By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The vitriol of Sheriff Mike Chitwood, veracity of County Council's Heather Post, arrest of suspected pedophile David Lee Davis and the death of State Sen. Dorothy Hukill were big stories in 2018, but there was one bigger still: The perversion of politics in Edgewater by corrupt politicians who cost the city's taxpayers millions in lost revenue with the firing of the city manager, the jettisoning of the public safety director and the ongoing illicit between a city cop and councilwoman that continues to compromise the municipality into the new year
1. Vitriol of Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood centers on Amendment 10
2. Volusia County Concilwoman & ex-deputy Heather Post: Druggie on the Dais?
3. Volusia substitute teacher David Lee Davis arrested & held without bail at county jail on felony charge of molesting 15-year-old boy;
4. Edgewater's corrupt politicians fire city manager & jettison public safety director
5. BREAKING NEWS: Floroda State Sen. Dorothy Hukill has died in hospice of cervical cancer at age 72;
6. How Safe Are We In East Central Florida?
7. Austin Dillon wins Daytona 500 in last-lap bump and wreck of race leader Aric Almirola;
8. MILESTONE: Bob Ford, Port Orange councilman & retired police chief, has succumbed to cancer;
9. MIKE PASTORE DIES
10. ERTEL
11. JOHNSON WINS Council seat
12. HEADLINE SURFER AWARDS
13. Seminole County Sheriff's Office: 1 dead, 1 injured after weekend gunfire outside Sanford city limits;
14. NASCAR announces intention to buy shares of International Speedway Corp not already owned by the France Family; a prospective deal worth a reported $1.9 billion
15. BREAKING NEWS: Reuters: France Family looking to sell Daytona-based NASCAR;
16. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte banned from the sport for 1 year;
17. 'Silver Fox' David Pearson, 3-time Daytona 500 champ, has died at age 83
18. Sanford cops: Alleged gunman captured in Volusia County after shooting a man in the head outside a downtown bar; victim's condition 'life-threatening';
19. 1st of 2 teacher-student sex cases results in guilty plea: Stephanie Peterson facing prison; substitute David Lee Davis remains jailed on $100,000 bond;
20. Pierson's Chipper Jones first-ballot MLB Hall of Famer;
21. Remembering Diane Matousek, dead at 63: former Clerk of Circuit Court for Volusia County among first to digitalize public records;
22. Rolex 24 at Daytona: No. 5 Cadillac wins;
23. Violence continues unabated in Deltona over last 18 months under Sheriff Mike Chitwood: Man shot in vehicle this morning; shorthanded deputies unable to apprehend gunman;
24. Jamie Hill Haynes and Ruben Colon take the oath & then their seats on Volusia County School Board;
25. LISA LEWIS
26. Not only did then-Daytona Police Chief Mike Chitwood rely on influential insiders to fund 2/3 of his 2016 campaign for sheriff, he also paid $3,000 to an ex-con for political advice;
27. LUIS TOLEDO SENTENCED
28. Volusia County sides with fired deputy John Szabo over sheriff: 'Chitwood is horrible';
29. Warrior Diplomat Wins
30. JOEY LOGANO WINS NASCAR
31. Deputy use deadly force Pierson
32. Elections
33. OB CM Stays
34. BREAKING NEWS Sanford cops dealing with apparent murder-suicide involving husband-wife in Carriage Cove neighborhood;
35. New Smyrna Beach man wanted by cops in hit-and-run crash that resulted in the death of 21-year-old Kaelee Morrell is an ex-con;
36. County Councilwoman Heather Post released after being hospitalized in Daytona four days for blood clot in head;
37. Daytona Beach rookie cop dead today after collapsing Friday during training described by Chief Craig Capri as 'very light';
38. Multimedia: Zenaida Denizac of Deltona frustrated power not fully restored in Puerto Rico 6 months after Hurricane Maria;
39. SPECIAL REPORT: Dealing with the Opioid Crisis: Cops Care in East Central Florida;
40. Daytona Beach Police Chief Craig Capri takes to heart reality that aside from a death in Holly Hill, his city's lone Bike Week casualty was on the last day, indicating less revelers attended;
41. More than 3,400 Daytona State College grads encouraged to seek advanced degrees or certifications for career growth; put money aside for the long haul;
42. Daytona Beach Shores cop fired for racist parody of himself as a black man with afro, goatee and stereotypical drugs & gun images on Snapchat;
43. 22-year Sanford firefighter killed in powerboat racing collision in Jacksonville;
44. Seminole County stalwart dies: Retired Clerk of Court Maryanne Morse remembered by elected colleagues;
45. Violence in Deltona continues unabated: A young woman is found shot to death in her home, the fourth such killing since February;
46. BREAKING NEWS Sanford cops: 28-year-old man shot to death at a bar on Goldsboro;
47. Daytona's ISC enters into agreement to acquire assets of Concord, NC-based Racing Electronics;
48. BREAKING NEWS:Daytona cops dealing with triple shootring outside US 1 motel that has 1 dead & 2 others hospitalized;
49. Public employees across Volusia County collect more than 64,000 pounds with ‘Feed the Need’ food drive;
50. 'Pastor Mike' Pastore sees himself in role of David vs Goliath in crusade against government on behalf of Daytona's chronic homeless;
51. REMEMBRANCE: Seminole County Sheriff's motors deputy Matt Miller killed 7 years ago today;
52. REWIND of NASCAR's Coke Zero Sugar 400: Erik Jones, first-time winner of July race under the lights at Daytona International Speedway;
53. Sanford cops conducting high visibility enforcement patrols over next 6 months to get motorists, bicyclists & pedestrians to comply with traffic safety laws along SR 17-92
