DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Powerful Hurricane Matthew is forecast to move northwest through the lower Bahamas this afternoon, then take aim on East Central Florida and approach the coast, passing very close to greater Daytona Beach's coastline coastline Thursday night and Friday.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Jim Oddie is livid Volusia County government officials have moved so quickly to ban beach driving for the rest of the week and possible though the weekendd if there is significant damage as a result of Hurricane Matthew's expected torrential rain and strong winds.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Kem McNair's picture taking skills are only exceeded by his surfing abilities here in the seaside community known for its charm, ecclectic botiques and bars on Flagler Avenue.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Hurricane Matthew is a category 4 monster that is pounding Haiti right now and is on a trajectory to strike Central Florida within the next 48 hours.
ORANGE CITY, Fla. -- For just a buck, you;'ll get three shots at dunking Mayor Tom Laputka or Orange City Police Detective Sherif El-Shami into a water tank on Tuesday during Orange City's National Night Out at Dickinson Park.
Hurricane Matthew will impact the U.S. East Coast later this week, but how close it tracks to the coast and its strength will determine the severity of the impacts, according to AccuWeather.
Matthew, currently a powerful Category 4 hurricane in the Caribbean, will bring devastating wind, storm surge, rain and mudslides to Haiti, eastern Cuba and Jamaica through Tuesday. The storm will then take aim at the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Tuesday night into Thursday.
Beyond that, uncertainty greatly increases in the track, timing and intensity of Matthew. There are several scenarios that could play out which would result in different threats for the U.S. East Coast.
Donald Trump’s new luxury hotel in Washington has been vandalized. Police say someone spray-painted the phrases “black lives matter” and “no justice no peace” on its exterior on Saturday. By Sunday, the graffiti was covered up with plywood. (Oct. 2)
DELAND, Fla. -- They say cats have nine lives. At 14, Sammie the Cat may have squeezed out his final lifeline with a little help from his new-found friends: DeLand firefighters who rescued the furry creature from a drain on April Fools Friday morning. No joke.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Often times, running for elected office becomes convoluted in numbers. Consider the candidacy of State Attorney R.J. Larizza was returned to office for a third consecutive four-year term at high noon Friday, May 6, in the Seventh Judicial Circuit when qualifying ended and he had no challengers.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- There's an old proverb that goes something like this: A cat has nine lives. For three it plays, for three it strays and for the last three it stays." Whether that is true was not something New Smyrna Beach firefighters took for granted in rescuing three cats from a residential structure fire over the weekend.
