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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.
No April Fool's Joke: Rents due today, but few protections in Florida for out-of-work renters
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SANFORD, Fla. -- Today is April Fool's Day, which also is the first of the month when rents are due for those in the Sunshine State who rent an apartment, a towngome, a condo or a home.
BREAKING NEWS: Gov Ron DeSantis issues 'Stay At Home' order for all of Florida to go into effect 12:01 am Friday
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SANFORD, Fla. -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis today issued a statewide Stay at Home order for the Sunshine State that takes effect 12:01 a.m. Friday.
Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry: 'I am deeply saddened by the passing of our first COVID-19 victim in Volusia County'
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Volusia County has reached a sad milestone with the coronavirus pandemic: A 65-year-old Volusia County man reportedly from Ormond Beach is the first COVID-19 fatality in this Central Florida oceanfront county and among 30,882 deaths worldwide.
Roman Reigns skipping WrestleMania in Orlando due to concerns over coronavirus pandemic & his own 'immuno-compromised' health
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Roman Reigns is skipping WrestleMania at WWE Performance Center in Orlando due to concerns over coronavirus pandemic and his own 'immunocompromised' health.
DEATHS BACK HOME HIT HOME: Coronavirus takes the lives of Deltona resident Webster Barnaby's 2 dearest friends in his native England within same week
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Headline Surfer photo illustration / Sunday was one of the saddest days for Webster Barnaby of Deltona.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
DELTONA, Fla. -- The coronavirus news just kept getting worse for Webster Barnaby - then it got really personal and emotionally painful deep in his heart and soul.
Barnaby lost not one, but two of his dearest friends back home in his native England in the span of a week.
GOP Congressman Michael Waltz says Pelosi & Dems holding up coronavirus financial rescue aid package for all Americans
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- GOP Congressman Michael Waltz, did not mince words Monday on Twitter in explaining who is to blame for holding up the coronavirus rescue aid package for all Americans that is vitally needed as more are forced from their jobs and worried about being able to provide for their families.
Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry's rallying cry with the death-stalking coronavirus pandemic worsening: 'It is time that we notice that coastal communities are being hit hardest'
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Six days have come and gone since the last of 500,000 bikers in Daytona for Bike Week hit the open road after 10 days of partying in the bars in the midst of the growing coronavirus pandemic threat that saw the NBA suspend regular season play, Major League Baseball postpone the upcoming season and Orlando's Disney World, the No. 1 tourism destination on the planet.