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This alligator was captured and killed near the Edgewater City Hall on Riverside Drive on Friday.
EDGEWATER -- A 10-foot alligator was captured and killed by a gaming hunter Friday afternoon after it was spotted near the entrance to the Edgewater City Hall and where narby children play, city officials said.
DELAND -- Narcotics agents made 10 arrests on Friday in a sting operation designed to combat street-level drug activity in the DeLand area. The operation was spearheaded by the DeLand Police Department in conjunction with the West Volusia Narcotics Task Force.
(June 15, 1924 - April 24, 2010)
Mass of Christian Burial for Mary E. Smith Morton, age 85, who died Saturday at South Seminole Hospital, Longwood, will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, New Smyrna Beach, with The Reverend John S. Murray, officiating.
DEBARY -- Two masked men with guns made off with a car, money, purses and cell phones during two separate robberies on Friday, one in Deltona and the other in DeBary. No shots were fired and no one was injured, and Volusia County Sheriff's investigators are looking into the possibility that the
two incidents are related.
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DAYTONA BEACH -- NASCAR officials announced Saturday at the Talladega International Speedway that the repaving of Daytona International Speedway will be moved up to July 4, right after the running of the Coke Zero 400, and almost a year ahead of schedule.
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Oak Hill Police Chief Diane Young, second from right, greets off-duty police officer Brandy Sutherlin's wife, Christina, Saturday night while he's filling out a report, at left. At far right is Sgt. Mike Ihnken. Young arrived in the parking lot where a bunch of cop cars were gathered at a gas station across from the New Smyrna Speedway after Sutherlin shot at a Ford pick-up truck that had done a 180 turn on State Road 44 and drove straight toward his vehicle. The two vehicles had been involved in a scrape minutes earlier on Interstate 95 in New Smyrna Beach. No injuries were reported and the other vehicle fled.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- An off-duty Oak Hill cop driving south on I-95 with his wife was clipped by a black Ford pick-up truck that resulted in the officer firing a shot at the other vehicle after the two left the interstate for State Road 44 and the other vehicle made a sudden turn and drove straight toward his car.
OAK HILL -- The City Commission will discuss the possibility of establishing a budget task force, look at drafting a public records policy and consider an ordinance regulating yard sales.
The commission is also expected to go over specific terms for salary levels for the position of police chief with the recent elevation of Acting Police Chief Diane Young to permanent police chief.
DELTONA -- A 19-year-old man at the center of an armed confrontation in Deltona Saturday night that kept Volusia County Sheriff's deputies at bay for several hours has been taken into custody, an agency spokesman said.
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Lyndsey Broughman and Ashley Smith, both 22 and New Smyrna Beach residents, who work at NSB's Pub 44, cheer the Denver Broncos' first round selection of Tim Tebow, the Heisman-winning quarterback from the University of Florida, chosen 25th overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- It was the cheer heard round New Smyrna Beach. Well, OK, maybe not that loud, but Pub 44 co-workers Lyndsey Broughman and Ashley Smith were pretty excited about the Denver Broncos' first round selection of Tim Tebow, the Heisman-winning quarterback of the Florida Gators, chosen 25th overal in the 2010 NFL Draft.
Among the beautiful extic birds of nature is the Roseate Spoonbill. In a little while, I'll tell you about a local one, byt in gweneral, the Roseate Spoonbill is characterized by long legs, a long neck, and a long, spatula-like bill.
