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DAYTONA BEACH -- The Memorial Bridge, commonly known as the Orange Avenue bridge, in Daytona Beach closed to through traffic at 2:30 p.m. today following a malfunction in an electric motor. It will be closed until further notice, said Pat Kuehn, a Volusia County spokeswoman.

"A crew from Volusia County’s Road and Bridge Division opened the bridge manually to permit boat traffic until the bridge is repaired," Kuehn said. "Parts have been ordered, and the bridge will be repaired after they arrive."

Courtesy photo/Volusia Branch Jail mug. F. Douglas Wilhite, 56, of Ormond Beach and owner of WELE radio, was arrested today on multiple counts of of engaging in sex acts with a teenage boy, according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

ORMOND BEACH -- F. Douglas Wilhite, 56, of Ormond Beach and the owner of WELE-AM radio, was arrested today on an arrest warrant charging him with multiple counts of sex acts with a teenage boy.

DELTONA -- The Volusia County Sheriff's Office is investigating a Sunday afternoon shooting incident in Deltona that sent an Orlando man to the hospital with a non-life threatening wound to his leg.

Sandra Pearl Smith, 62, of Edgewater, a paralegal, died Saturday, July 11, 2009.

Holly A. Haeger, 59, of Edgewater and formerly of Elmira, N.Y., who worked as a legal secretary and was self-employed the last 12 years, died Tuesday, June 30, 2009.

Courtesy photo. County Manager James Dinneen has proposed a $617.7 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year that relies on the rollback rate for taxing purposes.

DELAND -- Volusia County Manager Jim Dinneen has presented the Volusia County Council with a $617.7 million proposed overall budget to fund the operations of county government for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. The proposed budget calls for a general fund property tax rate of $5.44 per $1,000 of taxable property value – equal to the rollback rate. The rollback tax rate produces the same amount of revenue as the current budget year.

Coutesy photo/Volusia jail mug. Luis Carino, a 52, year-old homeless man whose body was found in the Halifax River after he fell or jumped from the International Speedway Bridge over the weekend was identified today.

DAYTONA BEACH — A homeless man who either jumped or fell to his death from the International Speedway Bridge over the weekend was identified today as 52-year-old Luis Carino.

Esther Lamanowski, 89, of Edgewater, a homemaker, died Sunday, July 12, 2009.

Sandra Pearl Boykin Smith, 62, of Edgewater, a private law paralegal, died Saturday, July 11, 2009

Thomas Cirgliano, 54, New Smyrna Beach, a carpenter, died Friday, July 10, 2009.

July 14, 2009: Kenneth P. Tomory, New Smyrna Beach, and Gabrielle A. Levesque, Naples; Michael McGerty II and Linda M. McGerty, Edgewater; Keith B. Sanderson and Sandra S. Seibert, Edgewater; Nathan M. Scott and Angelique M. Chandhok, New Smyrna Beach; Jason R. Charette and Tarra D. Norton, Edgewater; Keshawn D. Boyd, New Smyrna Beach, and Sarah B. Wellman, Daytona Beach.

Michael J. Norve, 62, of New Smyrna Beach, a retired Army veteran, died Saturday, July 11, 2009.

Patricia Y. Eagle, 72, of New Smyrna Beach, a West Virginia native who loved riding on the back of a Harley-Davidson through the Blue Ridge Mountains, died Tuesday, July 7, 2009.