Photo for Headline Surfer / At left is a still snapshot from surveillance video of one of two men who fled Kohl's, 1682 Taylor Road in Port Orange, after sticking a handgun in the store manager's face.PORT ORANGE -- The cops have issued a BOLO (be on the lookout) for two men who robbed the Kohl’s Department Store while armed with a handgun Saturday night.
PORT ORANGE -- The Florida Department of Transportation is holding a public information meeting from 7 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at the Port Orange Adult Activity Center, 4790 S. Ridgewood Ave., regarding plans to provide operational improvements along South Ridgewood Avenue, also known as U.S. 1.
Expect more thunderstorms over the next 18 hours before sunny skies return Tuesday to greater Daytona Beach, according to the National Weather Service. The weather as shown at left is as of Sunday night.NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The National Weather Service has issued an urban and small stream flood advisory for the Volusia County cities of New Smyrna Beach, Port Orange, Orange City, Lake Helen and Deltona until 9 p.m.
The advisory was issued at 6:58 p.m. from the National Weather Service in Melboune, following a fast-moving thunderstorm.
Facebook Fanpage photo / Nicole K. Nagrani, a 21-year-old Daytona Beach resident and Stetson University student, behind the wheel of a Porsche SUV, was not injured in an early Thursday morning fatality that claimed the life of an elderly Port Orange woman struck while trying to cross Ridgewood Avenue at White Street, as shown in this locator map.PORT ORANGE -- The paths of two women who didn't know each other crossed this morning in a tragic accident that left the 78-year-old pedestrian dead in the roadway on Ridgewood Avenue and the 21-year-old behind the wheel of a Porsche SUV shaken up emotionally, but physically uninjured.
Here is a synopsis of what happened in the 9:10 a.m. Thursday fatality as described by Port Orange Asstistant Chief of Police Wayne Miller: Police and fire department personnel responded to the intersection of White Street and Ridgewood Avenue regarding a vehicle versus pedestrian accident. The pedestrian was pronounced deceased at the scene. No other injuries were reported.
Photo for Headline Surfer / This history behind this and other Port Orange historic structures is explained in a city program, 1 p.m. Friday at the City Adult Center Annex, 3738 Halifax Drive.PORT ORANGE -- The community is invited to attend the 1 p.m. Friday "Port Orange History Lecture: Then and Now," featuring a photo tour of historic structures and landmarks from Port Orange’s past and what has replaced them today.
Headline Surfer photo / County Councilwoman Deb Denys
PORT ORANGE -- Dist. 3 County Councilwoman Deb Denys is the featured speaker for the April 15 meeting of the Greater Volusia Young Republicans, where she is expected to discuss tighter regulations for new CRAs.
Benjie Molina, shown here from his time with the Texas Rangers, is the oldest of the trio of Molina brothers, a trio of catchers. The brothers are principals in Molina Impact Training.PORT ORANGE -- The Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Port Orange Chamber will co-host a 2 p.m. Friday ribbon cutting for Molina Impact Training.
This new business, a direct result of the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce Brawl at the Beach Softball Tournament, has hired three employees to run an 8,000 square foot training facility. Initially for baseball, the facility will also offer individualized instruction, and eventually softball and other sports. At the very least, Former San Francisco Giant and Texas Ranger Bengie Molina will be present for autographs and interviews.
A motorist seen driving recklessly before dawn Saturday smashed his pick-up truck into a tree in front of Daytona Fire Station No. 5 shown here.DAYTONA BEACH -- A motorist was killed early Saturday after changing lanes several times while northbound on Nova Road before smashing his pick-up truck into a tree, Daytona Beach police said in a press release.
Here is a synopsis of what happened 4:03 a.m. Saturday as described in the release: Vincent G. Yulo, 47, of Port Orange, was on Nova and has just passed North Street when he lost control of his 1990 Chevy pick-up truck, after changing lanes several times.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- With a mere 6 percent of the 66,166 registered voters taking part in the electoral process, Tuesday's primary turnout for the dist. 2 school board seat could go down as among the lowest in modern times with only 3,390 bothering to vote.
PORT ORANGE -- A 55-year-old woman thrown from the back of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in a collision with a car Friday at the intersection intersection of Clyde Morris Boulevard and Reed Canal Road was pronounced dead today at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, a Port Orange police official saiid.
Linda C. Johnson had been in critical condition where the operator of the motorcycle, 53-year-old husband, Stephen Monnet, remains. Neither wearing a helmet to protect their heads when they were ejected from the bike.
