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Ormond Beach's coronavirus pandemic slogan: 'Keeping the Community Together by Keeping Us Apart'

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ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- Municipal leaders in Volusiua County's northern-most coastal city have unveiled a new slogan in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the importance of social distancing, but also reinforcing the importance of a united community in this difficult time.

Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry's rallying cry with the death-stalking coronavirus pandemic worsening: 'It is time that we notice that coastal communities are being hit hardest'

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Six days have come and gone since the last of 500,000 bikers in Daytona for Bike Week hit the open road after 10 days of partying in the bars in the midst of the growing coronavirus pandemic threat that saw the NBA suspend regular season play, Major League Baseball postpone the upcoming season and Orlando's Disney World, the No. 1 tourism destination on the planet.

Partisan lines drawn in the sand here in Daytona in keeping the beaches open - before the Grim Reaper's body count shellshocks America in the coming weeks & months in this dreadful pandemic

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- I am fearful we Americans are woefully and psychologically unprepared for a wave of increasing numbers of the sicxk and dying among us in such unprecedented numbers since the latter few years of World War II when the US was engaged in two major military theaters.

GOP Congressman Michael Waltz says Pelosi & Dems holding up coronavirus financial rescue aid package for all Americans

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- GOP Congressman Michael Waltz, did not mince words Monday on Twitter in explaining who is to blame for holding up the coronavirus rescue aid package for all Americans that is vitally needed as more are forced from their jobs and worried about being able to provide for their families.

DEATHS BACK HOME HIT HOME: Coronavirus takes the lives of Deltona resident Webster Barnaby's 2 dearest friends in his native England within same week

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Headline Surfer photo illustration / Sunday was one of the saddest days for Webster Barnaby of Deltona.

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DELTONA, Fla. -- The coronavirus news just kept getting worse for Webster Barnaby - then it got really personal and emotionally painful deep in his heart and  soul. 

Barnaby lost not one, but two of his dearest friends back home in his native England in the span of a week.

Jazz sax player Manu Dibango dead at 86 from coronavirus; Rosie O'Donnell show raises money for virus victims; Woody Allen memoir released 

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Renowned jazz saxophone player Manu Dibango dies aged 86; Rosie O'Donnell's livestreamed charity show raises money for virus victims; Woody Allen memoir released with different publisher.