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New Smyrna Beach's Raheem Mostert goes 80 yards for TD in 1st play from scrimmage for San Francisco 49ers before sitting out 2nd half with knee injury in win over NY Jets, 31-13

Create: Sun, 09/20/2020 - 23:33
Author: Sera King
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Former New Smyrna Beach HS Cudas standout Raheem Mostert took the handoff for 80 yards on the first play from scrimmage for a touchdown for the Sanfrancisco 49ers against the NY Jets, one week after a 75-yard catch-and-run TD in the opener.

Central Florida COVID-19 Update: 2 new deaths in Volusia County & 1 each in Orange and Seminole counties

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Here are the most up-to-date stats on COVID-19 for Saturday, Sept. 19: Volusia County has two new deaths and Orange and Seminole Seminole counties each have one new death.

Our Endorsement: Democratic Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy for re-election on Nov. 3

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WINTER PARK, Fla. -- Leo Valentin narrowly defeated former Seminole GOP state committeeman Richard Goble in the Aug. 18 primary, but his luck will run out against Democratic Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy in the Nov. 3 general election.

BREAKING NEWS: Worker, 21, conducting daily safety check may have been halfway up the 250-foot Starflyer swing ride attraction in Orlando when he fell to his death

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- A 21-year-old maintenance worker fell to his death early on this Monday morning while conducting a daily safety check on the StarFlyer swing ride attraction, Orange County Sheriff's deputies said.

NASCAR's lone Black Driver in the top tier of its racing circuit won't return to Richard Petty Motorsports next season

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Richard Petty Motorsports has confirmed that Bubba Wallace will not return as the driver of the No. 43 Chevrolet for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season.

19th anniversary of 9/11: Don Burnette remembers that 'awful day' more than a decade before he was first elected mayor of Port Orange

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Photos for Headline Surfer / Below: Port Orange Mayor is shown. Above: Burnette remembers 9/11 as shown with pics on his Facebook page on the 19th anniversary.

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- How many of us still remember where we were and what we were doing on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, either before, during or just after the terror of four hijacked planes by foreign terrorists caused the spilling of blood on American soil?