54. GOPer Ashley Moody, state attorney general winner, top vote-getter among Volusia County voters;
55. BREAKING NEWS: New Smyrna Beach Cops: Known drug peddler gunned down on front porch under cover of darkness;
56. BREAKING NEWS: Rear-end type crash involving semi with multiple trauma alerts shuts down stretch of SR 44 in New Smyrna Beach;
57. BREAKING NEWS Sanford Cops: Baby returned to her mother by friend of estranged father
58. BREAKING NEWS: Volusia County approves $4.5 million homeless shelter 10 miles from Daytona's downtown;
59. No looking back:Danica Patrick's 35th place finish in Daytona 500 in rear mirror; she starts 7th in Indianapolis 500;
60. Orange County Sheriff's mounted units remember Orlando Pulse massacre victims on 1-year anniversary with ribbons;
61. New Smyrna Beach surfer dude Kem McNair captures nighttime video of coyote roaming Isleboro neighborhood;
62. New Smyrna's Gene Sheldon, controversial SVAA board appointee who asked 'who is the rat?' has died;
63. Former Daytona International Speedway President Jim Foster dead at 91 after decade-long battle with Alzheimer's disease;
64. City of Orlando releases new Pulse massacre video clips;
65. Sanford Cops: Prowler on the loose leaving explicit messages on bedroom window of 17-year-old girl;
66. Post Primary: Fred Lowry wins re-election to Dis 5 Volusia County Council seat despite sitting out Daytona Beach News-Journal debate;
67. Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma recognizes deputy who brought her horse to a cancer-stricken elderly woman's bedside for loving affection before she died;
68. Memorial Day: Oak hill widow pays homage to military vets in Edgewater Cemetery;
69. Port Orange Mayor Don Burnette tags along with Spruce Creek Elementary kids in National Walk to School Day;
70. Palatka man gets life in prison for murdering girlfriend;
71. Deltona resident questions why she was trespassed from city's new community center for inquiring as to why no catering license was posted on the premises;
72. EXCLUSIVE: New Smyrna Beach Mayor Jim Hathaway not seeking re-election saying he has given 1/3 of his life to the city; Commissioner Judy Reiker leaving, too; but Jake Sachs seeking 2nd term;
73. Q&A with Deltona resident L. Ronald Durham on 50th anniversary of MLK assassination;
74. Tourism officials pleased with Hard Rock Hotel chain signing off on Daytona as the 4th brand locale in the Sunshine State;
75. Saying goodbye to elderly mom whose suffering finally at an end;
76. Daytona Beach resident hired as director of public and governmental affairs with Florida Hospitals in Volusia, Flagler & Lake counties;
77. Ex-Volusia County Manager Jim Dinneen in brief phone call: 'I'm done';
78. Raul Zambrano takes over as chief judge of the 7th judicial circuit on July 1st with courts located in Daytona Beach, DeLand, New Smyrna, Bunnell, Palatka & St Augustine;
79. SCSO investigators hope new facial reconstruction technology will finally lead to the proper name of a man whose skeletal remains were found near Oviedo 20-plus years ago;
80. BREAKING NEWS: Stacy Allen Cantu of Daytona, other locals react to shooting of GOP congressman, several others in Alexandria, Va;
81. Volusia County Judicial Qualifying Over: Judges Belle Schumann, Christopher Kelly & Bryan Feigenbaum returned to the bench; Judge Dawn Fields challenged by Stephen Burk;
82. Flagler deputies looking for woman who may have scooped up some of the pot that washed ashore here & along some Volusia County beaches;
83. Deltona GOP party elders play host to Jeanette Nunez, running mate of gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis;
84. Ormond & Daytona Rotary Clubs repair toppled fence for 92-year-old widow;
85. Student center under construction at Daytona State College named for local entrepreneur L. Gale Lemerand;
86. OBIT: Marguerite L. Anderson of Ormond Beach dies at age 100;
87. Daytona Beach's 'Big Sexy' Kevin Nash won't be on WWE's Raw 25 show tonight on USA network;
88. BREAKING NEWS: Kissimmee Cops: 9-year-old autistic girl dead; apparent victim of accidental drowning in neighborhood retention pond;
89. New Smyrna Beach Mayor Jim Hathaway pleased with housing improvement project on Railroad Street recognized with a state planning award;
90. Far cry from monster in movie Jaws: Mount Dora fisherman bitten by 3-foot lemon shark after freeing it from hook in Ponce Inlet; boy, 12, bitten in Daytona;
91. Memorial Day: Volusia County Councilwoman Billie Wheeler's unusual first name honors heroic uncle who died in Battle of the Bulge;
92. Fla gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum wows Dems in Deltona: Touts Nancy Soderberg for Congress, Heidi Herzberg for mayor & State Rep Patrick Henry of Daytona for re-election;
93. Palatka cops mourn the loss of k-9 Tango; had served Putnam County Sheriff's Office as well;
94. Daytona-area Bank of America awards $15,000 to United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties;
95. BREAKING NEWS: Florida Highway Patrol investigating double fatality this morning in Pierson;
96. School Board members Linda Cuthbert & Melody Johnson joined by Superintendent Tom Russell in groundbreaking for Chisholm Elementary in New Smyrna Beach;
97. Daytona Chamber CEO Nancy Keefer to be named chair of the umbrella organization's board of directors;
98. Florida Highway Patrol: Heathrow woman, 21, killed instantly after slamming her Chevy Malibu head-on into the back of a dump truck on I-4 in Orlando;
99. Retired Holly Hill top cop turned blogger Mark Barker no fan of Volusia GOP chair Tony Ledbetter in profanity-laced rant;
100. Florida Highway Patrol: DUI stop on I-4 in Sanford includes a lemur & other exotic critters.
