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YouTube download / AP video / Jeffrey Epstein taken off suicide watch before death.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Candy Gilman, a prominent Daytona Beach Republican Party insider, died Friday after a lengthy illness. She was 78.

Daytona Beach, FL - Candy Leinfelder Jones Gilman, 78, widow of Russell T. Gilman, of Daytona Beach, Florida, passed away on August 9, 2019, after an extended illness. She was totally devoted to her family, adored her dog Charmar, and was an avid Republican who was passionate about America, having served as President of the Republican Club of Daytona Beach and Chairman of the Republican Committee for Volusia County. She had a gift for hospitality and hosted many social gatherings in her home. She was a gifted interior decorator, and during her career, owned J and R Interiors in Anderson, SC and later served as an associate at Kitty Scott Furniture in Ormond Beach.

DELAND, FLa. – A Deltona man was sentenced Thursday to 35 years in a state prison facility on 30 counts of possession of child pornography.

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- The Cardinal Avenue off-beach parking lot at 650 S. Atlantic Ave. in Ormond Beach is open for use. 

PIERSON, Fla. -- Starting on Monday, August 12,, Pierson Elementary, 657 North Center St., Pierson, will begin participating in the Afterschool Meals program, a subcomponent of the child care food program.

YouTube downloaD / C-Span video / Livestream broadcast of Robert Mueller's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL 1st District)​ is shown in the screenshot above grilling Mueller about the Steele Dossier.

YouTube download / AP video / President Donald Trump says he has no regrets about his tweets that four Democratic congresswomen should "go back" to their home countries, though all are citizens and three were born in the United States.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed Daytona Bach-area entrepreneur Forough Hosseini and Tampa-area Judge Jessica Costello to the Florida Children and Youth Cabinet.

CHICAGO -- Frank Robb, owner of Crocodilian Specialist Services in St. Augustine, made headlines in Chicago when he answered the call from the authorities in the Windy City in capturing an alligator dubbed "Chance the Snapper" that had been on the loose at a local park for several days.