Daytona Beach

Red flags flown at World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona

Chilly day on New Smyrna Beach on Monday / Headline Surfer®Photos for Headline Surfer / There wasn't much people- or vehicle-traffic action Monday afternoon on the hard sands of Daytona Beach, shown above or on New Smyrna Beach, shown here at left.
 
By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer®

Daytona State College set to break ground Wednesday on soccer field

Photo illustration for Headline Surfer / An artist's rendering of new DSC soccer field.
 
By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Daytona State College's men's and women's soccer teams will have their own home field in 2017, as construction begins on a new state-of-the-art complex, complete with a high-definition video scoreboard and infrastructure to support live sports-broadcasting events.

Daytona cops investigating report State Rep-elect Patrick Henry's son seen with a gun too when he was pistol-whipped in front of his home

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- State Rep-elect Patrick Henry's son was reportedly armed with a handgun when he was pistol whipped in front of his own home, according to police, based on a witness account.

COMING OF AGE: Daytona State College’s Center for Women and Men celebrates 40th anniversary

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Daytona State College’s Center for Women and Men has come of age, celebrating its 40thanniversary of serving students on the Daytona Beach campus.

Daytona Chamber's Tallahassee Speaker Series features Space Florida President Frank DiBello at Embry-Riddle

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Frank DiBello, a pioneer in Florida private space flight ventures, highlights this month's Daytona Area Chamber of Commerce Tallahassee Speaker Series.

World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona devoid of post-Thanksgiving holiday weekend crowds

New Smyrna Beach / Headline SurferPhotos for Headline Surfer / Above, a view of Daytona Beach from the Daytona Beach cam, near the Dunlawton Avenue Beach Ramp Approach in Daytona Beach Shores at 4: 11 p.m. Monday. At left, the Flagler Avenue Beach Ramp Approach at 4:12 p.m. in New Smyrna Beach.
 
By Henry Frederick
Headline Surfer
 

VCSO: Daytona Beach man suspected of robbing Deltona store fished out of Deltona pond

DELTONA, Fla. -- It didn’t take long for Volusia County sheriff’s deputies and a K-9 to track down a suspect Saturday night after he unsuccessfully tried to rob a Deltona Family Dollar store, then tried in vain to hide from law enforcement in a nearby pond.
 

Jimmie Johnson wins record-tying 7th championship in season-ending race at Miami-Homestead; now in same company with Richard Petty & Dale Earnhardt

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.-- Jimmie Johnson captured his record-tying seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship with a stirring season-ending race victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway, tying NASCAR Hall of Famers Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt atop the all-time list. 

Changing of the Guard in Daytona, sort of: Dannette Henry sworn in as commissioner replacing 1 of 2 other Henrys

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- For the first time in eight years, Patrick Henry found himself in the audience as opposed to being seated on the dais during the Nov. 16 meeting of the City Commission.