St. Augustine

A missing child alert was issued Thursday for a 5-year-old Florida girl who was last seen in St. Augustine. Asia Myers may be in the company of 86-year-old Lula Wise and the two may be traveling in the Jacksonville area, Florida Department of Law Enforcement officials said. Myers, who is about 3-foot-5 and 100 pounds, was last seen wearing a…

Over three dozen descendants of Confederate soldiers named on a memorial in one North Florida city are suing over plans to remove it. NBC affiliate First Coast News reports that 38 descendants are listed in a lawsuit saying the city of St. Augustine voted to make the move “without first undergoing the legally required review process to prevent its damage…

Leaders of the country’s oldest city have decided to move a Confederate memorial that has been a fixture in its historic central plaza for 140 years.

In America’s oldest city, anguish over a monument memorializing Confederate soldiers will come to a head Monday

Some local Florida governments are reopening beaches for limited activity

Jacksonville residents streamed into beaches Friday after county officials reopened them to the public. While critics say the decision was premature and social distancing guidelines aren’t being followed, officials argue that beachgoers are keeping their distance.

Hurricane Irma churned up a sewage bath for Florida’s tiny towns and big cities that looks to have no precedent.

The Sunshine State is once again the leader in TripAdvisor’s annual list of the top beaches in the United States.

Days after Hurricane Matthew sent floodwaters surging through historic St. Augustine, the county’s director of homeless services was panicked.

A Georgia sheriff says an inmate accused of killing a 71-year-old Florida priest tried to hang himself with a bed sheet in jail.

A man described as a “career criminal” who led authorities to the body of a missing Florida priest has been charged with murder in Georgia, a law enforcement official said Thursday.

Multiple charges have been filed against a man described as a “career criminal” who led authorities to a body believed to be that of a missing Florida priest, authorities said Wednesday.

South Carolina law enforcement authorities said Thursday that a “person of interest” was arrested while driving a car belonging to a missing Roman Catholic priest, 300 miles from where he disappeared.

More human bones believed to be centuries old have been uncovered in downtown St. Augustine.

Police believe a man fatally shot outside a northeast Florida condominium complex was targeted because he had autism and the shooters wanted his car.

An Oklahoma woman is facing charges after police said she stole a parrot from a St. Augustine pet store.

A 77-year-old St. Augustine man is four weeks into a solo sail around the world in the hopes of becoming the fastest — and oldest — to accomplish the feat.

A man trying to reach Bermuda in an inflatable bubble has been rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard off the coast of Florida after he began suffering from fatigue and asked for help.