Historic City News readers in St Johns County will have one final opportunity to provide input for the North Florida Regional Bicycle Pedestrian Master Plan Study being conducted by the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization.
Shortly before 6:00 a.m., Historic City News received word that Deputy Joey Romer and Deputy Gerald Thompson approached a 2012 KIA Sorento in the parking lot of the Quality Inn located at 2310 SR-16, to investigate a report that the vehicle was stolen.
Laurie Sanderson reported to Historic City News that last week the Florida Department of Transportation began a project to re-establish a wetland along SR-16 at Lewis Speedway.
A 74-year-old man, one of five who was arrested in Palatka yesterday, has been released from jail after posting a $504.00 appearance bond; but, for Emanuel G. Koutelas, Jr., the ride back to his Ponce Harbor Drive home in St Augustine was surely a long one.
Starting on Monday, February 18, and continuing for the next four weeks, the City of St Augustine has informed Historic City News that Anderson Circle, between Charlotte Street and Cathedral Place, will be closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
Police spokesman, Mark Samson, updated Historic City News on autopsy findings in the death of 49-year-old Christian Gerard Schroom early Sunday morning, November 18, 2012; traffic homicide investigators say he was struck and killed on Anastasia Boulevard by two, yet unidentified vehicles.
Historic City News reported the tragic Christmas evening crash on Anastasia Island that claimed the lives of 25-year-old Trevor Austin Leonardi and his wife, 28-year-old Jennifer Ann Roos-Leonardi; and now, police have released toxicology reports that confirm the presence of drugs in their blood streams which contributed to the fatal crash.
Yesterday, officers with the Mt. Pleasant Police Department in South Carolina arrested 54-year-old Craig Steven Ozarowski after he robbed a bank in their jurisdiction.
