Category: Public Safety

St Johns County Fire Rescue alerts Historic City News readers traveling along the river, near 2425 CR-13 South, that the Florida Forestry Service will be conducting a control burn in the area.

The Junior Service League of St Augustine reported to Historic City News that this weekend’s Lighthouse 5K and Fun Run, held in conjunction with the annual St Augustine Lighthouse Festival, will affect traffic in the Lighthouse and Davis Shores neighborhoods.

Community Affairs Corporal Catherine Payne reported to Historic City News that a lengthy drug investigation of a residence at 364 Shamrock Road in St Augustine, has resulted in the arrest of one local man and confiscation of items commonly associated with methamphetamine use.

In accordance with Florida State Statute 775.21, this news release will serve as public notification that the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office has been given information that a person judged to be a sexual predator is now residing within St. Johns County.

Although the investigation by the US Coast Guard and the Law Enforcement Division of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is not complete, preliminary statements from two men removed from a sailboat run aground in South Ponte Vedra Beach indicate that last night’s weather conditions contributed to their rescue.

Historic City News readers are being asked to come forward and claim a $5,000 reward if they have any information about the murder of a Palm Coast mother who was gunned down on her job at the Mobil Mart at I-95 and SR-100 by a killer who apparently had no other motive.

Police are searching for the female passenger of a white Chevrolet Impala who eluded capture Friday night after the reckless driver of the vehicle fled from a traffic stop conducted by the St Augustine Police Department.

Historic City News was notified Friday that Governor Scott’s special task force set, up after the slaying of central Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, recommended Friday that Florida keep it’s “stand your ground” law — permitting residents to use deadly force in street confrontations.