Daytona Beach

Headline Surfer photo / Volusia County Councilwoman Barara Girtman is all supportive on the dais of the Frank J. Bruno, Jr. County Council Chambers in DeLand, Florida on Tuesday, July 29, 2022.

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DELAND, Fla. -- Volusia County has always been synonymous with a need for speed.

The Volusia County Council approved a new kind of speed on Tuesday for some residents in the form of broadband infrastructure.

AYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A new editor has been named to manage the daily news operations of the Daytona Beach News-Journal and the St. Augustine Record, both under the ownership of Gannett/USA Today.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Two years ago Volusia County Supervisor of Elections Office became one of five pilot counties in the State of Florida to offer an accessible vote-by-mail ballot option.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Donna Pough-Rivera spotted what may be the cheapest gallon of gasoline at the pump anywhere in Central Florida: Just $3.99 at the Race Trac gas/convenience at Tomoka Farms Road and International Speedway Boulevard. 

ATLANTA -- Two definites resulted from Chase Elliott's participation Sunday in the Quaker State 400 Presented by Walmart.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The weather forecast doesn't look very bright for Daytona Beach and East Central Florida in general over the next seven days or so with mostly cloudy skies and rain.

DELAND, Fla. -- There is no more deserving endorsement among the candidates running for public offices in Volusia County in 2022 than District 1 County Council incumbent Barbara Girtman of DeLand.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The extended Fourth of July weekend was supposed to be huge with upwards of 250,000 visitors predicted, according to some estimates. Those huge crowd figures never materialized.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Volusia County Beach responded to a report of a surfer bitten by a shark on Sunday morning in New Smyrna and dealt with 38 rescues from the rough surf.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A 22-year-old Daytona Beach cop has been fired from the police force after his arrest for allegedly sharing child pornography online.