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Two Medal of Honor recipients to be honored during Coke Zero Sugar 400 weekend at Daytona International Speedway

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Two Medal of Honor recipients, both representing the U.S. Army, will be honored during the 61st annual Coke Zero Sugar 400 Weekend (July 4-6) at Daytona International Speedway.

Congressman Michael Waltz expected to attend tonight's West Volusia NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet in Deltona

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DELTONA, Fla. -- The West Volusia Branch NAACP banquet committee is putting the finishing touches on its upcoming 29th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet on Saturday at The Center of Deltona.

Logano on top heading into Sonoma with return of 'The Carousel'

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Team Penske’s Joey Logano has retaken the championship points lead with his win at Michigan and would love to have that good mojo translate into a first career victory at Sonoma (Calif) Raceway - with a longer course on Sunday. 

'Happy Father's Day' the best with daddy's little girl

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SANFORD, Fla. -- What better way for Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg to spend on a Sunday afternoon -- on Father's Day no less -- than with daddy's little girl on a boat in Lake Monroe with friends under the warmth of the Florida sun with blue skies? 

DeLand Man, 40, sentenced to 30 years in prison followed by a lifetime of sexual predator probation for raping a child

Photos for Headline Surfer / Jail mugs above and below of Jacob DeLeon, convicted on three felony counts of sexual battery on a child.
 
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DELAND, Fla. – A 40-year-old DeLand man was sentenced today to 30 years in prison followed by a lifetime of sexual predator probation for repeatedly raping a 12-year-old led to his arrest in 2016 after the mother found out about the situation and called the cops.