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PORT ORANGE -- Belk invites Florida charities, schools and other nonprofit organizations to participate in its Spring Charity Sale on May 1 at its brand new store at the Pavilion of Port Orange. The event will once again benefit communities throughout the company's 16-state market area, including the newest in Port Orange, off Interstate 95, a 10-minute drive north from New Smyrna Beach.

A fifth biker's death has been attributed to a crash associated with Bike Week. Henry Gordon Johnson, 67, of Deltona, died Tuesday at Orlando Regional Medical Center, from injuries suffered two days earlier when he lost control of his 2009 Harley-Davidson, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A tornado warning was issued at 2:38 p.m. for Southeast Volusia and northern Brevard County by the National Weather Service in Melbourne. The warning expires at 3:15 p.m.

March 11, 2010: Shawn M. Albright, Edgewater, and Janet Hernandez, Port Orange.

March 10, 2010: Jorge R. Hernandez and Nidia F. Orozco, New Smyrna Beach; Dantrell L. Horne and Kerri-Lee McClain, New Smyrna Beach;

March 6, 2010: Charles E. McGuire Jr. and Leeanne Y. Harmon, Edgewater.

Donna Hill, 75, of Edgewater, a former tow motor operator for General Electric, died Tuesday, March 9, 2010.

Phyllis Lee Wilson, 74, of Edgewater, owner/operator of a cleaning business, died Tuesday, March 9, 2010.

James Foster Grayson, 86, of Edgewater, a former steamfitter in the aerospace industry, died Monday, March 8, 2010.

OAK HILL -- Police Sgt. Mike Ihnken has been cleared of an accusation that he stole a dead man's wallet containing $55, the State Attorney's Office announced.

A review of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation determined there was "insufficient evidence to charge or convict Sgt. Ihnken with any crime," said Assistant State Attorney spokesman Chris Kelly.

DELAND -- Alert Volusia County Sheriff's deputies discovered a handgun in a Tennessee man's briefcase during a routine security screening at the Volusia County Courthouse, DeLand, Thursday afternoon, an agency spokesman said.

DELAND --New Smyrna Beach Middle School took home first place in a recent Black History Brain Bowl at Stetson University.

Members of the middle school team were Breon Clark, Anthony Little, Jalen Merrick and Devon Robinson. They were coached by Florida Crooms.

DAYTONA BEACH -- A 19-year-old Charleston, S.C., Spring Breaker who was climbing down from a third-floor hotel balcony to the one below when he fell just bewfore midnight Sunday, remains in serious condition at Halifax Medical Center, Daytona Beach police said.