Editor's Note: The following was submitted by Thomas S. Brown, a former Daytona Beach News-Journal employee who has sought federal court intervention to stop liquidation of newspaper retiree benefits there. NSBNEWS.net Publisher/Wed Editor Henry Frederick, has a vested interest in the pension as a former employee there.
DELTONA -- A wide-ranging crime suppression operation at the start of the weekend sent a clear message to the residents in the Deltona, Enterprise and Osteen areas: The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office is serious about reducing opportunities for crime.
VCSO spokesman Brandon Haught says the multiple operation objectives produced a dozen arrests, the recovery of stolen vehicle parts and nearly 150 traffic citations.
DELAND -- A 46-year-old West Volusia man has been found guilty of manslaughter while driving under the influence resulting in the death of a motorcyclist.
Chris Kelly of the Volusia State Attorney’s office said the case against Tony Rogers dates back to September of 2007. It took a jury less than three hours Thursday to find Rogers guilty in the death of Raymond Flores.
Editor's Note: Mark Williams, who wrote this story, is a fatured expert on CNN HLN's "Nancy Grace Show" regarding the Casey Anthony saga.
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ORLANDO -- The Orange – Osceola State Attorney’s in Orlando has released an estimated 5,000 pages of documents related to accused kiddie killer Casey Anthony.
She’s the 24-year-old woman accused of murdering her daughter two years ago while she went out an partied the night away. Most of the documents released Friday are letters and cards sent to Anthony since being incarcerated in the Orange County Jail.
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Port Orange firefighters extinguish a 5-acre brush fire along Interstate 95 that forced authorities to close one northbound lane Tuesday afternoon just north of New Smyrna Beach.
PORT ORANGE -- A 5-acre brush fire Tuesday afternoon that forced authorities to close one northbound lane of Interstate 95 just north of New Smyrna Beach was extinguished within an hour by Port Orange Fire Rescue.
DELAND -- The 60 day rabies alert issued by the Volusia County Health Department on April 14 following two unprovoked attacks on humans by raccoons has been lifted.
ORMOND BEACH -- An 18-year old Ormond Beach teenager was killed early Tuesday after his is pick-up truck struck a tree near the club house in the Ormond Lakes subdivision, Ormond Beach police said.
LAKE HELEN -- A 42-year old Orange City man is dead following a crash Sunday night on Interstate 4, about five miles east of Lake Helen, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
ORMOND BEACH -- A 52-year-old biker was killed Sunday in the 2,000 block of North Beach Street on the property of Tomoka State Park, Ormond Beach police said.
By MARK WILLIAMS For NSBNEWS.netDAYTONA BEACH -- Funeral services for Raymond Parks, NASCAR’s first championship winning owner who passed away Sunday morning in Atlanta will be held Wednesday in Atlanta.
A viewing will be held starting at 6 6p.m. Tuesday at the HM Patterson Funeral Parlor at 1020 Spring Street, NW in Atlanta.
The funeral will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Peachtree Christian Church at Peachtree & Spring Street in Atlanta.
Parks was 96 at the time of his passing and and a true forefather of the sport. He owned the championship winning car in both NASCAR’s first Modified season of 1948 and “Strictly Stock” season of 1949.
Both championship-winning cars were driven by Red Byron. Parks’ car won two of the eight races in the inaugural 1949 season of what is now known as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – at historic Martinsville Speedway and the Daytona Beach & Road Course.
