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Sandy Adams suspends GOP Congressional campaign citing undisclosed illness; puts Adam Barringer in driver's seat

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Former New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer, shown on the far right, has a much easier ride to the Republican nomination for the 6th Congressional seat with the stunning announcement by Sandy Adams that she has suspended her campaign due to illness. The only candidate Barringer has to get by, though it's still early in the race and others could enter, is GG Galloway, an Ormond Realtor, who has never held nor sought public office prior to beginning his maiden run earlier this month

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Sandy Adams, the former one-term Republican Congresswoman vying for a return to Washington has suspended her campaign, citing an undisclosed "serious health issue health that demands  (her) focus and attention."

Deltona Democrat Ellen Watkins Juliano nauseated by cut-throat social media rhetoric on Thanksgiving eve Henry Frederick Wed, 11/25/2015 - 12:02
DELTONA. Fla. -- The way local Democratic Party insider Ellen Watkins Juliano sees it, everyone needs to take a chill pill with the social media rants of gloom and doom as America readies for the Thanksgiving holiday.

 

2 Deltona teens killed 10 days ago, but VCSO has yet to release initial crash report

Brandon Schmid, driver, in forefront, & Jordan Golaszweski, killed in car crash 8 days ago in Deltona / Headline Surfer®Wrecked Ford Focus where two teens killed in Deltona / Headline Surfer®Deltona fatal wreck locator map / Headline Surfer®Photos for Headline Surfer® /
Brandon Schmid, 17 (shown in the forefront of the image far left, the driver of a 2007 Ford Focus, and his friend, Jordan Golaszewski, 16 (shown in the background), and in the front passenger seat, were both killed Sunday, Nov. 15, when for yet unknown reasons, left the roadway in the 1500 block of Providence Boulevard and rollover over before coming to rest against a tree in the median on Sunday , Nov. 15. A third occupant, 23-year-old  Samuel Bengochea, 23, survived the crash, despite being ejected from the sedan.  Law enforcement responded to the double fatality at 3:23 a.m. 

DELTONA, Fla. -- Two Deltona teens were killed 10 days ago ago in a single-vehicle accident while a third occupant in his early 20s survived, despite being thrown from the vehicle which overturned and came to rest against a tree in the median in the middle of the night.

Atrocities in Paris means ISIS terrorists will continue until or unless they are wiped out

EDGEWATER, Fla. -- From what we've learned of all the atrocities in Paris and the continuing search for the ringleader, I am sickened by what these ISIS terrorists will do. I see and know in my heart they will keep spreading unless the world’s countries get together en masse  and work together to conquer them.

Kyle Busch NASCAR's comeback champ despite concrete wall at Daytona that cost him 11 races, including the 500

Kyle Busch wins at Homestead / Headline Surfer®

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Kyle Busch won the 2015 Sprint Cup Championship on Sunday at Miami-Homestead in spite of the severe leg injuries at Daytona International Speedway in the XFinity race that caused him to miss the next day's Daytona 500.

FHP: Mototorist in SUV killed after running off roadway and striking a tree in Lake County

Lake County crash under invesigation by FHP / Headline Surfer®SUV Toyota like tghis one driven by Roberto Zaouto, crashes into a tree in Lake County killing him / Headline Surfer®Headline Surfer® locator map /
Roberto J. Zapata was driving a 2002 Toyota Sequoia, like one shown in the image at left, when he veered off Tuscanooga Road in Lake County and struck a tree, killing him.

GROVELAND, Fla. -- A 36-year-old Bushnell man was killed earlier this afternoon in a single-vehicle crash when his SUV struck a tree in Lake County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Here is a synopsis of what occurred according to a preliminary crash report by Cpl. L. Compton, one of the responding Florida Highway Patrol troopers: Roberto Jaime Zapata, was headed west in his 2002 Toyota Sequoia on Tuscanooga Road, a half-mile west of Painted Horse Lane when the SUV veered onto the south shoulder and struck a tree.

Volusia County Attorney's Office denies online media outlet access to autopsy report on murdered Daytona woman

Headline Surfer® alleges legal dept counsel Michael Gray Moore lied, in writing no less, twice on same day re requested document; county's designated public records mgr, Dave Byron, non-responsive

ME autopsy report on murdered Daytona woman / Headline Surfer®DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Headline Surfer® is planning to seek criminal charges against a deputy county attorney alleging he broke Floria public records law by refusing to turn over an autopsy report on a murdered Daytona Beach woman despite the fact it is a public record in the custody and control of Volusia County government.

The internet newspaper plans to inform the elected members of the Volusia County Council in person today of the actions of deputy county attorney Michael Gray Moore, in which he demonstrated a willful and wanton disregard for state public records law and trampling of the first amendment rights of freedom of the press guaranteed by the US Constitution in his official dealings with this online media outlet. Headline Surfer received the autopsy report in spite of the county's refusal from the State Attorney's Office.