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Photos for Headline Surfer / TOP: The Atlantic High School campus in Port Orange, Florida, where advanced-technology metal detectors were used for the first time on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.

LONGWOOD, Fla. -- If there's one thing that puts Longwood Mayor Matt Morgan head and shoulders above dozens of municipal leaders, besides the fact that he's close to 7 feet tall, is his graciousness.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. --The recent release of never-before-seen imagery from the James Webb Space Telescope — which featured glimpses of colliding galaxies and nebulas up to 13 billion light years away — was a huge deal. The photos were the sharpest ever recorded in human history. And you couldn't miss them: They ran in seemingly every news publication around the world, in all of their full-color glory.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Two Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University flight students were flying near Palatka when they heard an emergency call over the radio that an 81-year-pilot nearby had just experienced engine failure at 800 feet.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Citing steady declines in the past month in COVID-related cases and deaths in the Sunshine State, including here in Central Florida, Orange County Public Schools is loosening its mask-wearing mandates for adults at its Orlando-area campuses starting today.

DELAND, Fla. --  Ann McFall, described as a "champion for Volusia County" died this morning, according to Lisa Lewis, her successor as Supervisor of Elections, in a social media posting.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – About 35 students in Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Honors Program have worked all year long to feed people experiencing hunger and disenfranchisement throughout the local community, through a partnership with Derbyshire Place, a nonprofit near the Daytona Beach campus.

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By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DELAND, Fla. -- In this age of COVID-19, it’s a big and expensive job outfitting a school district the size of Volusia’s – 61,000 students, 7,700 employees and 4,200 classrooms – with personal protective equipment (PPE).

On Tuesday, the school district got a little help from a friend – the Volusia County Council.

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The Volusia County school district has reported six new cases of COVID-19 since Wednesday.

These included five students and one staff member at DeLand High, Heritage Middle, McInnis Elementary, Pine Ridge High and Southwestern Middle. 

That makes 65 cases in all - 36 student cases and 29 staff cases districtwide - since school began Aug. 31. 

No further information has been reeleased.