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DELTONA -- Today is Memorial Day, a day to remember those brave soldiers who gave everything and made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

Headline Surfer® graphic / Rocco Park, 2490 Sunset Drive, shown here at left, is where the body of a woman was found early Tuesday.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The body of a woman was found this morning at a city park in Turnbull Bay, New Smyrna Beach cops said.

The discovery was made just after 6 a.m. at the park, located at 2490 Sunset Drive, Master Sgt. Eugene Griffith said in a press release, adding her death may have resulted from a drug overdose. Her name or age was not released.

An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday to try nd determine the manner and cause of death.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Mayor Derrick Henry paid homage Wednesday to American poet Maya Angelou who passed away at the age of 86.

So how long will the print daily take to report that 2012 County Council candidate Justin Kennedy is challenging incumbent Deb Denys?

The Daytona Beach News-Journal is finally reporting that New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer is not seeking re-election as shown here at left, but has yet to report that Justin Kennedy of Edgewater, shown at far right filed paperwork way back on May 19 to challenge District 3 County Councilwoman Deb Denys in the upcoming elections.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Here's a headline shocker from the Daytona Beach News-Journal on its stellar campaign coverage: "New Smyrna Mayor Adam Barringer won’t seek re-election."

13-year-old Mary Horton won the Orlando Sentinel's district contest to make nationals

Here is a link to the Orlando Sentinel's story on Mary Horton and the National Spelling Bee headlined, 'Central Florida speller out after making top 12 at National Bee: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/education/os-spelling-bee-orlando-champ-20140529,0,2544428.story.

MELBOURNE -- As reported by the Orlando Sentinel, 13-year-old Mary Horton of West Melbourne spelled her way into the finals of the National Spelling Bee on Thursday in National Harbor, Md., but she finished in a tie for fifth and finished among the top 12 contestants overall after flubbing the word "aetites."

DELAND -- A 57-year-old apparently drunken man was run over and killed Friday night by a large SUV apparently after he stopped walking while in the middle of North Woodland Boulevard to drink a beer, cops said.

Here's a synopsis of what happened at 8:37 p.m. in the 1000 block of North Woodland as described by DeLand police officer TJ Petralla in a press release sent to HeadlineSurfer®: "Per witnesses on scene: "A 57-year-old male, believed to be intoxicated, walked westbound from the Sunoco gas station in a dark area of the roadway and crossed over the concrete median. He then walked west into the inside southbound lane where a witness states he stopped in the middle of that lane and began drinking a beer."

OAK HILL -- Sponsored by the Oak Hill Community Trust, Riverfest this year was a huge success. People started coming before 9 a.m. and trickled in all day long.