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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Early voting in Volusia County begins today in Volusia County and Headline Surfer has endorsed 16 candidates at the municipal, county, state and federal levels in the Aug. 28 primary: 

New Smyrna Beach mayor: Chase Herbig; New Smyrna Beach City Commission - Zone 1: Jessica Realin; Deltona Mayor: Santiago Avila Jr; Port Orange City Council Dis 2: Chase Tramont; County Council At-Large: Ben Johnson; County Council Dis 1: Pat Patterson; County Council Dis 5: Fred Lowry; School Board Dis 1: Jamie Michele Haynes; School Board Dis 3: Linda L. Cuthbert; School Board Dis 5: Melody Johnson; County Judge (7th Judicial Circuit) - Group 5: Dawn “Pam” Fields; Circuit Judge (7th Judicial Circuit) - Group 15: Ryan Will; State Rep. Dis 26 (GOP): Michael Cantu; Governor (GOP): Ron DeSantis; Congress Dis 6 (GOP): Michael Waltz; and US Senate (GOP): Rick Scott.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- You've got to check out the 'Scumbag Eradicator' himself, Mike Chitwood, Volusia County, Florida's tough-talking Sheriff as you've never seen or heard him before -- as he does the Law Enforcement Lip Sync Challenge and blows the competition away!

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.  -- After the first two days of Early Voting, traffic is heaviest in Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach, according to voter tallies compiled by Supervisor of Elections Lisa Lewis.

DELTONA, Fla. -- There are several constants for the citizens of Volusia County's largest city under the law enforcement leadership of Mike Chitwood: Violent crime in Deltona has continued unabated since the sheriff took office at the beginning of 2017, the latest violent incident occurring early this morning under the cover of darkness with the shooting into a motor vehicle that injured the 35-year-old driver.

Headline Surfer YouTube download / AP video / (23 Aug 2018) Mixed reactions from students at Ohio State University after the head football coach, Urban Meyer gets suspended for three games for mishandling repeated professional and behavioral problems of an assistant coach.

YouTube download / AP video / (25 Aug 2018) US Senator John McCain, war hero and presidential candidate died Saturday after battling brain cancer for more than a year. He was 81. McCain had discontinued medical treatment, his family said Friday.

DEBARY, Fla. -- Jamie Haynes has a motto that fits into the theme of her campaign for the District 1 seat on the Volusia County School Board: 'Working for Every Student.'

(26 Aug 2018) Flowers lay at a statue in Hanoi, Vietnam marking the spot where Sen. John McCain was captured after his plane was shot down in 1967. After his death, Vietnamese are mourning his legacy of advocating for normalization between the two countries.