Daytona Beach

Headline Surfer Editor/Publisher Henry Frederick interviews Dist. 27 State Rep. David Santiago, R-Deltona, at Daytona International Speedway on his bill that benefits the speedway through tax breaks for a major expansion.

DAYTONA BEACH -- David Santiago is sponsoring what could be the most important bill of his tenure since winning his district 27 Statehouse seat in the November elections with a proposal to give tax breaks to Daytona International Speedway for a major expansion project that would bring the 1959 super speedway well into the 21st century, including onsite parking, restaurants, escalators and other amenities.

The snapshot shows Headline Surfer's story on Bike Week trending in the Google News Directories for Daytona Beach, FL.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Within an hour of being published, Headline Surfer's initial Bike Week 2013 story was trending as the No. 2 overall story in the Google news directories for Daytona Beach, Florida.

The news directories are typically where savvy online readers look for the latest news headlines in their community and around the world simply by plugging in their city and state or a zip code.

Photo for Headline Surfer / Videos produced by Multimedia Editor Serafina Frederick / Alyssa Bellows of Ormond Beach shines up bikes for extra cash during Bike Week in greater Daytona as shown in this 2012 image.

DAYTONA BEACH -- It's a rite of passage -- a change of the seasons -- special events that is, in greater Daytona Beach. We're transitioning from the Rolex 24 and the Daytona 500 (and its Speed Weeks) to Bike Week, and eventually Spring Break, or what's left of the college experience on the World's Most Famous Beach.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Daytona Beach's most renowned hotelier, Thomas William Staed, the chairman and chief executive of the family owned Staed Family Associates, died peacefully, in his sleep on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. He was 81 years old.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Passenger traffic at Daytona Beach International Airport increased 1 percent in January compared with January of last yar, Volusia County officials said.

During January, 44,170 passengers arrived and departed through the county-operated airport. This compares with the 43,565 travelers recorded in January 2012.

For the 12 months ending January 31, 584,885 passengers traveled through the airport, compared with 558,061 passengers recorded for the 12 months ending January 31, 2012, a 5 percent increase.

DAYTONA BEACH -- There's a 50 percent chance of rain forecasted for the 55th running of the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway with Danica Patrick on the pole among the 43 drivers.

Weather has not been a factor so far during Speedweeks 2013 to this point with the great American race yet to go.

DAYTONA BEACH -- All-Pro NFL linebacker Ray Lewis will wave the green flag as honorary starter of today's Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. Last year's starter was WWE superstar John Cena.

The proposed future of Daytona International Speedway is unveiled at a Friday morning press conference, 48 hours before the Daytona 500.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood this morning conducted the first in-depth, virtual “walk through” of what the World Center of Racing would look like as part of a proposed $250 million massive redevelopment project.

By Horace Anderson

DAYTONA BEACH -- It’s Black History Month, the time when we African-Americans recall our many important contributions to the development of the United States and remember the history of our progress from slaves to free people, to a state of equality so nearly complete that we just re-elected a black president.

We rejoice in the support we enjoy from the Democratic Party and most of us think that things were always this way. But that isn’t true.

Everyone knows that the man who led the Civil War to free the slaves and who issued the Emancipation Proclamation was Abraham Lincoln - a Republican.