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Weather for greater Daytona Beach: Mostly sunny during the week ahead

Create: Sun, 01/08/2023 - 18:23
Author: Sera King
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It looks like seasonably warm temps and mostly sunny skies to start the week with no rain sight until overnight Thursday for the Atlantic coast from Ormond Beach down to New Smyrna Beach, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.

Volusia County Beach Safety: South Carolina man caught in rip current drowns in New Smyrna surf

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- A 54-year-old South Carolina man drove over here with a co-worker from a job site in Orlando for an early Friday afternoon lunch and a refreshing dip in the ocean.

National Weather Service forecast for Orlando-Daytona-New Smyrna Beach: Mostly sunny skies over the next week

Create: Sat, 10/29/2022 - 11:23
Author: Sera King
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- There's a slight chance of showers today, but otherwise the forecast throughout Central Florida calls for mostly sunny skies through Friday, at least, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.

Hurricane Warning remains in effect for East Central Florida Henry Frederick Wed, 09/28/2022 - 13:06
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ORLANDO, Fl. -- A Hurricane Warning remains in effect for East Central Florida, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.

Orlando Sentinel: Reporter 'heavily counseled' for posting disparaging Facebook comment against award-winning journalist in antagonistic string initiated by Richard Feller, insider to County Chair Jeff Brower

Create: Wed, 08/31/2022 - 21:12
Author: Sera King
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Dustin Wyatt, a relatively new reporter for the Orlando Sentinel posted a derogatory comment on a Facebook string over the weekend against award-winning journalist and Headline Surfer Publisher Henry Frederick and then deleted it when he was confronted.

Retired DBNJ Editor Pat Rice takes to Facebook seeking answers from County Chair Jeff Brower on shady political dealings in advance of Tuesday's primary

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Pat Rice, the former editor of the Daytona Beach News-Journal, took Volusa County Chair Jeff Brower to task in a lengthy Facebook group write-up for a series of political moves widely seen as shady to benefit his own slate of candidates in the 2022 election cycle with Tuesday's primary looming. 

High speed internet coming to areas in need in Daytona, Deltona, Astor, DeLand, DeLeon Springs, Pierson, Seville, Edgewater, New Smyrna, Oak Hill, Osteen & Port Orange                                                                         Henry Wed, 07/20/2022 - 07:39
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Headline Surfer photo / Volusia County Councilwoman Barara Girtman is all supportive on the dais of the Frank J. Bruno, Jr. County Council Chambers in DeLand, Florida on Tuesday, July 29, 2022.

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DELAND, Fla. -- Volusia County has always been synonymous with a need for speed.

The Volusia County Council approved a new kind of speed on Tuesday for some residents in the form of broadband infrastructure.

Volusia County Beach Safety: Ohio woman in waist-deep water bitten on foot by shark in Daytona Beach Shores Henry Frederick Mon, 07/18/2022 - 07:08
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DAYTONA BEACH Shores, Fla. -- A 40-year-old Ohio woman in waist-deep water was bitten by a shark on Saturday and subsequently transported to Halifax Health Hospital where she was treated for a laceration of her lower left leg and released.