Daytona Beach

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

ORLANDO, Fla. -- For better or for worse, these were the Top 100 stories in 2025 in Central Florida in The Year That Was. This segment: Nos. 6-10. Here, it's all about top cops - Osceola Sheriff Marcos Lopez getting arrested, Volusia Sheriff failing in recruitment hires while trying to show up NYC's new mayor, Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma showing real leadership, and upgrades in Edgewater titles.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- For better or for worse, these were the Top 100 stories in 2025 in Central Florida in The Year That Was. This segment: Nos. 11-15.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- For better or for worse, these were the Top 100 stories in 2025 in Central Florida in The Year That Was. This segment: Nos. 11-20.

Photo for Headline Surfer / Adrian Morales, 50, of Daytona Beach, was being held without bail at the Volusia County Branch Jail on charges of making threats to law enforcement following his arrest on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026.

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A Daytona Beach man is in custody after sending messages, including video of gunshots, threatening: "This is what's in store," allegedly to law enforcement agencies and previously to a NASCAR executive, the VSO said.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Temperatures are expected to climb back into the 70s along the I-4 corridor from Orlando to Sanford and Daytona Beach starting Monday, but the chill in the air will linger through the weekend here in Central Florida.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- For better or for worse, these were the Top 100 stories in 2025 in Central Florida in The Year That Was. This segment: Nos. 41-50. 

Nos. 51-60, 61-80, and 81-100 are archived at the end of this segment.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Porsche Penske Motorsport secured its third consecutive victory at the 2026 Rolex 24 at Daytona, with Felipe Nasr driving the No. 7 Porsche 963 to the overall and GTP class win.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Through the first two hours of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 is in front, followed by the PPM No. 7 963 and the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- For better or for worse, these were the Top 100 stories in 2025 in Central Florida in The Year That Was. This segment: Nos. 51-60. 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry has released a statement on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: "It is a day that all Americans should celebrate because his dream is an unfulfilled but worthy endeavor."