St Johns County News

During a news conference Wednesday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Republic Services announced its donation of $30,000 to become a sponsor of The Players Ponte Vedra Community Senior Center.

PETER.WILLOTT@STAUGUSTINE.COM A bicyclist shares the road with afternoon traffic on U.S. 1, near the intersection of C.R. 312, on Wednesday, April 16, 2014.

And that's reflected in the St. Johns County School District's approach to the subject, including an annual history fair that gives students a chance to do independent research.

Historic City News was notified this morning by St Augustine Police Public Information Officer Mark Samson of the following police calls that have been responded to by the department since last weekend.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Deputies are looking for a man who flashed a woman near the St. Johns County Pier on Tuesday afternoon.

The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office and the county are working on an awareness campaign to educate residents and tourists about the laws pertaining to motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians, and to enforce those laws.

Deborah Schroeder's second grade class from Mill Creek Elementary School watches birds through binoculars during a field trip to the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve on Monday.

Only one student was on board a stopped St. Johns County school bus when it was struck by an SUV Wednesday morning on State Road 13 near the intersection of State Road 16. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the bus was stopped in the northbound lane with lights flashing at 6:35 a.m. when a southbound Chevrolet Blazer driven by 20-year-old ... (more)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- It's the start of mosquito season, and local officials are fighting back.

Dream Finders Homes LLC, which has been scouting out sites for several months , is now considering sites in Jacksonville, St. Johns County and Savannah, Ga., for a corporate headquarters, managing partner Patrick Zalupski said Tuesday.

VIDEO: We're digging deeper to learn more about what led up to the death of a 39-year-old man, who is believed to have plunged into the river from the Mathews Bridge.

The state attorney's office has ruled the fatal shooting of a 64-year-old man by a St. Johns County deputy in December was justifiable.

Deputies attempted to handcuff the suspect, but she allegedly fled and locked herself in the men's room of a nearby Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant.

A 29-year-old man shot early Sunday during a domestic dispute at a St. Augustine home has been identified as Christopher Depriest, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office.

Louis Sanchez asks a question to students in Ashley Powers' Hartley Elementary School first-grade class about birdhouses during a field trip to the St. Augustine Home Depot on Friday, April 11, 2014.

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The body of the 2-year-old Sanford child, found buried in a shallow grave in Crescent City had two cigarette burns, two broken teeth, three suspected bite marks, a patch of hairless scalp and bruises and marks on her head, back and bottom, according to newly-released evidence.

Shawn Hiester and his wife, Kathy, are putting their retirement savings on the line to bring the St. Augustine Aquarium to life.

Chairman, Sean Mulhall, had his hands full keeping civilly at the St. Johns County Republican Executive Committee meeting on April 10, 2014.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- A man is in critical condition after he was shot Sunday during dispute in a St. Augustine golf course subdivision.