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Counting 'em Down: For better or for worse, this is the Headline Surfer countdown of the 2021's Top 100 biggest news stories of Central Florida along the tourism-driven stretch of Interstate 4 (Orlando Attractions and east to I-95 & the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona). Each recap segment is posted with its own headline, culminating with the unveiling of No.

DELAND, Fla. -- After seven years-plus of service with the DeLand Police Department, k9 Daro retired on Oct 4.  

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- There's plenty of sunshine in the forecast, but temperatures are not expected to warm up until late Saturday in greater Daytona Beach.

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. – The Daytona Beach Shores Department of Public Safety upgraded its department handguns by adding red dot optical sights -- becoming the first law enforcement agency in Volusia County to adopt the technology for both handguns and rifles for an entire agency.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Orange County Sheriff's Office tweeted out shocking news: Comedian Bob Saget is dead at age 65. 

Counting 'em Down: For better or for worse, this is the Headline Surfer countdown of the 2021's Top 100 biggest news stories of Central Florida along the tourism-driven stretch of Interstate 4 (Orlando Attractions and east to I-95 & the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona). Each recap segment is posted with its own headline, culminating with the unveiling of No.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Headline Surfer's award-winning journalist racked up 9 more byline stories and top online news site in the 2021 Florida Press Club contest for some of the biggest stories in the Sunshine State and with national implications.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood and Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolón agreed in mid-December to pool resources in an effort to take down violent serial rape suspect Leslie Lagrotta, who is wanted in a series of sexual batteries in Orlando and greater Daytona Beach from 1988 to 1998.

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. -- It was a threat of gun violence in wanting to remove his daughter from Winter Springs High School along with a bizarre Tik Tok video that reinforced such violence landed a 37-year old Altamonte Springs man in jail in late December, Winter Springs cops said.

PONCE INLET, Fla. -- A husband and wife have been arrested on murder and burglary charges in Wednesday's shooting death of an 89-year-old woman who lived alone in an upscale condo complex.