Jeremy Robshaw reported to Historic City News that this week, it is with great honor that St Johns County Fire Rescue celebrates April 14-20, as National Telecommunications Week — in honor of the men and women in our local communications center whose diligence and hard work helps to keep our county and its citizens safe.

Customers of Leroy’s Café, located at 2555 US-1 South, were still not being served their usual lunch of hamburgers and French fries today, as workers are still attempting to restore natural gas to the restaurant and other businesses near the intersection of Lewis Point Road.

For over two hours this morning, Historic City News reporters learned that the northbound lanes of US-1 were closed down due to a serious crash, north of Palencia near Las Calinas Boulevard. Traffic was returned to normal by lunchtime.

Sheriff’s spokesman Corporal Catherine Payne updated Historic City News on the continuing investigation into the disappearance of a woman that has been missing for a week.

If you’ve ever put salted peanuts into a bottle of Coca-Cola, you understand that the chemical reaction between the two will cause the contents to erupt like a volcano. If the bottle was capped, and the pressure had nowhere to go, it could explode.

Laurie Sanderson reported to Historic City News that the first total closure of the Crescent Beach Bridge is coming in about two-weeks; made necessary for steel and machinery work at the center span — part of the electrical and mechanical repairs to the drawbridge.

Spokesperson, Gretl Plessinger, informed Historic City News this afternoon that Florida Department of Law Enforcement Jacksonville Regional Operations Center Special Agent in Charge Dominick Pape has resigned his position effective next month.