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Kaboom! Consider the noise your terrified dogs and cats will feel from fireworks this Fourth of July weekend

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SANFORD, Fla. -- If you think a thunderstorm is scary, consider the impact on your pets, especially dogs, when lighting fireworks during this Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma recognizes deputy who brought her horse to a cancer-stricken elderly woman's bedside for loving affection before she died

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SANFORD, Fla. -- There were few dry eyes in the room when Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma presented Deputy Molly Smith with the Community Service Award during the law enforcement agency's annual awards ceremony over the weekend.

Sanford Cops: 8-year-old boy dies from gunshot wounds inflicted allegedly by boyfriend of mother, also killed; kid brother, grandfather remain critical

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SANFORD, Fla. -- Sanford Police were notified just before 8 a.m today that Brandon D. Christian, 8 years old, died at Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando, due to multiple gunshot injuries suffered in Monday's mass shooting that also resulted in the death of his mother, allegedly by her boyfriend, who, armed with an AK-47 assault rifle, turned the home into a veritable bloodbath.

Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma standing tall with diverse recruitment class of deputies to build agency's future with Henry Frederick Sat, 01/28/2017 - 22:25
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Photos and video for Headline Surfer / Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma, who took office on Jan. 1 is shown in the image above with 34 new recruits. In the video, Lemma administers the oath of office to his sworn personnel with his voice dubbed over a series of rotaring still images for a cool visual effect that really hits home with the mission of the agency, which is to serve and protect.
 
By HENRY FREDERICK
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2016 ReWIND: Top 100 Stories for greater Daytona, Sanford & Orlando (16-20)

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Headline Surfer is counting down the Top 100 stories of 2016 in the greater Daytona Beach, Sanford and Orlando metro area otherwise known as the I-4 corridor of Central Florida through Volusia, Seminole and Orange counties. 

Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma thanks his mentor & predecessor Don Eslinger who swears him in at SCSO headquarters in Sanford

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SANFORD, Fla. -- In a private ceremony on Monday with public offices closed for the New Year's holiday, longtime Sheriff Don Eslinger carried out his last official duty: He swore in his protege and Chief Deputy Dennis Lemma into office Monday morning.

HOLIDAY DEATHS A MYSTERY: Scant few details as to why an Ormond Beach couple died outside their SUV on side of I-4 in DeLand with 3 small sons unharmed inside

Create: Mon, 01/02/2017 - 19:50
Author: Henry
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DELAND, Fla. -- There are far more questions than answers to why an Ormond Beach husband and wife died shortly after they were found unconscious outside their maroon SUV on the side of I-4 eastbound with the flashers on, which drew the attention of a Florida trooper on New Year's Eve. A full 48 hours later there's absolutely nothing new as to how or why they died.

DeLand man, 87, who suffered facial fractures in home invasion earlier this month, has died
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Henry Frederick Fri, 12/23/2016 - 23:02

DELAND, Fla. -- An 87-year-old man injured earlier this month during a home invasion of his home near DeLand by a lone burglar that left him clinging to life with multiple fractures to his face and head died today, a spokesman for Sheriff Ben Johnson said.

Live Stream: Hillary Clinton addressing overflow partisan crowd at Sanford (FL) Civic Center

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SANFORD, Fla. -- Hillary Clinton is speaking to a large overflow partisan crowd inside the Sanford Civic Center here in downtown Sanford saying she would defeat ISIS, mentioning the Pulse massacre in nearby Orlando and that she was a US Senator during the 9/11 that toppled the World Trade Center towers.

Then she quickly turned to gun violence, norting Trayvon Martin was gunned down in Sanford. It is Sanford where the Black Lives Matter movement was borne as a result, but she avoided any mention of it.