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Headline Surfer photo illustration / In the center:Peighton Stephens is shown with and Rex Hoffman, unit director of Rossmeyer Family/Holly Hill Boys & Girls Club. At left isMa’kylia Martin and at right is Jonothan Sisk

By SERA KING / Headline Surder

DELAND, Fla. -- Boys & Girls Clubs have navigated times of crisis to provide safe places for children and teens and have continued this critical response work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

DELAND, Fla. -- Two days after Tuesday's primary election had incumbent Derrick Henry winning re-election outright for his seat as Daytona Beach mayor with 50.1 percent of the votes in a three-way race, the Volusia County Canvassing Board officially ordered a recount.

Headline Surfer photo illustration / Seminole County Public Schools opened up the school year on Aug. 17, 10 days later than scheduled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Incumbent School Board member Abby Sanchez, shown above left was the lone seat in the Aug.

Headline Surfer photo illustration / Matt Morgan is shown from back in the day in his career as a 7-foot-tall professional wrestler, alongside the most famous wrestler on the planet, Hulk Hogan.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The race for county chair comes down to experience and that's why Deb Denys should emerge victorious when all the votes have been cast and counted in Tuesday's primary in Volusia County.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Bleacher Repirt posted its post-season rankings of the 16 teams in the NBA Bubble on Monday prior to the start of game play and the Orlando Magic were ranked dead last.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- With Deb Denys running for county chair, the district 3 seat is up for grabs in Tuesday's primary election among three candidates in what can be construed as good goop-bad cop among two of the three.

Danny Robins, a former Daytona Beach cop, is the candidate with the most upside to serve as the district 3 representative on the Volusia County Council. 

PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- Don Burnette has proven himself as a capable and trustworthy mayor and there's no need or reason for him not to be re-elected after the votes have been cast and counted in Tuesday's primary election.

PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- Don Burnette has proven himself as a capable and trustworthy mayor and there's no need or reason for him not to be re-elected after the votes have been cast and counted in Tuesday's primary election.

DELTONA, Fla. -- A Deltona man has been charged with second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing Friday night inside a van traveling on Interstate 4 from Tampa, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.