Florida Press Club, Henry Frederick, 1st place, Blog Writing, 2012
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Florida Press Club, Henry Frederick, 3rd place, Gen. News Writing, 2012
Photo for Headline Surfer / At left is a still snapshot from surveillance video of one of two men who fled Kohl's, 1682 Taylor Road in Port Orange, after sticking a handgun in the store manager's face.PORT ORANGE -- The cops have issued a BOLO (be on the lookout) for two men who robbed the Kohl’s Department Store while armed with a handgun Saturday night.
Headline Surfer snapshot locator map / Shots were fieed just before 5:48 a.m. Sunday in a room at the Sunshine Inn, 12 34 S. Ridgewood, where police found a man dead in room 108.DAYTONA BEACH -- Gunshot blasts woke up guests inside the Sunshine Inn, a rundown motel on South Ridgewood and when cops got there, they found a black man in his early 40s dead in a pool of blood inside one of the rooms. Police received at least one 9-1-1 at 5:48 a.m. about shots being fired, but very little other than the frightened caller saying he heard the gunfire.
OAK HILL -- Last Tuesday, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana spoke in support of the Space Florida proposal for development of a private space launch facility on NASA-owned land near the abandoned orange grove community of Shiloh just north of the Brevard County line. NASA will postpone any final decision awaiting the results of an environmental impact study of the planned use of 150 acres out of the approximately 150,000 acres in the area shared by the Kennedy Space Center and the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge.
OAK HILL, Fla. -- There is no greater symbols of family and friends than the laughter of children at play under the rays of the Florida sun, grandparents and such sitting in folding chairs in the comfort of the shade provided by stately trees and the parents of young ones alternating between fishing out some change for cotton candy and checking their electronic gizmos for messages or news alerts.
OAK HILL -- The city of Oak Hill celebrated its Riverfest Saturday at Mary Dewees Park with lots of residents from the community and even nearby communities joining in on the fun. It's good to see our city enjoy the efforts of those who put time and effort into putting this annual event together.
A special thanks goes out to Gary Bittle and City Commissioner Kathey Bittle for all their hard work.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- When I was a reporter for the Journal News, a large metro daily in West Nyack, NY, one of my first reporting beats until I was freed to cover police and courts, my true love, was covering the sprawling town of Haverstraw, which was run by Sup
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- When I was a reporter for the Journal News, a large metro daily in West Nyack, NY, one of my first reporting beats until I was freed to cover police and courts, my true love, was covering the sprawling town of Haverstraw.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- When a press release was emailed by the New Smyrna Beach Police Department to local media outlets a week ago Friday, it stated $1,220 in cash was missing from three tampered envelopes in police evidence room. But an investigative report for the city by an outside consultant cites $8,070.05 for 19 envelopes as missing.
