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CONGESTION: Beautification begins for North Causeway in New Smyrna Beach; expect even more traffic delays
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Headline Surfer® photos / The larger South Causeway Bridge in New Smyrna Beach, shown here in the inset may be preferable to the North Causeway Bridge, where a beautification project is expected to make driving an even bigger chore for motorists.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Rome wasn't built in a day and neither will a $1.2 million beautification of the North Causeway in this picturesque beach-front city of 22,000 residents.
Beautification begins Monday along the North Causeway, from Riverside Drive east to the George E. Musson Bridge. That's the draw bridge, in and of itself a major bummer for motorists, especially when the beach is letting out for the day.
Alfie's Restaurant in Ormond Beach grateful to community for celebrating its recent anniversary
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ORMOND-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. -- Betty and Bud Evans opened the original Alfie’s Restaurant in Jamestown, NY, way back in 1969.
VCSO: Deputies shoot and kill passenger in GMC truck who opened fire on them during traffic stop in Barberville
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PIERSON, Fla. -- A passenger in a pickup truck pulled over during a traffic stop late Monday night in Barberville was killed after he shot at two Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies and the female driver also was struck by a bullet in the crossfire, an agency spokesman said, adding the deputies weren’t injured.
Here is a synopsis of what happened as decribed by Voluia County Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson to HeadlineSurfer.com: After spotting a burned out tail light, deputies pulled over the GMC truck at 11:29 p.m. as it traveled westbound on S.R. 40 just west of County Road 3.
Formula One Australian Grand Prix to continue racing in Melbourne
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Melbourne has secured the Formula One Australian Grand Prix until at least 2023, staving off a contentious bid from rival suitor Sydney, with a dose of politically-charged bragging rights thrown in for good measure.
Daytona Beach News-Journal erroneously reports unanimous council support for county budget with tax increases despite Chair Jason Davis' repeated 'no' votes
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At left is a snapshot of the top portion of the Daytona Beach News-Journal story on the county budget with factually-incorrect reporting in the second paragraph.DELAND, Fla. -- While County Chair Jason Davis wasn't as demonstrative as colleague Deb Denys was in her "No!" response votes to the county budget in her first year on the dais of the Frank T. Bruno County Council Chambers on Thursday evening for the newest spending plan, Davis was very clear in dissenting against the $807 million proposed budget.
But Davis' repeated "no" votes were apparently lost on the Daytona Beach News-Journal, which reported otherwise in a published story online following the first of two public hearings.
Top 50 dead wrestlers
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Like just about everything else in life, the news of dead wrestling superstars can come at any time, any place and just about any circumstance.
44. Karen Foxman easily wins circuit judgeship in 2014 primary
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Photo for Headline Surfer® / Karen Foxman received close to 65 percent of the votes in Volusia County, the largest of the four area counties in the Aug. 26, 2014, primary vote count for a circuit bench seat, as shown in the results at left from the Supervisor of Elections in DeLand.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Karen Foxman, one of the top prosecutors in the State Attorney's Office, won big in in her quest for a circuit judgeship in Volusia, Flagler, Putnam and St. Johns counties with two-thirds of the votes in last summer's primary for a circuit judgeship.
45. FHP: Two Orange County toddlers struck & killed in separate motor vehicle incidents
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Photo for Headline Surfer® / Troopers reconstruct a hit-and-run scenario on the hood of a patrol vehicle at the Grandview Pointe Apartments in Orlando where a 3-year-old girl was struck by a car, according to her mother. The toddler died at the hospital. A 1-year-old boy was killed in an unrelated mishap 12 hours later involving an SUV backing out of a driveway on nearby Mosshart Lane.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Tragedy struck two Orange County families, each of whom suffered the death of a toddler just 12 hours apart -- a 3-year-old girl run over in a hit-and-run on Sept. 4, 2014, a Friday night, and a 1-year-old boy struck and killed the following Saturday morning by his mother's boyfriend backing out of the driveway, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.
VCSO: 17-year-old Deltona girl missing & considered endangered; may be in Daytona
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Photo for Headline Surfer® /If you see this Deltona teen, Brandy Sweat, please call the VCSO at 386-943-8276.
DELTONA, Fla. -- The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a 17-year-old Deltona girl with a medical condition who ran away on Friday, an agency spokesman said.
"This isn’t the first time that Brandy Sweat has run away," Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidon told HeadlineSurfer.com, adding, "She’s considered endangered because Brandy is insulin-dependent and has ended up in the hospital in the past when she failed to take her medication as directed."
The Deltona teen was dropped off at Deltona High School on Friday morning, but failed to return home after school, Davidson said