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Third gun-related homicide in the city since November

DAYTONA BEACH -- A 28-year-old man was shot to death Sunday around the corner from his Oak Tree Circle home while apparently on his bicycle, Daytona Beach police said in a press release with scant few details.

The victim, identified as Joseh A. Rufffing, was found crumbled in the roadway on Forest Glen Boulevard. He was shot once in the stomach with the bullet exiting his back, police said.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla -- Dennis Jones, one of the Sunshine State's top cops, wants to come home. The Tallahassee police chief and former Daytona Beach police chief is among seven semi-finalists to become New Smyrna Beach's next police chief.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Rachel Hoffman's 2008 murder in a botched undercover drug buy while deployed as a confidential informant by the Tallahassee Police Department led by Police Chief Dennis Jones was the impetus for the Florida Legislature's passage of "Rachel's Law."

DAYTONA BEACH – A new study attributes a powerful impact on the local economy of nearly $710 million generated by Daytona State College, its students and alumni.

The study verifies the strength and value of the college’s service to the communities, businesses and individuals in Volusia and Flagler counties and beyond, top administrative officials stressed in announcing the study's findings this afternoon.

Through Orlando Magic Youth Fund, a McCormick Foundation fund, $1 million-plus distributed 3rd straight year to 17 Central Florida non-profits organizations

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ORLANDO -- The Orlando Magic's Jameer Nelson was named winner of the 2012-'13 Rich & Helen DeVos Community Enrichment Award Saturday night at the 23rd Annual Orlando Magic Youth Foundation (OMYF) Black Tie & Tennies Gala presented by FAIRWINDS Credit Union held at the Amway Center.

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES -- Last week the Democrat-controlled Senate passed its first budget resolution in four years. Also there is breaking news of a major snow and ice storm which has blocked all the roads in Hell.

EDGEWATER -- The budget problems for President Obama and the lawmakers in Congress can be tackled by making additional cuts. It's so simple.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- A 29-year-old man who allegedly robbed a couple while brandishing a knife was apprehended after fleeing into nearby woods was apprehended with the help of a canine, New Smyrna Beach police said.