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Florida Press Club 2015 Journalism Awards: Sports Feature Writing -- "Remembering ESPN anchor Stuart Scott: Personality resonates in story telling" by Henry Frederick, HeadlineSurfer.com...
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VCSO: 15-year-old ex-New Smyrna Beach HS student arrested on charges of threatening mass school shooting
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- A 15-year-old ex-New Smyrna Beach High School student has been arrested on several felony charges after a Volusia County Sheriff’s Office investigation into a bomb threat he made on Twitter revealed plans to commit a mass school shooting, an agency spokesman said.
CONGESTION: Beautification begins for North Causeway in New Smyrna Beach; expect even more traffic delays
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Headline Surfer® photos / The larger South Causeway Bridge in New Smyrna Beach, shown here in the inset may be preferable to the North Causeway Bridge, where a beautification project is expected to make driving an even bigger chore for motorists.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Rome wasn't built in a day and neither will a $1.2 million beautification of the North Causeway in this picturesque beach-front city of 22,000 residents.
Beautification begins Monday along the North Causeway, from Riverside Drive east to the George E. Musson Bridge. That's the draw bridge, in and of itself a major bummer for motorists, especially when the beach is letting out for the day.
Alfie's Restaurant in Ormond Beach grateful to community for celebrating its recent anniversary
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ORMOND-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. -- Betty and Bud Evans opened the original Alfie’s Restaurant in Jamestown, NY, way back in 1969.
VCSO: Deputies shoot and kill passenger in GMC truck who opened fire on them during traffic stop in Barberville
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PIERSON, Fla. -- A passenger in a pickup truck pulled over during a traffic stop late Monday night in Barberville was killed after he shot at two Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies and the female driver also was struck by a bullet in the crossfire, an agency spokesman said, adding the deputies weren’t injured.
Here is a synopsis of what happened as decribed by Voluia County Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson to HeadlineSurfer.com: After spotting a burned out tail light, deputies pulled over the GMC truck at 11:29 p.m. as it traveled westbound on S.R. 40 just west of County Road 3.
Formula One Australian Grand Prix to continue racing in Melbourne
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Melbourne has secured the Formula One Australian Grand Prix until at least 2023, staving off a contentious bid from rival suitor Sydney, with a dose of politically-charged bragging rights thrown in for good measure.
Daytona Beach News-Journal erroneously reports unanimous council support for county budget with tax increases despite Chair Jason Davis' repeated 'no' votes
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At left is a snapshot of the top portion of the Daytona Beach News-Journal story on the county budget with factually-incorrect reporting in the second paragraph.DELAND, Fla. -- While County Chair Jason Davis wasn't as demonstrative as colleague Deb Denys was in her "No!" response votes to the county budget in her first year on the dais of the Frank T. Bruno County Council Chambers on Thursday evening for the newest spending plan, Davis was very clear in dissenting against the $807 million proposed budget.
But Davis' repeated "no" votes were apparently lost on the Daytona Beach News-Journal, which reported otherwise in a published story online following the first of two public hearings.
Top 50 dead wrestlers
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Like just about everything else in life, the news of dead wrestling superstars can come at any time, any place and just about any circumstance.
44. Karen Foxman easily wins circuit judgeship in 2014 primary
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Photo for Headline Surfer® / Karen Foxman received close to 65 percent of the votes in Volusia County, the largest of the four area counties in the Aug. 26, 2014, primary vote count for a circuit bench seat, as shown in the results at left from the Supervisor of Elections in DeLand.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Karen Foxman, one of the top prosecutors in the State Attorney's Office, won big in in her quest for a circuit judgeship in Volusia, Flagler, Putnam and St. Johns counties with two-thirds of the votes in last summer's primary for a circuit judgeship.
