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Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry among leaders near & far paying homage to Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights titan, who has died at age 80

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John Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress in the new millennium, has died. He was 80.

99. Osceola County Sheriff's Major Jacob M. Ruiz: Key administrator to Sheriff Russ Gibson

Top 100 Central Florida Cops / Headline SurferHeadline Surfer photo illustration / Osceola County Sheriff's Major Jacob M. Ruiz is shown in uniform and from his younger days in the US Marine Corps.

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Volusia County School Board candidate Anita Reber Burnette leery of students returning to school in 5 weeks without a legit COVID-19 safety plan

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YouTube download / AP video / Dr. Anthony Fauci, The nation's top infectious disease expert, said on Tuesday said that local officials in COVID hotspots should decide when schools reopen. School reopening should be decided locally, he insisted.

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100. RIP: Palatka Police k-9 Tango

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PALATKA, Fla. -- K-9 Tango spent two years with the Palatka Police Department and with his assigned partner, then-patrol officer Orestes Cossio, before the dog died as a result of an an unexpected medical condition May 11, 2018. Tango had been with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office for several years before that.

Kelly Preston, actor & wife of John Travolta, died Sunday of breast cancer at 57; the Hollywood stars were married in Daytona Beach

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- There is a Daytona Beach connection to actress Kelly Preson, who died of breast cancer on Sunday: She and husband John Travolta were legally married in Daytona Beach.

Daytona Beach community activist James Harper: City's Citizens Police Review Board is 'bogus'

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- James Harper, a freelance journalist and community activist is not a proponent of the municipality's Citizens Police Review Board established in the wake of nationwide protests in the wake of George Floyd's homicide while in the custody of four Minneapolis cops who were fired and await criminal prosecution in his murder.

OUR ENDORSEMENT: DeBary's Erika Benfield for State Rep. 27 in the Aug. 18 GOP primary

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DEBARY, Fla. -- With her charisma, can-do attitude and proven track record at the municipal level as a DeBary city councilwoman and vice mayor, Erika Benfield is more than ready to move up to the next level in elected office.

Jimmie Johnson tests positive for COVID-19; ruled out for race Sunday at Indy

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - NASCAR released this statement today regarding Jimmy Johnson being unable to race Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway: The seven-time NASCAR champion has tested positive for the coronavirus.