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ORANGE CITY, Fla. -- The Volusia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has appointed Elsie Mendez as its new president.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- A 24-year-old Kissimmee man is being held on manslaughter charges in the alleged killing Friday of his female roommate, according to an an Osceola County Sheriff's official.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – With the car of Ryan Newman sliding upside-down trailing sparks behind him, Denny Hamlin joined elite company on Monday night in the second-closest finish in Daytona 500 history.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Grant Enfinger held off charging Jordan Anderson on the final lap of overtime to win the NextEra Energy 250 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series race Friday night under the lights at Daytona International Speedway.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Despite a 30 percent chance of rain on this Friday night, it stayed dry for the running of the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. --  A caregiver was sentenced to life in prison this morning for second-degree murder in the beating death of a 49-year-old disabled man after an insurance policy in his name that named her as sole beneficiary was taken out nearly three years ago.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Ben Kennedy, a former driver in NASCAR's truck series, who won a race and escaped serious injury in a crash, is following his far-more famous France Family menmbers up the corporate ladder as one of the racing giant's four new vice presidents.

Kennedy, son of Lesa France Kennedy, has been promoted to vice president of NASCAR Racing Development.

DELAND, Fla. – A 25-year-old man, was sentenced to 15 years in state prison by Circuit Judge James R. Clayton for raping a young woman in her bedroom after getting in through an unlocked window nearly two years ago.

Headline Surfer photo / David Lee Davis, a substitute teacher, political blogger, and failed 2016 candidate for Volusia County Supervisor of Elections, shown from his first appearance, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for sexual battery on a 15-year-old boy who testified against him at trial.

Posted: 2020-01-17 - 16:45:40

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DELAND, Fla. -- Volusia County Sheriff's deputies and animal control officers responded to Journey’s End on Mercers Fernery Road at approximately 9:30 a.m. Wednesday to begin executing a warrant giving authority to remove any animals from the property that are deemed to require immediate medical care.