Volusia County News: James R Corbett hired as facility director
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DELAND, Fla. -- James R. Corbett is coming home quite literally – to be Volusia County’s facility director.
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Mexican luchador, the Black Demon, becomes first pro wrestler to succumb to the global coronavirus pandemic
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Roberto Múñoz Carrillo, the indie luchador known as the Black Demon on the independent pro wrestling circuit has succumbed to the coronavirus. He was just 39 years old.
Veteran WWE ring announcer Howard Finkel, who coined the term 'Wrestlemania,' has died at age 69
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Howard Finkle, the WWE Hall of Fame ring announcer credited with coining the phrase "Wrestlemania," has died. He was 69 years old.
NASCAR suspends driver Kyle Larson indefinitely for using N-word during a virtual race
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By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR has suspends driver Kyle Larson indefinitely for using the N-word during a virtual race over the weekend.
NASCAR released a statement to Headline Surfer and other media outlets that cover its racing events. This is what the statement, dated April 13 from NASCAR headquarters in Daytona Beach said:
Swimming' no longer listed by Beach Safety as an exercise after a body was spotted face down in the surf at Volusia County's 'closed beaches' that are really open for exercise only
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- This weekend is typically one of the busiest at the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona and on the county's beaches to the north and south, stretching some 47 miles but one activity missing as an approved exercise is swimming.
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said it could be early June before restrictions are relaxed and people can return to work despite a slightly downward trend in COVID-19 hospitalizations in greater Orlando
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Despite a slight reduction in COVID-19 hospitalizations, Orange County Manager Jerry Demings doesn't foresee the lessening of restrictions in place to stop the spread of coronavirus pandemic until early June and even keeping some of the restrictions intact through the summer.
1st fatality on Volusia County's 'closed' beaches: Just 2 days after exceptions for swimming, walking, biking & fishing despite pandemic, unresponsive elderly man pulled from the surf by others in New Smyrna dies
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By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Just two days after Volusia County claimed its beaches were still closed, except for swimming, walking, biking and fishing despite the growing spread of the coronavirus, an elderly man found unresponsive on water's edge in New Smyrna on Mondaydied after he was transported to to hospital.
BREAKING NEWS: Volusia County Manager George Recktenwald announces beaches here will be off-limits to the public effective 12:01 am Friday until further notice
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Headline Surfer photo illustration / Volusia County Manager George Recktenwald announces the closing of all public beaches within the county's borders as of 12:01 a.m. Friday. This is a far-cry from just a couple of weeks ago when the county kept the beaches open despite the growing coronavirus pandemic which led to the onslaught of thousands of college spring breakers who were no longer welcomed at the beaches of South Florida.
Stacy Allen Cantu of Daytona Beach pulls an April fool's joke on her friends in social media
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It was a white lie of sorts for this birthday gal who is seeking a municipal office in the 2020 elections.
