New Smyrna Beach

Headline Surfer photo / Volusia County Councilwoman Barara Girtman is all supportive on the dais of the Frank J. Bruno, Jr. County Council Chambers in DeLand, Florida on Tuesday, July 29, 2022.

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DELAND, Fla. -- Volusia County has always been synonymous with a need for speed.

The Volusia County Council approved a new kind of speed on Tuesday for some residents in the form of broadband infrastructure.

DAYTONA BEACH Shores, Fla. -- A 40-year-old Ohio woman in waist-deep water was bitten by a shark on Saturday and subsequently transported to Halifax Health Hospital where she was treated for a laceration of her lower left leg and released.

AYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A new editor has been named to manage the daily news operations of the Daytona Beach News-Journal and the St. Augustine Record, both under the ownership of Gannett/USA Today.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Mo Bamba agreed to a new contract with the Orlando Magic that will pay him $21 million over the next two seasons, but long-suffering fan Bob Morrison doesn't see the team going deep into NBA playoffs, if at all next season, even with Duke forward Paolo Banchero selected first overall in the recent draft

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The extended Fourth of July weekend was supposed to be huge with upwards of 250,000 visitors predicted, according to some estimates. Those huge crowd figures never materialized.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Volusia County Beach responded to a report of a surfer bitten by a shark on Sunday morning in New Smyrna and dealt with 38 rescues from the rough surf.

EDGEWATER, Fla. -- Dense fog and thick black smoke from a controlled burn were major causes of a horrific series of crashes overnight Thursday on both sides of I-95 between Edgewater and New Smyrna Beach resulting in three fatalities and numerous injuries, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla.-- A 54 year old Winter Springs man was releasing a fish he had caught while surf fishing down in Canaveral National Seashore when he was bitten on his right hand by a 4-5 foot shark, a Volusia County beach safety official said.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- A 23-year-old Orlando man was standing in chest-deep water in New Smyrna when he was bitten on the foot by a shark, a beach safety official said.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Cops are investigating a missing person's report involving a 49-year-old local man last seen on Sunday night.