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HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Martin Truex Jr. held off Kyle Busch to win the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series Championship on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

It was the eighth win of the season for Truex.

It was the first Monster Energy Series title for the Denver-based Furniture Row Racing as well. It was the second Championship 4 appearance for Truex and the No. 78 team — he finished fourth in 2015.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- "Get in touch with personal technology." 

That's the operative line expressed by Volusia County Pat Kuehn, CPRC, community information specialist with Volusia County Government in a press release to Headliner Surfer encouraging adults to explore personal technology with free classes at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, 1001 S. Dixie Freeway.

PONCE INLET, Fla. -- The Ponce Inlet Police Department has been recognized among the top law enforcement agencies in Florida, achieving its fourth re- accreditation from the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation.

LONGWOOD, Fla. -- A loveable liver/white German short-haired pointer named Isaac has been reunited wth its owner, Bill Kroll, Longwood police noted in a Facebook post a few weeks back for those out therewho may still be  wondering how the the 65-pound dog made out.

PONCE INLET, Fla. -- Volusia County and partners will celebrate marine life and recreation from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 11 and 12 at Down the Hatch Restaurant and Marina, 4877 Front St., Ponce Inlet.
 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Gov. Rick Scott has announced the appointment of Sarah Dougherty, an Edgewater businesswoman, to the Daytona State College District Board of Trustees.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. - A 57-year-old Edgewater man who drove his pick-up truck through a fence before skidding and crashing head-on into a home on Glencoe Road, was killed on impact early Monday morning the Florida Highway Patrol said.

WINTER PARK, Fla. -- Veteran sportscaster Dan Patrick and Full Sail University are teaming up.

Patrick was heavily involved with the development of this program, Full Sail officials said in a livestream announcement Thursday afternoon via YouTube. 

“I’m regularly being asked how to get into the industry, and I was meeting college graduates who weren’t getting practical experience as part of their degrees," Patrick explained.