Daytona Beach

DAYTONA BEACH -- The man shot outside Papi's Bottle Club early Saturday has died and the case is now being investigated as a murder, a Volusia County Sheriff's official said.

Headline Surfer graphic / Jermaine Green, shown here in a prior Volusia County Branch Jail mug, and the suspect shot by cops early on this Wednesday morning, has a lengthy arrest record.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Violent crime continues unabated in Daytona Beach with a report of city cops forced to open fire on a man who had a knife to a woman's throat and plunging it into her chest inside a residence in the 800 block of Magnolia Avenue, according to WESH TV.

The shooting happened after two officers responded to a domestic dispute call at 2:45 a.m. during which cops were forced to break down the door when nobody answered, Police Chief Michael Chitwood told the Orlando TV station.

Parent company buys more papers including Daily Commercial in Leesburg

Headline Surfer photo / A dozen staffers have left the Daytona Beach News-Journal since the beginning of the year under the editorship of Pat Rice, as shown here, but that hasn't stopped parent company, Halifax Media Group, from acquiring more newspapers including the Daily Commercial in Leesburg.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Apparently Daytona Beach News-Journal staffers leave faster than the newspaper's editor pays his speeding tickets. Six have left in the past several weeks.

It actually took News-Journal Editor Pat Rice 101 days to pay a speeding fine issued by Ormond Beach cops.

Headline Surfer photo by Henry Frederick / Surfers enjoy the rolling waves in New Smyrna Beach. In the inset are the local tide reports.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Swells in the surf at mid-day are 2 feet at 8.7 seconds with waves at 1 to 2 feet high and water temperatures in the mid- to upper 70s. Winds are southwest at 9 mph.

The National Weather Service in Melbourne is calling for a 40% chance of scattered thunderstorms in greater Daytona Beach with a high of 89.

Helmet made no difference

DAYTONA BEACH -- A Tampa man was killed earlier today after crashing into guardrails at South Clyde Morris and Buccaneer Way, Daytona Beach police said.

The body of the victim was identified at the scene of the 3 p.m. accident as that of Ricky Whitehead, but no age was provided to the media.

Here is a synopsis of what happened, according to a scant press release: The motorcyclist was traveling at a "high rate of speed" northbound on Clyde Morris approaching the intersection of Buccaneer Way.

'Tortious interference' by NSB gov't; piling on by News-Journal cripple finances

DAYTONA BEACH -- With the growing popularity of Headline Surfer as a free digital source of online news accessed around the clock throughout Florida and globally for that matter, the 24/7 internet newspaper is going to slowly move away from hyper-local municipal government coverage focused on greater Daytona Beach Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach, in particular, to news of Central Florida.

USA gymnastics based in Indianapolis

Headline Surfer photo (far left) / photo (far right) courtesy USA gymnastics / Get ready for three days of tumbling and aerial displays by American gymnasts Aug. 30-Sept. 1, at the Ocean Center.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Nearly 300 of America’s best trampoline and tumbling athletes training in Indianapolis will converge Indianapolis will converge on the Ocean Center for the 2013 Stars & Stripes Cup from Aug. 30 through Sept. 1. While here, they'll be able to get some sun and surf at the World's Most Famous Beach and perhaps take a tour of Daytona International Speedway, home of the Great American Race, the Daytona 500.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Gov. Rick Scott has re-appointed Robert "Bob" Davis to the Daytona State College District Board of Trustees.