DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said he tested positive earlier today for the coronavirus and plans to self-quarantine for the next 14 days.
John Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress in the new millennium, has died. He was 80.
YouTube download / AP video / Dr. Anthony Fauci, The nation's top infectious disease expert, said on Tuesday said that local officials in COVID hotspots should decide when schools reopen. School reopening should be decided locally, he insisted.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- James Harper, a freelance journalist and community activist is not a proponent of the municipality's Citizens Police Review Board established in the wake of nationwide protests in the wake of George Floyd's homicide while in the custody of four Minneapolis cops who were fired and await criminal prosecution in his murder.
DEBARY, Fla. -- With her charisma, can-do attitude and proven track record at the municipal level as a DeBary city councilwoman and vice mayor, Erika Benfield is more than ready to move up to the next level in elected office.
DELTONA, Fla. -- When it comes to primary elections, three's a crowd and only one of three Republicans - Webster Barnaby, Erika Benfield or Zenaida Denizac - can advance to the November runoff to face Democrat Dolores Guzman in the race for the Florida House 27 seat absent an incumbent.
LONGWOOD, Fla. -- Matt Morgan, pro wrestler turned Longwood mayor and now 2020 candidate for higher office, reacted to Seminole County's mask mandate issued Monday, incencensed with the process - that municipal leaders weren't consulted or given the opportunity to discuss the issue beforehand.
SANFORD, Fla. -- The following was written by Friday by Dis 4 Seminole County Commissioner Amy Linville Lockhart on her Facebook page on Friday - five days beore Seminole County mandated that masks be worn in public places inside or outside anywhere within the county limits, with few exceptions (children 2 & under, exercising, eating, etc).
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg is accused of stalking one of his political opponents, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday that led to his arrest and presentment in US District Court.
Headline Surfer photo illustration / Mike Chitwood got by with a little help from six uber-rich friends, who collectively accounted for 78 percent of his $67,078.95 campaign war-chest - plenty to scare off any potential challengers and with qualifying ending on Friday, he secured his second four-year term as sheriff. Chitwood's hefty contributors were billionaire J. Hyatt Brown (shown far right); and the five millionaires were L. Gale Lemerand (top left), William J. Christy (top right), John C. Hamlin (middle), Glenn Ritchey (bottom left) and Gibb L.
