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Counting 'em Down: For better or for worse, this is the Headline Surfer countdown of the 2021's Top 100 biggest news stories of Central Florida along the tourism-driven stretch of Interstate 4 (Orlando Attractions and east to I-95 & the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona). Each recap segment is posted with its own headline, culminating with the unveiling of No.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Two conspirators of a drug-dealing operation in Daytona Beach that distributed cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin for at least eight months until they got busted were shipped off to prison back in June.

The closing of Little Drug on Canal Street in New Smyrna Beach today is hitting old-timers and people born here very hard, says Darlene Vann in her newest Musings blog installment.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- There was a hush-hush rumor swirling within Volusia County Republican leadership back in September that GOP blogger turned-child sex predator David Lee Davis of Daytona died in prison.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Craig Flagler Palms Funeral Home, Memorial Gardens & Crematory’s area manager Sal Passalaqua, Jr. has received the 2021 Outstanding Philanthropist award from the Association of Nonprofit Professionals.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A 25-year-old man was shot in the leg back in early October after firing at cops who were conducting an overnight patrol near Westside Elementary School.

Counting 'em Down: For better or for worse, this is the Headline Surfer countdown of the 2021's Top 100 biggest news stories of Central Florida along the tourism-driven stretch of Interstate 4 (Orlando Attractions and east to I-95 & the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona). Each recap segment is posted with its own headline, culminating with the unveiling of No.

DAYTONA BEACH. Fla. -- Just who gunned down 23-year-old Shaquan M. Willoughby back in August remains unsolved to this day.

DELAND, Fla. --  The posting on social media the morning of April 26, sent shockwaves throughout Volusia County's political community.