Highlights of this day in history: The Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior; Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev dies; Henry Stanley finds David Livingstone in central Africa; Film composer Ennio Morricone born; 'Sesame Street' premieres (Nov. 10).
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Well, my reputation is in tatters. I believed the polls. And I have never been so happy to be wrong in all my life. Not only did Trump win but he had coattails sufficient to enable the Republicans to retain control of the House (never in doubt) and Senate despite the fact that there were 24 GOP senators at risk and only 10 Democrats. Hoorah for America.
Photos for Headline Surfer / John Young, 59, is shown above in his booking mug after his arrest on felony charges of lewd and lascivious acts on a child.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- A 5-year-old boy was sexually assaulted by a 59-year-old friend of the boy's family after he was allegedly caught, leading to the arrest Wednesday night of John Young, who was being held without bail in the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach.
DELTONA, Fla -- Anita Bradford romped to victory over fellow challenger Tom Stauffenberg with 64.1 percent of the votes to win the district 2 seat on the Deltona City Commission in Tuesday's general election.
Headline Surfer video / Billie Wheeler, a Daytona Beach Shores councilwoman since 2010, is the endorsed candidate of Headline Surfer for the district 2 seat on the Volusia County Council. Her opponent, Willie J. Kimmons of Daytona Beach, was the only no-show among six candidates for three county council seats in the Headline Surfer Public candidate Debates held Oct. 21 in Holly Hill.Former Attorney General Janet Reno has died from complications of Parkinson's disease. Reno was Attorney General during the Clinton administration. She was 78 (Nov. 7).
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Beach patrol personnel had somewhat ofd an eventfdul day on Tuesday, Sept. 6 when they rescued a swimmer in the Daytona Beach surf and tended to a dead manatee that washed ashore in New Smyrna Beach.
So it ended up being a day of happy and unhappy situations for beach personnel as Volusia County Beach Safety flew the red flag.
Donald Trump accused the FBI of impropriety after its director lifted a cloud hanging over rival Hillary Clinton. FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers Sunday that the bureau had found no evidence to warrant criminal charges against Clinton (Nov. 6).
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is campaigning with basketball star LeBron James in Cleveland on Sunday, hoping to motivate African-American voters to the polls (Nov. 6).
