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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Billed at a towering 6 feet 7 with 22-inch pythons (biceps), Hulk Hogan back in the day was a larger-than-life super hero to all his little Hulkamaniacs - encouraging them to say their prayers and eat their vitamins - before he'd climb into the squared-circle and pummel the likes of The Iron Sheik or Nikolai Volkoff (RIP), who sang the Russian national anthem (in real life he was Yugoslavian by way of Canada).

EDGEWATER, Fla. -- Andrew Spurlock was about to be fired from the Edgewater Police Department when he abruptly resigned for wrongdoing. He did the same thing at his first stop with the Ormond Beach Police Department.

Where will he resurafce next with so many personnel shortages in police forces throughout Central Florida and beyond, especially with all the talk recently about defunding of police depatments in the wakre of thje bGeorge Floyd homicide while in the custody of Minneapolis poliuce officers who have since been fired.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Here is some sad news on retired professional wrestler James Harris, who was the larger-than-life Ugandan Giant, Kamala.

SANFORD, Fla. -- A 16-year-old is incarcerated on homicide (murder) charges in Wednesday's shooting of an older teen in the head, Sanford cops said.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Orlando Magic have clinched a playoff spot for the second year in a row - something this franchise hadn't accomplished since the 2011-'12 season.

Photo for Headline Surfer / NASCAR will crowning of a Cup Series champion for the first time at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday, Nov. 8. In recent years, the finale had been held at Homestead-Miami Speedway. 

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - NASCAR, like all of the other organized sports and entertainment entities in the US and around the world have had to make adjustments in schedules - either cancelling outright or deferring events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

DELAND, Fla. -- As of Thursday, the elections office in Volusia County had receieved 46,196 vote-by-mail ballots abd has counted everyone of them for the Aug. 18 primary.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A ceremonial vehicle caravan will drive across the Tom Staed Veterans Memorial Bridge in Daytona Beach Thursday morning to mark its vehicular lane opening.

Headline Surfer multimedia / Video:Wrap up of Tropical Storm Isaias, which includes pics, highlights of a county government update and a couple of social media memes. Pic above: Surfers were back at the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona on Monday as if there was no major storm. As it turned out, Isaias was an almost non-factor. Below, a screenshot image from the online Volusia County New Smyrna Beach cam off of  the Flagler Avenue ramp shows some beach goers soaking in the sun Monday afternoon with the storm long gone.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, - Here is the latest on Tropical Storm Isaias from the National Weather Service for greater Daytona Beach as of 5 am: TS Isaias is currently centered about 60 miles east of the Volusia County coast as it continues to move northward offshore towards the Florida-Georgia line about sunrise.