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Pierson brothers killed in car vs. train crash at a RR crossing attempting to drive around lowered crossing barriers while the warning lights were flashing

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PIERSON, Fla. -- Two brothers were killed when a train struck their vehicle at a railroad crossing at the intersection of West Washington Avenue and North Volusia Avenue (also known as County Road 3).

Orlando Magic select guard Jase Richardson with 25th pick in the 2025 NBA Draft; Cooper Flagg of Duke goes No. 1 overall to the Dallas Mavericks

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ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orlando Magic have selected guard Jase Richardson with the 25th pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.

As expected, Duke's Cooper Flagg was the overall No. 1 selection of the Dallas Mavericks.

Orange County sheriff's deputies fatally shoot knife-wielding barricaded man who held girlfriend against her will

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Orange County deputies fatally shot a barricaded knife-wielding man after his girlfriend told law enforcement he held her against her will overnight, Undersheriff Mark Canty said.

Seminole County Sheriff's Office: Two Arrested in Forest Lake Drive gunshot murder in unincorporated Altamonte Springs

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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. -- Seminole County Sheriff's Office homicide investigators have made arrests in the shooting death of a young man in his residence on Forest Lake Drive. 

Gov. Ron DeSantis reappoints Daytona luxury home builder Mori Hosseini & Tampa real estate attorney Fred Ridley to the University of Florida Board of Trustees

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— Governor Ron DeSantis has reappointed two of the Sunshine State's biggest entrepreneurial giants to the University of Florida Board of Trustees: Daytona Beach luxury home builder Mori Hosseini and Tampa real estate attorney Fred Ridley. 

Ormond Beach dad arrested on manslaughter charges in death of 18-month-old son left in hot vehicle for 3 hours while he allegedly got a haircut & drank in a bar

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Photos for Headline Surfer / Scott Allen Gardner, 33, is arrested on June 19, 2025, in Ormond Beach, Florida, on charges of aggravated manslaughter in the death of his toddler son, left in a hot vehicle for three hours while he got a haircut and drank in a bar back on June 6.

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- VSO deputies and the Ormond Beach Police arrested Scott Allen Gardner, 33, on charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect causing great bodily harm.