Hattie White dies at age 84
The mother of one the St. Augustine Four passed away at Flagler Hospital on Saturday.Hattie White, 84, was a lifelong St. Augustine resident and a local leader in the Civil Rights Movement in the...
View ArticleFire ban won't stop official fireworks
The St. Johns County Commission decided to extend the county-wide burn ban for 90 days and will prohibit the use of fireworks through the Fourth of July weekend.Little rainfall, high temperatures,...
View ArticleHigh school grad wins new car
When Marshall Hartley came to the St. Johns Technical High School campus for the first time as an alumnus on Thursday, he never expected to be leaving in a new ride.Hartley, a recent First Coast Tech...
View ArticleCommunity to honor Young on Saturday
In 1964, civil rights activist Andrew Young was beaten on the pavement between St. George and King streets during a protest turned violent.The city of St. Augustine, with the help of many leaders...
View ArticleFire closes S.R. A1A North
Traffic headed toward the tall plumes of smoke rising off Ponte Vedra Boulevard on Thursday afternoon were turned back the way they came as firefighters battled a two-acre brush fire in the Guana River...
View ArticleRain coming but won't ease fire threat
Although there is a higher chance of rain next week, both meteorologists and fire officials agree that it won't be enough to clear the area of dry and dangerous fire conditions.St. Augustine has a 30...
View ArticleSt. Gerard students graduate
The happy giggles and shrill cries of many infants provided the background noise of the St. Gerard Campus 2011 graduation ceremony Friday night.But those in the audience and on stage didn't mind....
View ArticleGovernale's attorney argues for bond
Jacob Governale sat quietly in front of St. Johns County Circuit Judge John M. Alexander Tuesday afternoon, waiting to hear if he would be granted bond on his charges of attempted murder of a law...
View ArticleSmoke hanging in the air
The heavy smoke that hung over St. Augustine and most of Northeast Florida on Wednesday will likely be part of our everyday life until the summer tropical rains arrive, which are not in the immediate...
View ArticleCounty battles blazes
Firefighters from several agencies were busy putting out the flames of three separate brush fires in northern St. Johns County on Thursday.Lightning is the suspected cause of all three fires, which...
View ArticleEspanola fire jumps containment lines
The Espanola fire burning in Flagler County jumped containment lines in three places Thursday afternoon and burned through 600 more acres, a Florida Incident Management Team report said.Florida Army...
View Article'Lizardman' performs at Ripley's center opening
Tre Evans squirmed but smiled as he watched a man completely covered in green tattoo ink twist a corkscrew into his face.Evans, a 9-year-old Osceola Elementary School student, was one of hundreds who...
View ArticleExperience the thrill
The newest attraction in St. Augustine is fast -- faster than any horse-drawn carriage or the trolley tours across town.It's fast enough to make you feel the salty wind needle into your face.The El...
View ArticleFormer lighthouse resident celebrated
It was just another warm summer day for 80-year-old Wilma Daniels Thompson when she was asked to stop by the St. Augustine Lighthouse and see a new exhibit.Or so she thought.Thompson, one of the last...
View ArticleArrest made in Burchfield death
The 51-year-old man who allegedly was at the wheel of his pickup truck and killed an 18-year-old girl on a motorbike almost a year ago was arrested by Florida Highway Patrol troopers on a charge of DUI...
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