Hastings News

With Memorial Day and the Florida Folk Festival in the immediate offing, keep your festival kit stocked and ready to roll.

Firefighters respond to an early morning fire that destroyed the Middleton Farms packing house at 315 E. St.

A 55-year-old Jacksonville man died Friday morning after his vehicle went into a retention pond at Interstate 295 and Philips Highway.

St. Johns County Fire Rescue and the Putnam County Fire Department responded to an industrial fire around 3:15 a.m. at Middleton Farms, located in the 300 block of East St.

A call came in to St. Johns County Fire Rescue about 3:45 a.m. early Saturday that the plant on the 300 block of East St.

One person died and at least one other person was injured Friday after they were hit by a car in the parking lot of the Bank of America south of Wildwood Drive on U.S. 1 around 5:30 p.m. The incident appeared to be deliberate, based on the initial investigation, according to a St.

A late freeze and recent heavy rains have taken a toll on Flagler County's potato crop with farmers saying they may only break even on this year's spuds.

Storms that swamped St. Johns County last week also caused a "devastating" loss to local farmers, potentially wiping out two-thirds of the potato crop valued at millions of dollars.

Wow....what a siege of wet & stormy weather. The good news is the worst is over.

ELKTON, Fla. -- A young woman from Hastings is in the hospital after a crash on Highway 207 and Meadowbrook Road near Elkton.

Tourists try to stay dry on a wet morning on St. George Street on Friday, May 3, 2013.

Historic City News has been informed by Community Affairs Bureau Commander Charles E. Mulligan, that the search for Vermont Heights resident, Barbara Parchem, resumed this morning at 8:00 a.m. focused on a specific area in Flagler Estates.

A spokeswoman for Shands Jacksonville confirmed that Maude May Walker, 23, of Hastings, remained in critical condition after being involved in an automobile wreck late Friday night near the intersection of State Road 207 and State Road 206.

A driver was hospitalized in critical condition after a single-vehicle crash Friday night in St.

Angelina Gervasi, Office Coordinator for the St Johns County Public Library System, invited Historic City News readers to participate in May activities being offered at their nearest branch library.