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DELAND, Fla. -- Following politics in the 21st Century can be overwhelming at times.
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NASCAR promotes Brent Dewar of Winter Park to president of the Daytona-based racing entity
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR has announced that Brent Dewar is being elevated to the position of President of NASCAR effective immediately.
Retired Judge Hubert Grimes new acting president of financially-troubled Bethune-Cookman University
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Retired Circuit Judge Hubert Grimes has been named the acting president of historically-African-American Bethune-Cookman Universiy, whose president has resigned amid controversy over millions in finances.
Sinkhole in Tampa swallows two homes & a boat
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YouTube download / AP video / A sinkhole that started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow in Florida swallowed a boat, destroyed two homes and prompted officials to evacuate residents from nine other homes on Friday. (July 14)
TAMPA, Fla. -- A sinkhole that officials said earlier on this Friday started out the size of a small swimming pool soon mushroomed, swallowing one home and a boat and then about 80 percent of another home, said Kevin Guthrie, Pasco County's assistant county administrator for public safety.
By mid-afternoon, the hole stretched up to 250 feet (76 meters) wide and 50 feet (15 meters) deep, and threatened to damage a third home, Guthrie said.
BREAKING NEWS: Ghyabi + Associates of Ormond Beach merges with Chicago-based engineering giant Benesch
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ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- Maryam Ghyabi may be a big fish in a small pond in Central Florida with her Ormond Beach-based transportation planning and engineering firm, where she clearly has been the standard bearer over the years on major projects, but her company has merged with one of the country's engineering giants headquartered in Chicago -- Alfred Benesch & Company.
New Smyrna Beach library hosts storm programs
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Learn how to weather the storm during two free programs on Saturday, July 8, at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, 1001 S. Dixie Freeway.
Colleagues 'shocked and saddened' by Fourth of July cancer-related death of Daytona-based Circuit Judge Kellie J. Miles at age 51
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The 7th judicial circuit community is "shocked and saddened" by the Fourth of July cancer-stricken death of Circuit Judge Kellie J. Miles, who was 51 years old.
Author to speak at Daytona Beach library tonight
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Author Mitchell S. Jackson will read from his debut novel, “The Residue Years,” at 7 p.m. tonight at the Daytona Beach Regional Library, 105 E. Magnolia Ave.
Volusia County: Votran bus service interruptions during Shriners Convention in Daytona
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The Shriners International 2017 Imperial Session at the Ocean Center will bring heavy traffic to Volusia County, and Votran bus riders should expect numerous delays, interruptions and route deviations, Volusia County officials said.
Seminole County Sheriff's Office: Man arrested on armed carjacking charges after allegedly pulling large kitchen knife on car salesman during test drive in Sanford
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SANFORD, Fla. -- Seminole County Sheriff’s investigators arrested Allen Pendergrass for his involvement in an armed carjacking incident in which a large kitchen knife was used to steal a car during a test drive, but he didn't get vey far. When law enforcement caught up with him he got a ride to jail.
