of I-95, to San Marco Avenue, according to an announcement from the Florida Department of Transportation.


St Johns County Fire Rescue Chief, Carl A. Shank, told Historic City News that, together with the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, during National Emergency Medical Services Week, it has been his honor to recognize the tremendous role that EMS practitioners make to improve the health of our citizens.
An update received by Historic City News this afternoon, concerning the two-car crash that had traffic diverted on SR-16 at Four Mile Road for three hours this morning, has taken a turn for the worse; we have learned that the 24-year-old driver of the 1998 Mazda 4-DR, has not survived her injuries.
Lanes on SR-16 have finally cleared, according to a 10:00 a.m. update from the Traffic Division of the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office; after a major two-car collision had the highway completely closed down since about 7:00 a.m. today.
Laurie Sanderson reported the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.
St. Johns County Fire Rescue told Historic City News this morning that a local team of United States Lifesaving Association certified beach lifeguards will officially begin full-scale guarded beaches this Saturday, May 25, 2013.
Historic City News has been informed that a Matanzas High School student who was born in St Augustine, was arrested this morning after he attacked a Flagler County school resource deputy; following a fight in the school cafeteria, located at 3535 Old Kings Road in Palm Coast.