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Intracoastal Bank of Daytona Beach announces new directors Sera King Sun, 03/27/2022 - 21:12
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Intracoastal Bancorp, Inc. at its annual meeting of shareholders at the company’s Volusia Banking Center named the following individuals to serve as directors for the year: Dr. Pamela Carbiener, C. Scott Crews, Thomas L. Gibbs, Anand Jobalia, Albert B. Johnston, Jr., Gerald P. Keyes, Michael Machin, Bruce E. Page and Ryan T. Page.

15. Volusia County had 16 shark bite incidents in 2021, the 2nd-highest in 20 years, most of them in New Smyrna Beach

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Volusia County had 16 shark bite incidents in 2021, the second-highest in the past 20 years, with all but a few of them in New Smyrna Beach- just south of the Ponce Inlet Jetty.

Rain should give way to sunny Friday and sunshine through the weekend in greater Daytona Beach

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- There's a 90 percent chance of showers throughout today and tonight before giving way to sunshine on Friday and through the weekend, according to the latest forecast for greater Daytona Beach from the National Weather Serice in Orlando. 

Daytona-based Embry-Riddle Aeronautical flight students flying near Palatka help pilot in distress

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Two Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University flight students were flying near Palatka when they heard an emergency call over the radio that an 81-year-pilot nearby had just experienced engine failure at 800 feet.

17. Sheriff Mike Chitwood tells TV news crews he feels no sympathy for girl, 14, fighting for her life after she & boy, 12, engaged deputies in gunfire

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A 12-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl who ran away from a children’s group home in Enterprise back in June, broke into a house, armed themselves with several of the homeowner’s guns, and opened fire on several responding deputies who tried to talk them into surrendering.

18. k9s Endo & Ax honored in Daytona Beach by Sheriff Mike Chitwood for heroics responding to carjacking in Deltona that saw both dogs shot

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Sheriff Mike Chitwood and the Georgia non-profit organization Irondog K9 International honored K-9s Endo and Ax back in November for their actions responding to an armed carjacking incident in Deltona in September. Endo and Ax were each shot while working to apprehend the fleeing suspect.

19. Dog thrown from 2nd-floor balcony of Daytona Beach motel survives & gets new leash on life with disabled military vet

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It was a miracle that a German shepherd thrown from the second-floor balcony of a motel in Daytona by a crazed owner survived.

20. Deltona man pleads not guilty in Seminole County court in Sanford to charges of 'upskirting' 2 women at Home Depot in Lake Mary

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Top 100 Stories 2021 / Headline SurferCounting 'em Down: For better or for worse, this is the Headline Surfer countdown of 2021's Top 100 biggest news stories of Central Florida along the tourism-driven stretch of Interstate 4 (Orlando Attractions and east to I-95 & the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona).

21. Winter Park Democratic Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy announces she's not seeking re-election to 4th term in 2022

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WINTER PARK, Fla. -- U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy announced t back in December that she would not seek re-election to a fourth term representing Florida’s Seventh Congressional District.