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45. New Smyrna Beach resident & amateur photog Sylvan McElroy marvels at SpaceX launch

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. --  SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully launched the Inspiration4 mission – the world’s first all-civilian human spaceflight to orbit – from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Central Florida.

46. Daytona Beach cops: Three men arrested on multiple felony charges in dogfighting ring; 42 pit bulls rescued

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Three men were arrested on multiple felony charges including animal cruelty and animal fighting after Daytona Beach cops busted a dogfighting ring back in early March and rescued more than 40 pit bulls.

47. Heritage Middle School staffer in Deltona arrested on child abuse charges after allegedly smoking weed with 14-year-old student

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DELTONA, Fla. -- A staff member at Heritage Middle School was arrested back in late December after she met with a 14-year-old student at 1:30 in the morning and smoked some marijuana with him before his parents discovered he was missing.

Free photography and art exhibition featuring local African American residents, opens today at One Daytona

Create: Fri, 02/04/2022 - 23:34
Author: Sera King
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- “rePresent by Kenneth Grant Inzpirations, ” a FREE photography and art exhibition featuring local African American residents, opens today at One Daytona. 

Not quite Jaws for this fishing enthusiast at the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona, but still a cool catch

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DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. -- Beth Bibeault loves to fish from the pier at Crabby Joes along the World's Most Famous Beach in greater Daytona. 

48. Gruesome death: Ex-con Christopher Trull of Oak Hill decapitated & legs severed in apparent suicide by train

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Top 100 Stories 2021 / Headline SurferCounting 'em Down: For better or for worse, this is the Headline Surfer countdown of 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).

Daytona Beach cops: Arrest made In hours-long Cape Morris Cove apartment complex standoff

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A 39-year-old man is now in custody on various charges, including false imprisonment, following a nearly 4-hour standoff Wednesday night with police at a Daytona Beach apartment complex, Daytona Beach cops said.

Pat Northey able to cope with husband's passing by putting the spotlight on 'nurse' Lily, the shelter dog that proved to be her man's best friend

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DELTONA, Fla. -- Pat Northey has never been one afraid to meet challenges head-on regardless of the obstacle. But getting through the day Tuesday with her husband Ed's passing that morning, no doubt, had to be the most difficult.

49. Orlando Cops: Alleged drug dealer arrested in mid-December in Fentanyl-related triple homicide after 3 addicts found dead in apartment

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Orlando police officers have arrested an alleged drug dealer accused of delivering a fatal dose of fentanyl to three unsuspecting victims.

50. Double homicide highlighted in People magazine: Who killed a Sanford woman and her boyfriend?

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SANFORD, Fla. -- It's the double-murder mystery from Sanford that was highlighted in People magazine in early 2021, though Seminole County Sheriff's deputies did make an arrest back in April connected to the slayings.