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Headline Surfer's Central Florida Election Day Voter Guide; News & Notes Updates

By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It's Election Day here in Central Florida and throughout the nation. Here is a summary of the Headline Surfer endorsements, news & notes, community columns, and standalone pics & videos. Please click on hyperlinked headlines to see more of individual items. 

BREAKING NEWS Sanford cops: 28-year-old man shot to death at a bar on Goldsboro

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SANFORD, Fla. -- A 28-year-old man was shot to death at a bar on Goldsboro Boulevard within walking distance of the municipal police department early on this Saturday, Sanford cops said, adding the gunman remains at large.

Neighborhood Scout: Daytona Beach has ranked among the Top 100 Most Dangerous Cities in the US six years in a row & as high as 20th in 2016

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- East Central Florida's three tourism destination cities do not fare well in the 2018 rankings of US cities with a population of at least 25,000 residents. Sanford actually comes out ahead of Orlando and Daytona Beach with a rating of 4, with 100 being the highest safety rating. Orlando has a rating of 3. Daytona has the distinction of being ranked a 1, the lowest possible ranking from Neighborhood Scout.

Florida Highway Patrol: Heathrow woman, 21, killed instantly after slamming her Chevy Malibu head-on into the back of a dump truck on I-4 in Orlando

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- A 21-year-old Heathrow woman was killed Tuesday night when she slammed into the back of a large dump truck on Interstate 4, the Florida Highway Patrol said. 

Sheriff Dennis Lemma: Seminole County a safe place to live, but 'there's always the exception to the rule'

Headline Surfer photo and video by Henry Frederick / Seminole Country Sheriff Dennis Lemma is shown in an interview in his office regarding his approach to keeping this Central Florida County a safe place despite the proliferation of guns and the opioid crisis, the latter of which has reached crisis proportions in overdose deaths in neighboring Orange County (Orlando) to the west and and Volusia County (Daytona Beach) to the east along the I-4 corridor.
 
By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer

BREAKING NEWS: Sanford cops: Alleged gunman sought in Seminole Towne Center Mall parking lot shooting apprehended

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SANFORD, Fla. -- Sanford cops apprehended Lewis Thomas Boone tonight for the shooting of another young man that occurred on Tuesday in the parking lot of the Seminole Towne Center Mall.