Volusia News Now

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- John Wrightington's proudest day was seeing First Lady Michelle Obama stumping for her man.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Here is the latest update from the IMSA Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway as summarized by Nick DeGroot, news manager of Motorsport.com:  The No. 5 Action Express Cadillac has returned to the front with a vengeance, once again the race leader after falling off the lead lap during the mid-portion of the race.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Within the next 72 hours, Headline Surfer will begin presenting an in-depth look at Michael Chitwood's first month as the elected top cop of Volusia County's largest law enforcement agency and why things are not as they appear inside the VCSO despite a steady dose of PR.

WASHINGTON DC -- What an eventful few days in D.C. for this Florida gal and a chance to unwind from a tough, but rewarding campaign of my own in the 2016 election cycle where I won re-election as Republican state committeewoman for Volusia County for a third consecutive four-year term.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Who could forget Michael Waltrip's first win in NASCAR cup compeitition, in the 2001 Daytona 500, of all races.

DELAND, Fla. -- Lisa Lewis ends the month of January with training as she was among a dozen new supervisors of elections statewide to take part in a symposium and orientation in Orlando.

DELAND, Fla. -- She had been mercilessly attacked by one of her opponents throughout the 2015 election cycle by one of her opponents, but Lisa Lewis never reacted to the mud slinging and she won the post outright in the Aug. 30 primary.

PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- A 68-year-old man is in police custody at this hour after cops responded to his Shahab Lane home where they found his grown stepson dead from an apparent gunshot wound,Port Orange cops said.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A tornado watch is in effect for the I-4 corridor -- from Daytona to Sanford and Orlando, according  to the National Weather Center in Melbourne.