PUBLISHER'S COLUMN

Jul 29, 2008

Edgewater killer Russell Charles Bradshaw denied murdering 21-year-old Lisa Memro during the penalty phase of his trial this morning before the jury began deliberating a recommended sentence of…

Jul 27, 2008

The mainstream liberal media and the left do not appear to take the threat from radical Islam very seriously, but people in New Smyrna Beach do. Pete Gastaldi, 44, of NSB says he feels threatened…

Jul 27, 2008

Going through police reports can be tedious. But sometimes such perusals show why committing crimes can be downright stupid. Or maybe it is the accused themselves who are, to quote my son's…

Jul 23, 2008

Emotions ran the gamut during the trial of Russell Charles Bradshaw, the cold-blooded 22-year-old Edgewater killer who beat, strangled and finally slashed the throat of 21-year-old Lisa Memro of…

Jul 22, 2008

In the spectacular events concerning the crime and trial of Edgewater resident Russell Bradshaw, many onlookers may have missed the extreme skill with which Lawyer Gayle Graziano conducted the…

Jul 22, 2008
By Darlene Vann
Community Column: Musings
Jul 22, 2008

A Volusia County jury returned a guilty verdict of first-degree murder against Edgewater resident Russell Charles Bradshaw after deliberating less than three hours this afternoon in the Sept. 25,…

Jul 21, 2008

Circuit Judge James R. Clayton sent the jury into the jury room to begin deliberations at 11:41 a.m. to determine guilt or innocence for 22-year-old Russell Charles Bradshaw, charged with capital…

Jul 21, 2008

There are some technical issues that are preventing the viwing of stories in the Local News Now section. This may take some time to fix. In the mean time, I will provide news updates on my blog.…

Jul 19, 2008

Politicians talk up a good game, especially those in law enforcement. And nobody is better at that than State Attorney John Tanner, the Bible-thumping zealot who prayed some 50 times with serial…

Jul 18, 2008

Few people world wide seem to understand the basic phenomenon of black markets. When Diane Strickland, a financial specialist at Wachovia bank in New Smyrna Beach was asked for her opinion on…

Jul 17, 2008

The Sept. 25, 2006, slaying of 21-year-old New Smyrna Beach resident Lisa Memro -- beaten and stabbed to death, her throat cut deeply from ear to ear and nearly decapitated -- could qualify as the…