Central Florida

DAYTONA Beach, Fla. -- Already the longest-serving city manager in Volusia County, Jim Chsholm plans to work  for the next 12 months and then retire.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Osceola County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a drive-by shooting at the Baymont Inn, 7601 Black Lake Road.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A 25-year-old Daytona-area motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a car Saturday in the Derbyshire area, Daytona Beach cops said. 

PORT ORANGE, Fla -- Marilyn Ford should be given the nod over four other candidates by the voters in a special election to succeed her late husband, Robrt Ford, for the district 1 seat he held on the Port Orange City Council because she's the most experienced and she wants to continue his conservative approach to municipal spending while ensuring essential services likes public safety are provided.

EDGEWATER, Fla -- Kimberly Yaney has won decisively with 53 percent of the votes cast in Tuesday's special election to fill a vacancy on the Edgewater City Council. 

SANFORD, Fla -- Do you know this guy?

Early Monday around 3 a.m., this masked suspect robbed a Circle K convenience store located on Orange Boulevard in unincorporated Sanford. He was armed with a handgun and had a white t-shirt covering his face that had him looking like a mummy.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- With an 80 percent chance of rain on Wednesday, sunny skies will return Thursday over Central Florida for the rest of the week, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service in Melbourne.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- An active and involved citizenry is vital to the Daytona Beach Police Department's success and there are several ways residents can get more involved with its operations, says the agency's leader.

 DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla -- The near-drowning of a 3-year-old boy in a hot tub Sunday night at Perry’s Ocean Edge Resort, 2209 South Atlantic Ave., is expected to result in criminal charges of neglect, Daytona Beach Shores cops said.

Apryl Connolly, 36, of Deltona, is expected to be booked on the felony charges and transported to the Volusia County Branch Jail, according to Daytona Beach Shores Police Capt. Mike Fowler.

EDGEWATER, Fla -- Gary Roberts, a former Edgewater City councilman in the latter 1990s, has died at the age of 63.