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Oak Hill politician Jeff Bracy's record includes 1 arrest, 1 minor misdemeanor conviction

OAK Hill, Fla -- Jeff Bracy is well known to law enforcement and the courts with one arrest for a physical fight with another politician, one complaint filed by the state for his damage to his son-in-law's truck and camper, but the Oak Hill politician has only one minor misdemeanor conviction.

Central Florida Politician of 2018: Retired Sheriff Ben Johnson romps in primary for at-large Volusia County County Council seat

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By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DELAND, Fla. -- Retired Sheriff Ben Johnson won a second elective office in decisive fashion over two other candidates in the August primary for the at-large seat on the Volusia County Council.

 

Jamie Hill Haynes and Ruben Colon take the oath & then their seats on Volusia County School Board

DELAND, Fla. -- Jamie Hill Haynes and Ruben Colon took the oath of office and then their seats Tuesday on the Volusia County School Board largely in front of family and friends.

Edgewater cop shop brass: Joe Mahoney replaces Dave Arcieri

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Photo for Headline Surfer / Above, Joe Mahoney, left, and Dave Arcieri are shown together just before the Oct. 26 termination of Edgewater City Manager Tracey Barlow, and then Arcieri, the public safety director, who was forced out earlier this month in a political purge led by Council members Gary Conroy, Megan O'Keefe and Amy Vogt. Voting the other way were Mayor Mike Ignasiask and Christine Power.
 
By HENRY FREDERICK
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Night & Day: Sheriff Mike Chitwood's sorry-ass minstrel act fading while Jason Umberger, DeLand PD's top cop new beacon of strength & respect

DELAND, FLA. -- 685 days have passed since Sheriff Mike Chitwood, the Scumbag Eradicator, was sworn into office. His first deliberate action: Ban  Central Florida's most prolific reporter from his press conferences, cut off the email media alerts, deny the press cards -- do everything he can to minimize the threat that he knows can upstage his mediocrity and overt cartoonish mannerisms.

BREAKING NEWS: Rear-end type crash involving semi with multiple trauma alerts shuts down stretch of SR 44 in New Smyrna Beach

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla -- State Road 44 near Kirkland Drive was shut down to traffic in both directions for more than two hours due to an apparent SUV crashing into the back of a semi resulting in four trauma patients being airlifted to Halifax Hospital as trauma alerts, officials with the New Smyrna Beach Fire Department said.

Weather: No rain in sight for greater Daytona Beach through Thanksgiving

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The first opportunity for rain, and even then, it's slight, is a 20 percent chance of precipitation on Thanksgiving evening for greater Daytona Beach, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.

NASCAR'S championship comes down to Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr and Joey Logano at Homestead-Miami Speedway

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr. and Joey Logano race for all the marbles Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Edgewater citizens who packed council meeting not told David Arcieri, city's director of public safety, was placed on paid admin. leave earlier that day

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EDGEWATER, Fla. -- With some of the 300-plus Edgewater citizens having to mill around outside the city hall chambers because every seat had been filled, were not told that David Arcieri, the municipality's director of public safety, was placed on paid administrative leave earlier that day.