Daytona Beach

Man who gunned down his victim in cold blood by shooting him in the back was convicted of first-degree murder and given a life sentence without parole

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DELAND, Fla. – After a four-day trial, a Volusia County jury found defendant Danitto Simpson guilty as charged of first-degree murder with a firearm, and immediately following the verdict, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Palm Coast man to be sentenced in August for shooting two BCU students in 2023, one of whom was left paralyzed from the waist down

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A Palm Coast man faces life behind bars at sentencing next month for shooting two Bethune-Cookman University students in 2023, one of whom was left paralyzed from the waist down.

Volusia deputies, Daytona Beach cops shoot & kill knife-wielding man who stabbed several people over the weekend in Derbyshire residence

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Volusia sheriff’s deputies and police searching for victims of a multiple stabbing Saturday night in Daytona Beach were forced to fatally shoot the suspect after he burst through a door and charged at them with a knife, a spokesman for Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood said in a press release.

Gov. Ron DeSantis reappoints Daytona luxury home builder Mori Hosseini & Tampa real estate attorney Fred Ridley to the University of Florida Board of Trustees

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— Governor Ron DeSantis has reappointed two of the Sunshine State's biggest entrepreneurial giants to the University of Florida Board of Trustees: Daytona Beach luxury home builder Mori Hosseini and Tampa real estate attorney Fred Ridley. 

Central Florida Sheriffs Mike Chitwood & Wayne Ivey make today's No Kings protests all about themselves

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Yet again, Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood used TV news cameras and social media to promote himself with antagonistic rhetoric ahead of today's "No Kings" protest rallies.

Mexico City welcomes NASCAR Cup Series for the first time this weekend

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MEXICO CITY -- Nobody is more excited about the arrival of NASCAR in Mexico than perhaps Trackhouse Racing’s Daniel Suarez, who has made multiple visits to his home country in support of the event, and is excited to show the world-class facility NASCAR’s brand of Cup racing.