DAYTONA BEACH -- News-Journal Corp.reduced its workforce Monday, with 48 staffers either terminated or bought out or in some cases voluntarily retired.
Barack Obama isn't the only sports fan who picked the Kansas Jayhawks to win the NCAA basketball Tournament, commonly referred to as the "Road to the Final Four." Forty-plus percent of Americans did so, too, according to ESPN. I was among them. I had Kansas over Kentucky in the finals. My wife, Sera, who knows absolutely nothing about college basketball has Syracuse over Duke in the finals.
Well, Syracuse and Kentucky, two of three other No. 1 seeds, are out. Duke, the last remaining No. 1 seed, made the final four. No wonder it's also called March Madness.
OSTEEN -- The Volusia County Sheriff's Office has launched a criminal investigation after a brahma bull was found shot in a pasture off of S.R. 415 in Osteen over the weekend. The bull, valued at $7,500, had to be put down by its owner.
The Sheriff's Office was called to the scene late Sunday morning after the owner found the bull mortally injured from several gunshot wounds and an aluminum arrow embedded in the animal's shoulder.
EDGEWATER -- Two people were injured in a mobile home fire just after noon today at 2450 South Ridgewood Ave., Lot 27, with reports of smoke coming from all windows and flames seen inside the structure, according to a spokeswoman with Edgewater Fire-Rescue that extinguished the fire.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A stretch of Wayne Avenue was closed Tuesday night after a depression was discovered in the roadway, New Smyrna Beach police said.
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NSBNEWS.net photo by Sera Frederick. Robert J. Rodi, CEO of the New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission steps down May 28.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Utilities Commission CEO and General Manager Robert J. Rodi is resigning, effective May 28, according to a letter he signed, which was obtained by NSBNEWS.net under a public records request. NSBNEWS.net broke the story Monday night that Rodi had resigned earlier in the day for unspecified reason and that his resignation would take effect sometime in May.
DELAND -- A number of Volusia County residents have reported that they did not receive a census questionnaire in the mail. Forms may be picked up at Volusia County’s 15 public library branches and 49 other sites around the county. For a complete list, please visit www.volusiacounts.org.
Courtesy photo/Facebook. Here is a photo of 4-year-old Ellie Brand, the British girl, struck and killed by a motorist on the beach in Daytona Beach on March 20.
DAYTONA BEACH -- The Orlando Sentinel is reporting on its online edition that Ellie Bland, the 4-year-old British girl killed by a motorist March 20 on the beach will be buried Friday afrer a memorial service in her homeland.
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Photo courtesy of Dugan. Jeremy Johnston took home the Open Shortboard title at the 2010 East Coast Scholastic Surfing Championships. New Smyrna Beach finished third in the tag team competition.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The 2010 East Coast Scholastic Surfing Championships concluded Wednesday in 3- to 5-foot surf at New Smyrna Beach Inlet with Jeremy Johnston taking the Open Shortboard title and UNCW taking home the Tag Team title.
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At far left, Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach, greets senior citizens at the Brannon Center on Wednesday. At near left, Kosmas addresses local concerns about the historic national health-care reform legislation she voted on that was signed into law by President Obama, as Jeff Johnson, AARP Florida Operating Director, looks on during the meeting attended by about two dozen seniors.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach (Fl-24th), explained to two dozen senior citizens at the Brannon Center the importance and relevance of the historic national health-care reform legislation she helped secure with her vote a week ago Sunday .
