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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- The New Smyrna Beach Kite Festival is one of a litany of New Smyrna Beach-area tourism authority events that gives the appearance of drawing overnight hotel guests -- also decribed as "heads in beds." But it falls far short of meeting that definition, masked by a built-in audience: Day-trippers who descend on the beach here from the Orlando metro area in their cars.

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DELTONA, Fla. -- A man was killed Sunday night in a shooting incident in a Deltona neighborhood.

Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the scene in the area of 551 N. Floyd Circle near Normandy Boulevard around 9:23 p.m. in response to the shooting.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

"All of the people involved in the shooting are accounted for, and at this time investigators are interviewing them and working to determine the facts and circumstances of the incident," Sheriff's spokesman Andrew Gant told Headline Surfer® just before midnight Sunday.

As with 3 of 4 recent drownings, nearby lifeguard tower was unmanned 

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DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. -- An 11-year-old boy visiting from Georgia was struck by lightning Tuesday afternoon while fishing in knee-deep water with his father in Daytona Beach Shores and rendered unconscious. Thankfully however, a nearby surfing instructor came to his rescue and administered CPR.

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DELAND, Fla. -- There's nothing worse for a child than Christmas without a present. Volusia County Sheriff Ben Johnson and his deputies won't let a single child go without a toy of some kind for the holidays anywhere in this county of half a million residents when made aware of such despair.

DELAND, Fla. -- The School District of Volusia County will provide a free, full-day Voluntary Prekindergarten Program during the 2015-2016 school year.

 

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ORLANDO, Fla. - An Orlando man was re-appointed to the Florida Barbers' Board by Gov. Rick Scott, among 112 appointments Friday following the state Senate's failure to confirm them when it abruptly adjourned during the regular legislative session last month.

Among the governor's appointments is that of Lionel Rodriguez, 79, of Orlando, the owner and manager of Lionel's Hair Systems. He was re-appointed for a new term that ends on Oct. 31, 2018.

Among the governor's appointments is that of Lionel Rodriguez, 79, of Orlando, shown here at left, twho is the owner and manager of Lionel's Hair Systems.

Rodriguez was re-appointed for a new term that ends on Oct. 31, 2018.

ESSEX, VT --- President Barack Obama flew into Germany for the G7 conference. He immediately went to a pub and lifted up a German stein full of foamy lager.

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DELAND, Fla. -- A DeLand-area house fire in late November left a married couple out shopping at the time homeless and the smoke inside killed their four Persian cats.