Daytona Beach

Volusia's Ugly Streak: 200 Days & Counting with Sheriff Mike Chitwood's spiteful blockade of Headline Surfer & county leaders all silent

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Ed Kelley, Billie Egger Wheeler, Heather Post, Deb Denys, Joyce Cusack, Pat Patterson & Fred Lowry all have 2 things in common: 1. They are elected members of the Volusia County Council; 2. They have said nothing -- not one word publicly -- about Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood's spiteful exclusion of HeadlineSurfer.com from his law enforcement agency's email media alerts and banning from press conferences.

Ted Doran & other Daytona-area attorneys remember retired Circuit Judge Kim C. Hammond who died Sunday

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Ted Doran, one of Central Florida's top lawyers, said there was "no finer man in the world," than Kim C. Hammond, a retired circuit judge who passed away Sunday at age 72. 

Retired Judge Hubert Grimes new acting president of financially-troubled Bethune-Cookman University

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Retired Circuit Judge Hubert Grimes has been named the acting president of historically-African-American Bethune-Cookman Universiy, whose president has resigned amid controversy over millions in finances.

BREAKING NEWS: Ghyabi + Associates of Ormond Beach merges with Chicago-based engineering giant Benesch

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ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- Maryam Ghyabi may be a big fish in a small pond in Central Florida with her Ormond Beach-based transportation planning and engineering firm, where she clearly has been the standard bearer over the years on major projects, but her company has merged with one of the country's engineering giants headquartered in Chicago -- Alfred Benesch & Company.

Colleagues 'shocked and saddened' by Fourth of July cancer-related death of Daytona-based Circuit Judge Kellie J. Miles at age 51

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The 7th judicial circuit community is "shocked and saddened" by the Fourth of July cancer-stricken death of Circuit Judge Kellie J. Miles, who was 51 years old. 

Volusia County: Votran bus service interruptions during Shriners Convention in Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The Shriners International 2017 Imperial Session at the Ocean Center will bring heavy traffic to Volusia County, and Votran bus riders should expect numerous delays, interruptions and route deviations, Volusia County officials said.