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FHP Cpl. Julio Torres jumped into a retention pond to rescue a motorist whose car crashed through a guardrail on I-75 in Charlotte County & overturned

DATELINE -- Florida Highway Patrol Cpl. Julio Torres was traveling southbound on Interstate 75 in Charlotte County when he witnessed a multi-vehicle crash. One of the vehicles involved in the crash smashed through the guardrail, overturned and entered a retention pond.

Daytona State College honors 164 students & 3 employees at awards ceremony leading up to graduation

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The cool thing about students who excel in the classroom, during an athletic contest or in a community event is they typically go on to even bigger and better things.

DSC Board of Trustees has 1 new member since last year's graduation

Photo for Headline Surfer / Sarah Dougherty, shown above, and co-owner of Dougherty Manufacturing, is the newest member of the Daytona State College Board that sets policy for the public college.
By HENRY FREDERICK 
Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Edgewater businesswoman Sarah Dougherty is the only newbie on the Daytona State College District Board of Trustees since last spring's graduation.

$10,000 grant awarded to Daytona State College will strengthen paths to industrial management degree

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A new $10,000 grant will help Daytona State College design a system that recognizes work-based experience and non-traditional business and industry certifications for students to pursue an associate of science degree in Industrial Management Technology.

More than 3,400 Daytona State College grads encouraged to seek advanced degrees or certifications for career growth; put money aside for the long haul

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Sofia Rivas, the student government association president at Daytona State College, got right to the point as to what an education from DSC will provide her and her fellow 3,400-plus fellow graduates: "An equal opportunity to gain knowledge and expertise no matter your sex, gender race, religion or even age." 

Violence in Deltona continues unabated: A young woman is found shot to death in her home, the fourth such killing since February

DELTONA, Fla. -- The Volusia County Sheriff's Office is dealing with yet another violent murder -- this time a woman in her mid-20s found shot to death in her home by an electrician who found the front door ajar.