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Hillary Clinton wins post-conventions poll for president among Daytona Beach-Orlando voters
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By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Hillary Clinton will win the presidency, Daytona Beach -Orlando voters decided in a Headline Surfer Insta poll that was created within days of the conventions closing and concluding with the first presidential debate.
DEBATABLE: No real consensus among Daytona Beach-Orlando-area citizens as to Clinton or Trump in the big debate
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By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- So who won the (not-so) great debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump?
Volusia County School District releases its nominees for teacher of the year
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By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- There are 71 teachers nominated by their peers competing for the honor of Volusia County School District's 2018 Teacher of the Year.
Topix online post alleging failed political candidate & substitute teacher 'David Lee Davis is a pedophile' removed, but still shows up in google search
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By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Less than a day after Headline Surfer reported that an online site called Topix had a posting alleging David Lee Davis, the failed candidate in the Aug. 30 Volusia County primary and a substitute teacher, is a pedophile, the unsubstantiated allegation was taken down. However, the unsubstantiated accusation still shows up in the google search engines.
Failed political candidate & substitute teacher David Lee Davis accused of being a pedophile on Topix forum site
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By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Political consultant and substitute teacher David Lee Davis, who continues to use Facebook to lash out at those he views as the enemy with no signs of letting up weeks after he was soundly defeated for supervisor of elections in the Aug. 30 Volusia County primary, now finds himself in the unenviable position of staving off unsubstantiated allegations in an online forum that he's a pedophile who slept with a 17-year-old boy back home in Ohio.
Ormond Beach Mayor & County Chair candidate Ed Kelley showcases cop shop promotions
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ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- Retiring Mayor Ed Kelley has utilized another social media visual in his quest for Volusia County Chair in the Nov. 8 general elections: Promotions of two municipal cops.
Kissimmee cops: 72-year-old man missing & endangered
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By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- The Kissimmee Police Department needs the public’s assistance in attempting to locate David Yulfo.
The 72-year-okd Kissimmee man has been listed as a Missing/Endangered Adult due to his age and ongoing medical conditions.
Primary Endorsement
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HEADLINE SURFER ENDORSEMENTS for Volusia County voters in Tuesday's Primary: US Senate (R): 1. Marco Rubio, inc... US Senate (D): 1. Patrick Murphy or 2. Alan Grayson... US Senate Libertarian: No recommendation... Rep. in Congress dis 6 (R): 1. Ron DeSantis, inc... Rep. in Congress dis 6 (D): 1. Dwayne L. Taylor... State Rep. dis 26 (D): 1. Patrick Henry... Rep. State Committeeman: 1. Paul W. Deering... Rep. State Committeewoman: 1. Dana Christina Dougherty... Prec. Committeeman 218 (D): 1. Terrell Wayne Bailey... Prec. Committeeman 625 (D): No recommendation... Prec.
Attendance light along World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona & in NSB, though sharks plentiful Sunday near South Jetty where 3 surfers bitten
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- While things have been calm so far this week along the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona and further south in Daytona Beach Shores, Ponce Inlet and New Smyrna, the flying of the red flag Sunday was apropos, considering a rare instance of three shark bite victims on the same day near the South Jetty on the New Smyrna Beach side.
Plus there was the rescue of a man in a boat that was overwhelmed by choppy waters and a teen swimmer injured when he was caught by surprise by a strong wave that slammed him head first into the bottom.