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Photo for Headline Surfer® / Erik Estrada is shown in this snapshot a new family-friendly movie 'Finding Faith.'

DAYTONA BEACH -- Ponch from CHiPS is coming to the Greater Friendship Baptist Church, but he's leaving his motorcycle and uniform home as he tackles a new role in the family-friendly film "Finding Faith" which will be shown Dec. 9, after which, he''ll make an appearance.

Estrada, the hunky Latino, who's acting is well chronicled from the popular TV series, also is the national celebrity spokesman for the Safe Surfin' Foundation the creators of the film Finding Faith, a full-length narrative motion picture that tells the true story of how a family found 'Faith' in their battle to find and rescue their 14-year old daughter 'Faith' who accidentally falls victim to an online predator.

Photo for Headline Surfer® / On-air personality Tracy Dillion brings sunshine to WROD, Daytona's oldest radio station, celebrating 66 years this month.

DAYTONA BEACH -- WROD Morning Cruise host Tracy Dillon broadcasted live Friday to help Strike-Out Hunger at Bellair Lanes, 2575 N. Atlantic Avenue, Daytona Beach. Listeners were asked to bring a canned good or non-perishable item to be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank.

WROD  is celebrating its 66th Anniversary this month.

WROD  104.7 FM, Hot Rod Radio, is the oldest surviving Daytona Beach radio station and first launched in 1947, featuring hit shows like The Bob Hope Show and  The Firestone Hour.

WROD  is celebrating its 66th Anniversary this month.

WROD  104.7 FM, Hot Rod Radio, is the oldest surviving Daytona Beach radio station and first launched in 1947, featuring hit shows like The Bob Hope Show and  The Firestone Hour.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Nobody would have second-guessed Dave Hood had he missed time from his legislative duties in Tallahassee as the state representative for the 25th district representing greater Daytona Beach. After all, he had to overcome the return of brain cancer earlier this year. 

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The long and winding road of the inaugural New Smyrna Beachweeks is coming to a grand conclusion with a series of holiday events.

Live entertainment will kick off the annual Spark the Spirit celebration on Canal Street from 4:30-7:30 p.m., Friday in Christmas Park on the corner of Canal and Live Oak streets. Mayor Adam Barringer will deliver his annual holiday remarks leading up to the 6:15 p.m. lighting of the large outdoor Christmas tree. 

Nov 28: New Smyrna Beach Turkey Day 5k Beach Run / Walk 

Nov 28 New Smyrna Beach Turkey Day 5k Beach Run / Walk

Nov 29 - Dec 21 Santa Claus Returns!

Nov 29 Spark the Spirit

Nov 30 Coastal Christmas Market

Dec 6-15 A Christmas Carol

Dec 6 Light Up Flagler

Dec 6-8 Norwood's Holiday Food & Wine Festival

Dec 7 Ed Root Memorial 5k/10k Run

Dec 7 Land & Sea Christmas Parade

Cindy Williams, Candy Clark will be on hand

Photos for Headline Surfer® / Swimsuit model Alyssa Bellows of Ormond Beach, a friend of the 24/7 internet newspaper, strikes a pose on The World's Most Famous Beach as she gears up for the Turkey Run.  Above, muscle cars line the infield at Daytona International Speedway during last year's event.

DAYTONA BEACH -- There will be plenty of muscle here in greater Daytona Beach for the 40th annual Turkey Run, including some of the stars from the movie, American Graffiti throughout the extended Thanksgiving weekend.

Accused of sharing downloaded images with other adults

Photo for Headline Surfer® / Donald Murray bonded out of jail on child porn charges. This is a jail mug of Murray from a previous unrelated arrest.

APOPKA -- The Seminole County Sheriff's Office Crimes Against Children Unit arrested an Apopka man on nearly a dozen child porn charges.

Donald Murray, 49, was arrested on a search warrant Monday, alleging 10 counts of possession of obscene material/child pornography and one count of distribution of obscene material/child pornography.

"Investigators yesterday executed a search warrant at Murray’s residence after receiving information from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement that possible child pornography images had been detected and were associated with an IP address belonging to Murray," Seminole County Sheriff's spokesman Heather Smith told Headline Surfer®."A preliminary forensic analysis of Murray’s computer found child pornography and evidence that he was sharing the images with others."

Photo for Headline Surfer® / Scott Mandis, 33, has not returned to an assisted living facility and is in need of medicine and may be somewhere in the Daytona area. 

DAYTONA BEACH -- The Volusia County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in locating a man with a diminished mental capacity who has been missing for a week and requires medication.

Scott Mandis, 33, was arrested Nov. 18 in DeLand on a trespassing charge and was released from the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach the next day, but has been missing since.