94. Lake Helen ex-con killed in Feb. 1 crash after fleeing DeLand cops identified
DELAND, Fla. - An ex-con from Lake Helen was killed during the early morning hours of Wednesday, Feb. 1, of when he crashed his car while speeding away from a traffic stop, a DeLand official said.
Justin L. Johnson, 26, was identified as the traffic fatality victim.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A 21-year-old Heathrow woman was killed Tuesday night when she slammed into the back of a large dump truck on Interstate 4, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- "Have a good day, Officer Coulter. We will love you always."
PALATKA, Fla. -- the Palatka Police Department mourns the loss of K-9 Tango. K-9, who passed away on May 11, from an unexpected medical condition.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Thomas Coulter, a rookie Daytona Beach police officer died this morning in the intensive care unit at Halifax Hospital after collapsing during physical training Friday described by Daytona Beach Police Chief Craig Capri as "very light," at an 11 a.m. press conference at police headquarters. Coulter was just 25 years old.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The roar of the cars from the Daytona 500 and her crash midway through the Great American Race is a distant memory now for Danica Patrick, who now sets her sights on the Indianapolis 500, in the 7th starting position.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Poet Terrance Hayes will read from his works at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, 1001 S. Dixie Freeway.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Daytona State Women's Cross Country has signed the first two women to compete in the inaugural season in the fall of 2018: Moriya Patsch, a 2017 graduate from Seabreeze High School, and Janie Davidson, a 2017 Spruce Creek High School graduate, have committed to run for the Falcons in what will be a historic season for the school.
President Donald Trump from the White House called a deadly shooting at a Texas high school Friday a "horrific attack." On his first public remarks on the school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, resulting in 10 deaths and 13 injuries by a student armed with a shotgun and homemade explosives later taken into custody, Trump said mass shootings have been "going on too long in our country."
"We grieve for the terrible loss of life and send our support to everyone affected by this absolutely horrific attack," Trump said. Trump this afternoon ordered flags at half-staff in memory of the victims "of the terrible act of violence."
