DAYTONA BEACH -- In the 2012 elections, Republican Party elders like Stan Escudero and Tony Ledbetter worked their butts off to help get three Republicans elected to the Volusia County Council for perhaps the first time. And their true underdog candidate for county chair, Jason Davis, walloped the heavily-favored Democrat, Carl Persis, with a 20,000-plus vote plurality.
Headline Surfer graphic / Jermaine Green, shown here in a prior Volusia County Branch Jail mug, and the suspect shot by cops early on this Wednesday morning, has a lengthy arrest record.DAYTONA BEACH -- Violent crime continues unabated in Daytona Beach with a report of city cops forced to open fire on a man who had a knife to a woman's throat and plunging it into her chest inside a residence in the 800 block of Magnolia Avenue, according to WESH TV.
The shooting happened after two officers responded to a domestic dispute call at 2:45 a.m. during which cops were forced to break down the door when nobody answered, Police Chief Michael Chitwood told the Orlando TV station.
Photo for Headline Surfer / The 5-month-old Emergency Operations and Sheriff's Communications Center on Tiger Bay Road has issues with its E911 system.DAYTONA BEACH -- Volusia County is currently experiencing intermittent problems throughout the area with its emergency 9-1-1 system today, a Sheriff's Office official said.
"Because of the problems, some callers have been unable to reach 9-1-1 and are receiving a recording," agency spokesman Gary Davidson told Headline Surfer.
"The situation appears to be affecting both landline and cell phones," Davidson said.
Headline Surfer graphic / What sparked the sneak attack is unkwown.
Port Orange -- Sweetwater Elementary School is locked down while a manhunt is ongoing for an unidentified man who attacked an assistant principal with a box cutter before running off.
Port Orange police responded to a 9-1-1 call about the attack, prompting cops to order a lockdown of the school at 5800 Victoria Gardens Boulevard. Police didn't provide any details as to the extent of injuries.
Headline Surfer graphic / A man living at 3222 Roland Drive in Deltona, as shown here in this locator map, was shot inside his residence and two men suspected in the shooting are at large.DELTONA -- A Deltona man was airlifted by helicopter to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach with a non-life threatening bullet wound to his head after he was confronted by two men inside his residence just before 8:30 p.m. Sunday, a Volusia County Sheriff''s official said.
OVIEDO -- How cool would it be to have your music student desire to practice an instrument during the week between lessons? About as awesome as it is for him or her to perform rock songs on stage.
The School of Rock in Oviedo has inspired young people, ages 8 to 18, for the past two years at the same location, 5420 Deep Lake Road, just off 426, Aloma Road, in Seminole County. If you live in Edgewater like we do, it's not that far away.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Ray Davies, lead singer of the Kinks, perfectly coined the sentiments of voters in the wake of Watergate with his phrase: "Money and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray the working man, pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep, and we're tired of hearing promises that we know they'll never keep."
EDGEWATER, Fla. -- Are you as sick of your Congressional representatives as I am? We need to vote the whole bunch out and try to find new ones who know how to compromise and not stomp their little feet in protest when things don’t go their way.
Graphic for Headline Surfer / SunRail project in Lake Mary.
LAKE MARY -- SunRail construction crews will close the North Palmetto Street railroad crossing beginning 7 a.m. Wednesday through 4 p.m. Friday.
The closure will allow crews to rebuild the crossing, city officials said.
