Historic DeBary Hall hosts living history day on Feb. 17
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DEBARY, Fla. -- History will come to life as DeBary Hall Historic Site hosts Living History Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17.
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Daytona Beach's 'Big Sexy' Kevin Nash won't be on WWE's Raw 25 show tonight on USA network
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By HENRY FREDERICKHeadline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.-- 'Big Sexy' Kevin Nash, WWE Hall of Famer, will not be on the Raw 25th anniversary show tonight on USA network due to recent knee surgery that makes flying too painful for the near 7-footer.
Nash, the Detroit native who calls greater Daytona Beach home, won't be re-uniting with his "Kliq" buddies Triple H or Shawn Michaels on Raw's 25th anniversary show, which begins at 8 p.m.
Senate ends government shutdown
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YouTube download / AP video / The Senate has advanced a bill reopening federal agencies through Feb. 8 after Democrats relented and lifted their blockade against the legislation. (Jan. 22)
The US Senate voted 81-18 to break the filibuster and reopen the government on this Monday morning. The two sides agreed to keep negotiations towards a settlement on the Dreamers legislation until Feb. 8.
“In a few hours, the government will reopen,” said NY Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader. “We have a lot to do.”
As reported in the New York Times, Schumer announced that he and Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, had “come to an arrangement” to adopt the three-week spending measure while continuing to negotiate a “global agreement” that would include the fate of the dreamers, undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children.
Saying goodbye to elderly mom whose suffering finally at an end
EDGEWATER, Fla. -- Today marks 10 days since my Mom’s departure from this earth.
Your voice is needed in politics
DELAND, Fla. -- Your Voice is Needed in Politics.
Congressman Ron DeSantis running for Fla governor
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YouTube download / ABC ActionNews video / Congressman Ron DeSantis officially is a candidate for governor of Florida. DeSantis is shown here with his wife, Casey, from an image on his Twitter account.
PALM COAST, Fla. -- Congressman Ron DeSantis has officially announced his candidacy for governor on Jan. 5,, and is endorsed by President Donald Trump.
BREAKING NEWS: Sanford Cops: Woman dead & man clinging to life after shots fired in apparent murder-suicide attempt
Henry Frederick
Thu, 01/18/2018 - 06:19
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SANFORD, Fla. -- A mini-caravan of cop cars and other law enforcement vehicles descended on a quiet neighborhood Wednesday in this waterfront city in response to what appeared to be a domestic-related attempted murder suicide involving gunfire with a young pronounced dead on arrival at Seminole County Regional Hospital and her boyfriend barely clinging to life after surgery.
Oct 29's Headline Surfer breaking news story on traffic-related death of NSB gal Kaelee Morrell accessed by 27,642 online users worldwide
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Headline Surfer had a lot of prominent Central Florida news stories in 2017, but none tore at the heartstrings of online users more than Oct. 29's story headlined, BREAKING NEWS: New Smyrna Beach Cops: Local gal Kaelee Morrell, 21, killed in hit & run; other driver flees in black Chevy Tahoe.
In the first 24 hours of its posting, the tragic story on the death of 21-year-old Kaelee Morrell was accessed by 27,642 online users around the world. It was the award-winning news site's most viewed story of 2017, with a whopping 42,803 page views.
Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood sends email with implied threat to Headline Surfer after an inquiry as to whether he secured a PR job for a married woman during an alleged affair
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood sent an email to Headline Surfer with an implied threat Thursday in response to an inquiry by the award-winning internet news outlet as to whether he secured a public relations job for a married woman during an alleged affair.
New Year's Message from Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry: 'Hope that unity will be theme that binds us as a community'
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- With the the clock ticking forward to New Year's, Mayor Derrick Henry has a clear-cut message for his tourism-driven city that is home to the World's Most Famous Beach and Daytona International Speedway.
