Volusia News Now
Trump & Chitwood two peas in a rotting pod with attacks on media
EDGEWATER, Fla. -- I am so sick of hearing the nasty verbalizations coming from Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood’s slimy mouth. He demands County Manager Jim Dinneen get out of his way and let him have all the power and authority that other sheriffs in the state have.
Political elders condemn Sheriff Mike Chitwood's blasting of County Manager Jim Dinneen as a 'lying sack of (expletive)'
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By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Sheriff Michael J. Chitwood was universally condemned by five leading former county leaders contacted by Headline Surfer for their reaction to the elected lawman's pointed description of County Manager Jim Dinneen as a "lying sack of (expletive)" in a story published Wednesday in the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Check out the BikeWeek.com Live Stream from Main Street, Daytona
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- This is the Bike Week scene from Main Street in Daytona via live stream around the clock by DaytonaBikeWeek.com, which has a video cam on site. You can interact with others in the live comment section by clicking the YouTube video. This is ground zero for the annual biker rally that draws several hundred thousand motorcycle enthusiasts from across the US.
YouTube download / Daytona BikeWeek video / The sights and sounds of Daytona Bike Week 2017.
-- Henry Frederick
Headline Surfer
Northeast hammered with upwards of 2 feet of snow; Daytona unseasonably cold for Bike Week
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It's not exactly the kind of weather for motorcyclists here in the throes of Bike Week with temps dipping into the low 6-0s, but that's far better than the snow that has blanketed the Northeast with some states like Massachusetts buried in 20 inches with white-out conditions partly to blame for three deaths, including that of a 16-year-old New Hampshire girl whose car skidded off the roadway and slammed into a tree -- killing her.
Things we take for granted: Imagine the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona without sand or supermarkets without bananas
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Certainly, you've heard of the jingle, "Yes! We Have No Bananas." Well bananas, sand and sardines are things we could be running out of.
Deltona homicide: Sheriff with personal grudge excludes internet media outlet from email alert on man gunned down in backyard while kids inside
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DELTONA, Fla -- Headline Surfer was not notified by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office of a homicide that occurred Saturday in Deltona in which two suspects in a Dodge Dart who were seen fleeing after gunning down a 40-year-old man in the 2300 block of Fountain Road, who was transported to Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
Seminole County Sheriff's Office: Two juveniles, ages 13 & 14, arrested after several reported car burglaries in Lake Mary
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LAKE MARY, Fla. -- Two baby-faced teens, ages 13 and 14, were hanging around on bicycles in the middle of the night with thw other juveniles when an alert neighbor caught them pilfering pocket change and gift cards from her unlocked vehicle before they were forced to high-tail it on their bikes.
Joint Study by Daytona's Embry-Riddle & Fla Institute of Technology: Driverless ambulances unsettling to more than half respondents; women moreso than men
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Would you ride in a driverless ambulance? In three separate studies, about half of 1,028 US adults polled were significantly less willing to be lifted into an automated ambulance, compared with a conventional one, researchers from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Florida Institute of Technology have discovered.
Technology stressed at Pierson's Taylor High School
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PIERSON, Fla. --The Academy of Technology at T. Dewitt Taylor High School establishes meaningful connections between digital video production/drama classroom content, performing arts, and real world experiences.
