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Sheriff's Office: Report by 7-year-old Pierson Elementary boy of attempted abduction on way home from bus stop turns out to be a lie; other kids lied too

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SEVILLE -- Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies launched an investigation after a 7-year-old boy said a man in a pick-up truck tried to snatch him while walking home from his Pierson Elementary school bus stop. Turns out the incident was just a lie.

77. Saturday morning brings sleet; BalloonFest cancelled and overnight temps expected to plunge into 20s

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Contributing photos / These photos were e-mailed to NSBNEWS.net by Jeanette DiCara, showing the early Saturday morning sleet on the plants outside her Edgewater home. Overnight Saturday temperatures are expected to plunge to the coldest levels so far this year with lows in the teens, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A casualty of the freezing rain Saturday, Jan. 9, was the weekend BalloonFest at New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport. The good news is there is no more freezing rain expected this weekend.

'Mayors Fitness Challenge: Healthy Lifestyle Contest' begins Saturday at the NSB Gym; grand prize for 12-week program is $1,000

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NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick / New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer poses at the city's obstacle course training field behind the police station to illustrate his "Mayors Fitness Challenge: Healthy Lifestyle Contest," which begins Saturday.

New Smyrna Beach -- Has the mayor got a challenge for you.

That's right. Mayor Adam Barringer is challenging you to lose weight. So is Edgewater Mayor Michael Thomas.

81. Two killed, 1 survivor aboard Cessna plane that crashes in Georgia shortly after takeoff Friday from Edgewater; craft registered in NSB

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A single-engine plane registered in New Smyrna Beach that took off from Edgewater's small airport crashed in Georgia on Friday night, Sept. 25, killing two of three people on board, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

82. NSB Cops: Boat man found floating in Intracoastal Waterway pronounced dead at Bert Fish Medical Center

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Courtesy photo / Arnold Brown, who was living on a boat in the Intracoastal Waterway was found floating unconscious May 19, and despite CPR, died.

Daytona Beach police: Man who chained himself to a tree transported to Halifax Medical Center for psychiatric evaluation

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DAYTONA BEACH -- A man found chained to a tree at 10 this morning by his own doing off of Nova Road near Bellevue was transported to Halifax Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation and for medical care associated with being out in the cold weather, Daytona Beach police said.