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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Volusia County Beach Safety flew the yellow flag earlier today - the Fourth of July.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - NASCAR released this statement today regarding Jimmy Johnson being unable to race Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway: The seven-time NASCAR champion has tested positive for the coronavirus.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- There's a chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 8 a.m. on Independence Day in greater Daytona Beach with mostly cloudyskies and a high near 90.

DELTONA, Fla. -- When it comes to primary elections, three's a crowd and only one of three Republicans - Webster Barnaby, Erika Benfield or Zenaida Denizac - can advance to the November runoff to face Democrat Dolores Guzman in the race for the Florida House 27 seat absent an incumbent.

LONGWOOD, Fla. -- Matt Morgan, pro wrestler turned Longwood mayor and now 2020 candidate for higher office, reacted to Seminole County's mask mandate issued Monday, incencensed with the process - that municipal leaders weren't consulted or given the opportunity to discuss the issue beforehand.

SANFORD, Fla. -- The following was written by Friday by Dis 4 Seminole County Commissioner Amy Linville Lockhart on her Facebook page on Friday - five days beore Seminole County mandated that masks be worn in public places inside or outside anywhere within the county limits, with few exceptions (children 2 & under, exercising, eating, etc).

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- When Beth Bribeault is outside her home to tend to her garden, take out the trash or just to go for a walk, she's masked up, especially since she often has her prized cockatoo, Nigel, on her shoulder.

The affectionate bird loves the outdoors and the attention it gets from others - and so Bribeault wears her mask so others know she's doing her part to stop the spread of the dreadful COVID-19.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- We're all just trying to get through each day in this COVID-19 pandemic.

For Kelly Powers Ferguson, a realtor who has called greater Daytona Beach home since 1983, just getting through this morning was quite a frustrating experience - a parade of horribles, you could say. 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Let's say you're 26 years old. Your dad is white, you mom is black. You grow up in the Deep South and you put aside other sports to pursue the life of a race-car driver. This in the age of Lewis Hamilton, the 6-time Black British Formula One World Champion. 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It was bound to happen.

Two employees and a former inmate at the Volusia County Branch Jail have tested positive for COVID-19, marking the first coronavirus cases at the county-operated facility.