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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Early voting in Volusia County begins today in Volusia County and Headline Surfer has endorsed 16 candidates at the municipal, county, state and federal levels in the Aug. 28 primary: 

New Smyrna Beach mayor: Chase Herbig; New Smyrna Beach City Commission - Zone 1: Jessica Realin; Deltona Mayor: Santiago Avila Jr; Port Orange City Council Dis 2: Chase Tramont; County Council At-Large: Ben Johnson; County Council Dis 1: Pat Patterson; County Council Dis 5: Fred Lowry; School Board Dis 1: Jamie Michele Haynes; School Board Dis 3: Linda L. Cuthbert; School Board Dis 5: Melody Johnson; County Judge (7th Judicial Circuit) - Group 5: Dawn “Pam” Fields; Circuit Judge (7th Judicial Circuit) - Group 15: Ryan Will; State Rep. Dis 26 (GOP): Michael Cantu; Governor (GOP): Ron DeSantis; Congress Dis 6 (GOP): Michael Waltz; and US Senate (GOP): Rick Scott.

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. - Members of the Rotary Club of Downtown Ormond Beach joined with PTA members to spruce up the grounds of Ormond Beach Elementary School prior to its opening for the school year.

DELTONA, Fla. -- Melody McSorley Johnson is as real as it gets as an elected politician on the Volusia County School Board. 

Headline Surfer YouTube download / AP video / (10 Aug 2018) "Mile 22' star Ronda Rousey says it's been nonstop work juggling Hollywood with pro-wrestling and admits she was "super super nervous" before her recent WWE debut.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Jeremy Patrick Wharton: Do the right thing and turn yourself in!

That's the message family and friends of 21-year-old Kaelee Morrell are conveying to the 32-year-old Wharton, who is now wanted on felony charges of leaving the scene of a Crash involving a fatality and leaving the scene of a crash with serious bodily injury. 

Headline Surfer YouTube download / AP video / (10 Aug 2018) Big waves hit Hawaii on Thursday as Hurricane Hector passed south of the Big Island. Hector weakened to a category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Are you ready for some football?

Headline Surfer YouTube download / AP video / Highlights of this day in history: Nazi police arrest Anne Frank and family; Britain declares war on Germany in World War I; Three civil rights workers found slain in Mississippi; The Bordens axed to death; Jazz great Louis Armstrong born. (Aug. 4)

Headline Surfer YouTube download / AP video / A Michigan judge who held an extraordinary hearing before sentencing sports doctor Larry Nassar to prison for sexually assaulting female athletes refused to disqualify herself from the case Friday if higher courts send it back to fix any errors. (Aug. 3)