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Romney to make campaign stop in Ormond Beach; Volusia County GOP chair Joe Stich of New Smyrna Beach thrilled
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Photo for NSB News by Joe Raedle /Getty ImagesMitt Romney campaigns in West Palm Beach earlier this month. He'll be in Ormond Beach Sunday evening for a big campaign rally in advance of the Jan. 31 Republican primary.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Mitt Romney is making a campaign stop in Ormond Beach Sunday and nobody is more thrilled about it than New Smyrna Beach's Joe Stich, GOP Volusia County chair.
"I think there's a lot of support here for Romney. It's a positive thing that he's coming here," Stich told NSB News this afternoon in confirming the Republican presidential hopeful's local visit, one day after South Carolina's primary.
Daytona 500 greats Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip head up NASCAR's 2012 Hall of Fame
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Five of NASCAR's legends of the track -- Richie Evans, Dale Inman, Darrell Waltrip, Glen Wood and Cale Yarborough -- are inducted in NASCAR's Hall of Fame on Friday night in Charlotte, the third such class.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip, a pair of three-time NASCAR champions, led the field of five among racing's greats for this year's NASCAR Hall of Fame.
Snoopy the Deltona pit bull with a bite not quite as big as his bark released to owner
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DELTONA -- Snoopy the pit bull made a lot of friends on Facebook during his nearly month-long quarantine for nipping at another dog -- more than 24,000 of them -- and on Friday he was sprung from doggie jail to his Deltona owner.
5. Penn State, Syracuse sex scandals hurt college sports programs
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Joe Paterno's longstanding career came to a halt at Penn State at mid-sean when he was fired amid shocking allegations in early November that former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky had sexual contact with at least 10 boys dating back to 1998, including lewd activity in the men's shower.
The 67-year-old Sandusky admitted to showering and horsing around, but maintained his innocence. A Pennsylvania grand jury handed up indictments with 50 charges against him.
4. Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords shot in the head
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Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head during a Jan. 8 rally outside of Tuscon by a lone gunman who killed six people, including conservative federal Judge John Roll.
Twelve ohers besides Giffords were wounded. The 22-year-old gunman, Jared Lee Loughner, was arrested on scene.
On May 16, Giffords recovered enough to travel to Kennedy Space Center
No. 3: Occupy Wall Street demonstrations take hold
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The latest political demonstration fad was born Sept. 17 in Zuccotti Park near New York City's Wall Street and became known as "Occupy Wall Street," a leaderless mass targeting the wealthist 1% of Americans.
No. 2: 9/11 a decade later: We will never forget
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We can't forget. We won't forget. We will never forget. The 10th anniversary of 9/11 was marked again by the reading of the names of the victims, but mostly the comfort of knowing Osama bin Laden was taken out by U.S. spcial forces on orders of President Obama.
Newt Gingrich South Carolina's conservative champion
Mitt Romney has a fight on his hands with Jan. 31 Florida primary
By Stan Escudero Chief Political blogger for NSB News
DAYTONA BEACH SHORES -- Conservatives rule in South Carolina, which explains Newt Gingrich’s stunning double-digit victory Saturday in the Republican primary election.
What the media outlets are hoping for is a knock down/drag out struggle in Florida between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich and they are likely to get it. Florida, with its Jan. 31 primary, is a whole different game from anything the candidates have faced so far in this election. It is the most important state among the early GOP primary contests.
Big crowd for Romney in Ormond Beach
ORMOND BEACH -- Sera and I are here at the Mitt Romney Rally and the place is mobbed with supporters as we approach the 6 o'clock hour.
No sign of Romney yet. We'll keep you posted.