Three boaters rescued from Matanzas inlet
Matthew Sara updated local Historic City News reporters about this afternoon’s marine rescue of three boaters stranded on a sandbar just north of the Matanzas inlet.
Category: Public Safety
Crash victim not discovered for four hours
FHP Master Corporal Peter G. Young informed Historic City News that a 20-year-old Palm Coast man lost his life about 3:30 a.m. New Year’s morning, after he was thrown from his motorcycle — only blocks away from his residence.
Cunningham Creek repairs start Thursday
Historic City News was informed by the Florida Department of Transportation that settlement of the muck underneath the roadway at the Cunningham Creek Bridge, on SR-13 in St Johns County, has caused damages set to be repaired beginning Thursday, January 3.
Home invasion robbery of area grow house
Last night, 54-year-old Shaune Lawrence reported that his house was being robbed; but, when deputies arrived at his Palm Coast home, Historic City News learned that they discovered an illegal marijuana cultivation operation at the residence.
SR-A1A resurfacing and sidewalk work
Historic City News has been informed that resurfacing of a two-mile section of SR-A1A, just north of Mickler Road in Ponte Vedra Beach, and constructing a new sidewalk along the east side of the road, between Corona Road and Solana Road, begins January 3.
Lane and bridge closures at Crescent Beach
Historic City News readers crossing the Crescent Beach Bridge on SR-206 should expect lane closures, and even complete bridge closures, during an eight month long project of improvements beginning January 3.
Submarine mistaken for shotgun
Historic City News learned that about an hour ago, Epic Theatre evacuated all auditoriums at 84 Theatre Drive in St Augustine while deputies with the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office conducted a weapons search after receiving a report that an unknown man had entered the theatre with a shotgun.
Palm Coast man arrested for molestation
Saturday afternoon, 33-year-old Jason C Stockwell became the third man to be arrested for lewd and lascivious molestation in a wooded area of the Graham Swamp Preservation Area in Palm Coast; after the Sheriff’s Office publicized in October that they were instituting a proactive patrol program to prevent such crimes.