Category: Public Safety

One driver was injured in a two-vehicle collision that occurred about 8:00 a.m. this morning in the northbound lanes of I-95 at Old Kings Road near the St Johns County and Flagler County lines.

About 7:00 pm this evening, Historic City News reporters arrived at the scene of a collision between a passenger vehicle and a St Johns County patrol car on US-1 near Moultrie Bluff.

Historic City News readers in St Augustine will find that traffic, on both sides of the Bridge of Lions, is backed up to a standstill as installation begins on a new road marking, known as a “sharrow”, along the traffic lanes of SR-A1A.

Just a few minutes before 9:00 a.m. this morning, St Johns County sheriff’s deputies received word and notified Historic City News alleging that a bomb had been planted in the Richard O Watson Judicial Center on Lewis Speedway; leading to an immediate evacuation of all courthouse personnel and civilians.

Historic City News in St Augustine received notice that Masci General Contractors Inc, of Port Orange, was hired by Florida Department of Transportation to complete the next phase of a King Street drainage improvement project scheduled to begin in March.

Flagler County Sheriff Donald W Fleming informed Historic City News that he believes that heroin use may be “on the rise” in Flagler County following a statewide crack down on pills mills in Florida and three local arrests last week.

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.