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FORECAST: Christmas shaping up to be perfect in Central Florida, but more immediately cold & patchy frost

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The weather on Christmas is shaping up to be picture perfect for Central Florida, but more immediately it's going to be cold tonight with patchy frost after 3 am, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.

Public employees across Volusia County collect more than 64,000 pounds with ‘Feed the Need’ food drive

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DELAND, Fla -- Public employees collected more than 64,000 pounds of food during the eighth annual countywide “Feed the Need” public employee food drive. That brings the total of the eight-year program to more than 782,000 pounds.

Volusia School Board member Jamie Hill Haynes caught in NC snowstorm

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By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer

DELAND, Fla -- 

A major snowstorm, which has already buried parts of North Carolina with over a foot of snow, continued to cause travel disruptions and power outages into Sunday evening with more than 500 traffic accidents reported. 

New Year's Feature: Top 10 entrants for inaugural Headline Surfer Wall of Shame

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Is it possible for any elected politician or wannabe politician in East Central Florida who has outdone Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood with his incessant personal attacks on those he sees as his mortal enemy and labeling them "Scumbags?" 

Forecast for greater Daytona Beach: Rain today and colder temps by Tuesday

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- There is a 90 percent chance of rain by noon today and a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms between noon and 3 p.m., then a slight chance of showers by late afternoon, according to the latest forecast for greater Daytona Beach from the National Weather Service in Melbourne.

Florida Highway Patrol: DUI stop on I-4 in Sanford includes a lemur & other exotic critters

 SANFORD, Fla. --  A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was surprised when he saw a lemur it crawl from a trailer being pulled by a pickup truck that had been stopped for driving erratically and hitting other cars.
 

Edgewater's Gary Conroy: 'I'm still standing and my enemies - Barlow, Ignasiak & Arcieri - are gone'

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EDGEWATER, Fla. -- Gary Conroy has no illusions about his place in politics and the way things have turned out in Edgewater in the span of six weeks - for the better - at least that's how he sees it.

With Edgewater Mayor Mike ignasiak leaving the dais in election defeat, the Rogue 3 of Conroy, O'Keefe & Vogt remain seated in unified show of disrespect

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EDGEWATER, Fla. -- With Mayor Michael Ignasiak bidding adieu to his colleagues on the dais, the Rogue 3 of Gary Conroy, Megan O'Keefe and Amy Vogt remained seated in a unified show of disrespect while everyone else rose from their seats in a round of applause on the dais and among the dozens in the audience.