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Cudas Unhooked fundraiser in New Smyrna Beach draws hundreds of all ages; organizer Ray Catheline overwhelmed by turnout

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Video and photos by Henry Frederick / Ray Catheline, who works at Kokomo's Salon, 521 Canal St., New Smyrna Beach, washes and styles customer Kim Poole's hair during the wildly successful Sunday Cudas Unhooked hair-a-thon fundraiser, which he organized.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Nobody was more blown away by today's Cudas Unhooked hair-a-thon fundraiser than the organizer himself -- KokoMo's Salon hair stylist Ray Catheline.

OAK Hill fires suspended cop Mike Ihnken; was the subject of two State Attorney investigations in scandal-rocked police force

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Photos by Henry Frederick / Suspended police officer Mike Ihnken had three commissioners deny Police Chief Diane Young's request that he be fired. But this time around he had no support.

Spring Break tame and lame

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Exclusive video by multimedia editor Sera Frederick / The only real semblance of Spring Break and Black College Reunion Friday night on the final weekend of the annual events was limited to the east Seabreeze Boulevard with Razzle's dance club and the Oyster Pub the only real draws. The video includes an arrest in progress for a young man who refused to leave Razzle's after he was told to leave because he was being disorderly, police said, adding he was taken into custody without incident.

 

DAYTONA BEACH – This was not your parents' Spring Break when MTV rocked the beach and hotels were trashed. 

SE Volusia Chamber of Commerce's Business After Hours event: April 14 at Federal Bank in New Smyrna Beach

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce holds its next "Business After Hours" segment on April 14 at the Federal Trust Bank, 763 East 3rd Ave.

Volusia County's tragedy: 21,000 cats and dogs killed needlessly at a cost of $2 million a year from your taxes

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Did you know that each city in our county and some individual cites pay upwards of $90 in your taxes per feral cat to put them to sleep? We pay to kill cats...and dogs! That does not include police and animal control time and work. And not just the feral ones. The feral ones just get the needle sooner.

Fraternal Order of Eagles in Port Orange holding dinner April 9 to support 'My angel with Paws'

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PORT ORANGE -- The Fraternal Order of Eagles in Port Orange is having a dinner, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at its clubhouse, 5130 S. Ridgewood Ave, to raise money to help support “My Angel with Paws.”

DeLand mom struck in head by tree that splits home in half during fast-moving rainstorm; hospitalized and recovering

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Exclusive video by Henry Frederick / Abilene Campuzano, 12, describes the horrific situation in which a large tree fell on her family's East Kentucky Avenue home in DeLand, splitting it in two and causing her mother, Maria, to briefly lose consciousness when a branch struck her head. The tree snap was the result of a fast-moving storm that blew across Central Florida Wednesday night.The map from the National Weather Service shows the storm moving into the Atlantic Ocean after racing across Central Florida and string the Volusia County area just after 5 p.m.
 

DELAND -- Maria Capuano could hear the thunder and the bolts of lighting as she moved quickly to close the windows in her living room in hopes of keeping the suddenly driving rain inside just after 5 tonight. Instead, a huge oak tree smashed down on top, splitting the house virtually in half and knocking her briefly unconscious.

New Smyrna Beach City Commissioner Lynne Plaskett impressed with quick response by public works personnel in her city as well as Edgewater's in storm response cleanup

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- City Commissioner Lynne Plaskett knew the sudden blinding rain was too much for her windshield as visibility disappeared like a whiteout from a fast moving rainstorm while on her way to Edgewater to drop off her granddaughter from school, so she pulled over on Park Avenue.