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Photo courtesy of Grand-Am Road Racing / The 02 of Chip Ganassi Racing was chasing down the 01 sister car with less than two hours to go this afternoon in the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway.

DAYTONA BEACH -- The 2011 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Cask No. 16 is winding down this afternoon with 01 BMW Riley of Chip Ganassi Racing out front with the sister 02 car right behind with two hours to go.

For the first time since 2004, the race was delayed for 2 hours and 47 minutes this morning because of thick fog over the track.

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Photos by Henry Frederick / Former New Smyrna Beach Mayor Jim Vandergrifft and his wife, Pamela, and their miniature poodle, Cooper, stroll down Canal Street towards the Intracoastal Waterway after Saturday's IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts. The festival makes its second and final run today. The event is free to the public where countless works of art are showcased and offered for sale. For more information, please go to http://www.imagesartfestival.org/  

NEW SMYRNA BEACH --Former Mayor Jim Vandergrifft and his wife, Pamela, were impressed by the array of art exhibits and the large crowd during Saturday's opening of the 2011 IMAGES: A Festical of the Arts, on historic Canal Street and Riverside Drive near the beautiful Intracoastal Waterway.

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DAYTONA BEACH -- A 38-year-old man armed with a shotgun in his vehicle who refused to leave Florida Memorial Hospital property eventually surrendered earlier today after Police Chief Mike Chitwood arrived at the scene to support Sheriff's personnel who had jurisdiction.

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Courtesy photo / This surveillance photo captures a man who robbed the RBC Bank at 128 E. Granada Blvd, Ormond Beach on Friday afternoon. If you recognize him, please call Ormond Beach police at 386-677-0731.

ORMOND BEACH -- A man walked into the RBC Bank on East Granada Boulevard at 2:30 this afternoon and handed the teller demanding cash. The robber never showed or implied he had a gun and then fled after he was handed an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.

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DELTONA The 4-year-old boy found floating in a nearby pool by deputies was pronounced dead a short time later in the emergency room at Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City, A Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman said.

The incident occurred at 600 E. Normandy Blvd. A passing deputy who was on patrol in the area was flagged down at about 4:41 p.m. and told that the boy, Jordan Ugaldea, was missing.

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DELTONA -- A 4-year-old boy reported missing just after 4:30 tonight and found by deputies floating in a pool a few minutes later was rushed to Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City, a Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman said.

"The child didn't live there," Davidson said.

The preschooler was found in a backyard pool at 600 E. Normandy just before 5 p.m. after a deputy was alerted by a family member about 15 minutes earlier on East Normandy, near Hartley Lane.

Editor's Note: VolusiaNews.net will provide updates as new information is released by the Sheriff's Office

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Courtesy photo / The woman gunned down Tuesday night in greater New Smyrna Beach has been identified as Debra Gibson.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A name and a face have been affixed to a woman shot and killed Tuesday night in a quiet neighborhood in the Westside just outside the city limits. The victim has been identified as Debra Gibson, 46 of New Smyrna Beach.

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Courtesy photo / The historic Lilian Place as shown here is one of Daytona Beach's treasures made famous in the book "Open Boat" by Stephen Crane, who also wrote "The Red Badge of Courage."

DAYTONA BEACH -- The Art League of Daytona Beach will hold a Wine and Cheese Reception and Fine Art Auction on Saturday Feb. 5, to benefit Lilian Place – the oldest house on Daytona’s beach side.

Admission is free for the 6 to 8 p.m. event held at the League’s Main Gallery, 433 South Palmetto Ave.

Art work by 27 specially selected artists will be featured in a silent auction with a portion of the proceeds donated to the non-profit Heritage Preservation Trust of Volusia County.

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NSBNEWS.net and other members of the Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce received the following e-mail alert 4:35 p.m. Wednesday:

With deep sorrow we just received word that Mary Ellison has just passed away due to an unforeseen illness. Just recently retired, Mary was a seventeen year veteran at the Chamber of Commerce and one of the most delightful people to have ever graced our community. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family. Once we receive word of any funeral arrangements we will pass them along to you.

Respectfully,

Samantha Bishop