DeLand Planning Board meets Wedesday
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DELAND, Fla. -- The DeLand Planning Board meets 5 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall, 120 S. Florida Ave. For more information, please call 386-626-7000.
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Far more questions than answers in deputy-involved fatal shooting of armed motorist over weekend in Osteen
Henry Frederick
Mon, 05/16/2016 - 05:01
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Photos for Headline Surfer® / Volusia County Sheriff's personnel closed a stretch of SR 415 in Osteen in both directions well into Sunday after an armed motorist was shot to death late Saturday night by a sheriff's deputy under circumstances with vague details. In the inset is agency spokesman Gary Davidson who gave TV news interviews Sunday from the county administration building in DeLand on the deadly shooting.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A motorist was shot and killed by one of two deputies after he refused to put down a gun he reached for while seated in his car on the side of the road in the 1400 block of SR 415 in rural Osteen, a Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman said, but a full 24 hours later on Sunday night, there were far more questions than answers as to the use of deadly force.
VCSO to hold 'Coffee with a Cop' on Friday in DeLand
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DELAND, Fla. -- The next installment of the Volusia County Sheriff's Office's 90-minute "Coffee With A Cop" program is scheduled for 8 a.m. Friday at the McDonald's restaurant in the Brandywine Plaza just north of the DeLand city limits.
The 2-year-old program is part of a national initiative to further dialogue between law enforcement and citizens without heavy lectures or hidden agendas.
GOP's RJ Larizza secures third four-year term as state attorney for 7th circuit - this time unopposed
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Photos for Headline Surfer® / State Attorney RJ Larizza (inset) is shown speaking to campaign supporters at a recent Volusia County Republican Party rally in Daytona Beach, Florida, as Tony Ledbetter, chairman of the GOP executive committee, stands to the side.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Often times, running for elected office becomes convoluted in numbers.
Consider the candidacy of State Attorney R.J. Larizza was returned to office for a third consecutive four-year term at high noon Friday in the Seventh Judicial Circuit when qualifying ended and he had no challengers.
Third, four, seventh -- that's a mishmash of numbers that help define the office sought, such as the length of time and jurisdiction. But here's a number that perhaps is most impactful for this particular office: $116,379.
Critical Decision for Volusia County: Appeal to 5th DCA in Daytona giving citizens direct say on beach driving
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Looks like the Hard Rock Hotel – you know, the project that was billed as a panacea for every problem facing Volusia County from beachside blight to head lice – has been “put on hold” for the foreseeable future.
Deltona's Paxton Lynch 26th pick in 1st round of NFL draft by quarterback-starved Denver Broncos
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DELTONA, Fla. -- Delton'a Paxton Lynch has gone from relative obscurity to the No. 26 pick in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft for the Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos who were starved for a quarterback.
Interim President's Message: Karen Holbrook looking forward to challenge of taking Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to next level
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Karen A. Holbrook, Ph.D., became the interim president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University on Monday replacing John Johnson, who retired.
Big 3 of Hope Place: Entrepreneur Forough Hosseini of ICI Homes of Daytona Beach
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Forough B. Hosseini, along with Mark Geallas and Jim Dinneen, are the three big stakeholders who have worked tirelessly to make "Hope Place" a true reality for homeless families with kids and for teens without parents or a place to live, but enrolled in school.
And they have done so without the ugliness of political bickering or one upmanship.
Headline Surfer Hall of Fame: Frank Bruno, face of Volusia County politics
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Frank Bruno was the countywide face of politics for 20-plus years.
DeBary Calendar item: Farmer's Market
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DEBARY -- The Farmer's Market Farmers is open with free admission 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays
at Gateway Center for the Arts, 880 N. U.S. 17-92, DeBary. For more info, please call 407-443-6965.