ST. PETERSBURG -- Two St. Pete cops lost their lives in a shooout with a man on Jan. 24, the first killed in the line of duty there since 1980.
DAYTONA BEACH -- This Friday's Daytona Area Chamber of Commerce "Eggs and Issues" will look at the pros and cons of gambling with legislation being considered in Tallahassee in addition to a possible referendum in Volusia in Novemeber.
The 7:45 a.m. breakfast will be at Gene's Steak House, 3674 W. International Speedway Blvd.
Gambling is on Florida's government radar. What does it mean for our state and Local tax base? Our economy? Our tourist market? Are their any social problems associated with it? Both sides of gambling will be discussed with special guest speakers: Daytona Beach Kennel Club's Dan Francotti and No Casinos Inc.'s Paul Seago.
NSBNews.net photo by Henry Frederick / Former New Smyrna Beach Mayor Sally Mackay confers with her "Hub" group's attorney, Bill Preston, during Monday night's City Commission meeting.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Former Mayor Sally Mackay's Hub artist rental program on Canal Street was approved tonight by the City Commission as a de facto Community Redevelopment Agency, a move that essentially puts the CRA out of business as a governing body.
The CRA couldn't act on the program earlier this month because it's down to four members and one of them, attorney James C. Petersen, its acting chairman, had a conflict of interest and had to abstain, leaving the board without a quorum.
NSBNews.net photo by Sera Frederick / Robert Lott, shown here running a recent workshop of the Edgewater economic development advisory board, was its chairman despite a history of financial and legal troubles including the folding of the weekly Observer, foreclosure proceedings on his Riverside Drive residence where he was running the paper until it folded in November and he's awaiting court action on a lawsuit filed by an 82-year-old New Smyrna Beach widow who alleging she was defrauded of $60,000.EDGEWATER -- Robert Lott, a polarizing figure in the business community was removed from the economic development advisory board tonight, a move spearheaded by Edgewater Councilman Justin Kennedy in a 3-1 vote.
ORMOND BEACH -- A 24-year-old man was killed early this morning on U.S. 1 after he lost control of a 2006 Lamborghini while speeding, crossed the median and struck a steel pole resulting in the vehicle bursting into flames with him pinned inside, Ormond Beach police said.
A passenger, 40-year-old Vanessa Bain, escaped with minor injuries in the 3:44 a.m. accident. Police did not indicate if she or the young man or someone else was the owner of the high-priced sports car.
200 Block N. US-1, Ormond Beach Fl.
The world is abuzz with speculation and assumptions as to the cause of death of Whitney Houston, found dead in a room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel at the age of 48, on the eve of the Grammy Awards. What I can say with certainty is that artists have it hard; that there is often a certain self destructiveness to those gifted with creativity is hardly a secret.
Singer Whiney Houston is dead at the age of 48, a sad ending to what was a beautiful woman with an even more beautiful voice. You can read all of the details in our Google "NSB News Trending Now" section here on the home page of NSBNews.net.
Robert Champion, a 26-year-old drum major with the Florida A&M University marching band, collapsed and died within an hour of a hazing incident the night of Nov. 19, during which he suffered multiple blunt trauma blows to his body a tragedy that not only made headlines, across the country. An autopsy by the the Orange County Medical Examiner's office determined the death of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University student a homicide.
EDGEWATER -- Teenagers are not qualified to talk back. Experience of life is the true qualifier to have any spoken word allowed. I deal with teens on a daily basis and find their insolence far from cute.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Debra Gibson was a street walker with a record of petty crimes. James Desmond Booth was a convicted drug dealer. When their paths met again on Jan. 25, 2011, she was shot dead.
