Central Florida

Counting 'em Down: For better or for worse, this is the Headline Surfer countdown of the 2021's Top 100 biggest news stories of Central Florida along the tourism-driven stretch of Interstate 4 (Orlando Attractions and east to I-95 & the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona). Each recap segment is posted with its own headline, culminating with the unveiling of No.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, one of the most storied venues in all of sports and entertainment, has added a new event to its long and decorated list for 2022: The Clash at the Coliseum.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Democratic Rep. Val Demings, a former Orlando police chief, police chief, honored officers who defended the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in her remarks from Capitol Hill on the one-year anniversary:

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- There's plenty of sunshine this afternoon at the World's Most Famous Beach with an afternoon high of 73 and overnight temps around 55.

OAK HILL, Fla. -- The City of Oak Hill will break ground on Wednesday, Jan. 19, to convert septic systems in Indian Harbor Estates to a more environmentally friendly central sewage collection system.

PONCE INLET, Fla. -- An elderly woman was shot and killed in her home early on this Wednesday morning, Ponce Inlet police said, adding it id being treated as a homicide and that two suspects who were known to the victim were in custody.

SANFORD, Fla -- Residents were wakened shortly after 1:30 in the morning to an argument between two people and then a gunshot sound on tiny dead-end Muddy Lane leading to the arrest of a 26-year old woman whose older boyfriend lay dead in a pool of his own blood from a gunshot wound to the neck.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Two Winter Park men were arrested before dawn on this Tuesday morning in an early-morning gas station robbery near Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach cops said. 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A Lake Helen man was arrested back in late August on felony charges after wildlife officers investigated an incident two months earlier during which he intentionally struck and mortally wounded an alligator with a lawn cutting tool.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- When taking into account the cost of living, it would take the average American worker 65 years to earn a million dollars over a lifetime, based on an annual salary of $35,000 a year.