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LaShawnda Pinkney, 48, is the first to file to run in the race. She was born and raised in West Augustine and still lives there today.  Pinkney shared details about her background and platform to about 40 people on Friday at a meet-and-greet event for her campaign at the Murabella amenities center near Pacetti Road and State Road 16. The crowd included pastors, West Augustine advocates such as Greg White and Dwala Willis, Pinkney's children and others.  "I'm running to fulfill my civic responsibility," Pinkney said. "I'm running because I want to continue my commitment, my dedication and...

For years now, Bob Nawrocki has been trying to get to the bottom of a mystery that dates back to 1954. The story begins with two brothers, Fred and Floyd Perry, who dreamed of becoming railroad tycoons. So much so, that they spent seven years building their very own locomotive in the backyard of Fred’s small house at 44. S. Whitney St. in St. Augustine.   That’s right. They built a 60,000-pound, 36-foot-long completely functional narrow-gauge steam locomotive Fred called Engine 425. "They bought the plans from a company that was making steam railroad engines. They did all of their machin...

Mayor Lenny Curry and some City Council members have said the city needs to finally tackle the steep cost of extending JEA sewer lines to neighborhoods that have relied for decades on septic tanks. Curry has spoken in favor of doing several hundred million dollars of sewer construction toward that end. City Council unanimously voted March 23 to put $14.4 million in new city funding plus $12.5 million from JEA into the sewer construction projects, whose cost has come in higher than the original estimates. The third leg of the funding stool would be $6 million from the state. JEA already...

Deputies arrested a St. Augustine man on attempted murder charges after he shot into a car, "narrowly missing" people inside, official reports said.

Officials are also seeking financial help from the state on local projects.  Those efforts include bringing a medical facility to West Augustine and expanding septic-to-sewer conversions in the neighborhood on West Third Street.  HB 3901, the West Augustine Care Center, seeks $4 million toward "a health center that was envisioned based, in part, on the 2018-2020 Community Health Improvement Plan," according to the request. "The principle beneficiaries of the Care Center are lower income residents from the West Augustine area; however, the center will be made available for all St. Johns Coun...