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Man Found Shot To Death In Daytona Beach Hotel Room
Daytona Beach, FL – Investigators are on the case after a man was found shot to death in a Daytona Beach hotel room. Officers were dispatched to the Sunshine Inn on 1234 S. Ridgewood Avenue at 5:48am Sunday after a witness called 911 saying he heard a gunshot. When they arrived, the police officers found [...]
Suspect Wanted In Armed Robbery Of Port Orange Kohl’s
Port Orange, FL – Authorities are trying to hunt down a pair of men they believe held a store manager at gunpoint during a robbery attempt on Saturday night. The Port Orange Police Department was called out to the Kohl’s Department Store at 1682 Taylor Road around 7:45pm on May 18. Upon arrival, the store [...]
One Ticket Sold In Zephyrhills Claims Huge Powerball Prize
Daytona Beach, FL – The Florida Lottery says one ticket sold for Saturday night’s Powerball game drawing has won the top prize. The ticket was sold at a Publix store in Zephyrhills. The winning Powerball numbers drawn late Saturday were 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 with Powerball number 11. The prize totals more than $590 [...]
Roller Coaster Ride Coming To Daytona Beach Boardwalk
Daytona Beach, FL – By the time the summer comes to an end, the World’s Most Famous Beach may have its first roller coaster. Daytona Fun Parks – the company that owns the Ferris wheel ride on the Boardwalk area next to the Daytona Beach Pier – is spending over $1,000,000 to add that ride [...]
Funeral Takes Place For Man Run Over By DeLand Policeman
DeLand, FL – The 38-year-old man hit and killed by a DeLand police officer during an attempted traffic stop was laid to rest today. Marlon Brown’s funeral service was held Saturday at Mount Calvary Free Will Baptist Church, located at 710 Cincinnati Street in DeLand. Afterwards, Brown’s body was interred at the DeLand Community Cemetery. [...]
Deltona Man Dies After SUV Rolls Over Him In Bunnell
Bunnell, FL – A 50-year-old Deltona man is dead after the vehicle he was riding in ended up on top of him in a watery ditch. The Florida Highway Patrol says Joseph T. Drenner of Agatha Drive died at the scene soon after the accident occurred around 1 o’clock Saturday morning on US 1 in [...]
NSBPD: “Difficult” To Determine Where Missing Cash Evidence Went
New Smyrna Beach, FL – New Smyrna Beach’s acting police head says it’s going to be “difficult” to figure out who took cash from evidence bags at the city’s Police Department or how they managed to do it. In a statement released to the media earlier today, interim Police Chief Mike Brouillette admitted that they [...]
DBPD: We’ve Recovered Over 70 Stolen Urns & Grave Markers
Daytona Beach, FL – Authorities say they’ve managed to recover over 70 bronze urns and grave markers taken by a Daytona Beach cemetery worker. The Daytona Beach Police Department made that announcement on Friday after digging deep into the case against Robert Dennis Jones (picture courtesy Volusia County Jail) of Edgewater. Jones was arrested May [...]
Powerball Jackpot Grows To Record $600 Million
Daytona Beach, FL – A record jackpot is there for the taking in this weekend’s Powerball drawing. $600 million dollars are on the table for anyone 18 or older who decides to buy a ticket in one of Powerball’s 45 lottery jurisdictions in the United States. Florida boasts the largest numbers of Powerball winners since [...]
Daytona Beach Police Holding Gun Buy Back Event
Daytona Beach, FL – Organizers of a event this weekend in Daytona Beach hope to not only raise awareness against gang violence, but take some of their potential tools off the streets. The “March Against The Madness” is scheduled to begin 9 o’clock Saturday morning from Derbyshire Park, located at 849 Derbyshire Road. As part [...]
Unemployment Numbers Keep Going Down In Volusia, Flagler
Daytona Beach, FL – The economic news keeps getting better locally and state-wide, at least when it comes to the jobs market. According to the latest numbers from the Daytona Beach-based Center for Business Excellence, Volusia County’s unemployment rate stands at 6.8 percent as of last month, continuing a recent trend of declining unemployment rates. [...]
Wreck In Holly Hill Sends 3 People To Hospital
Holly Hill, FL – 3 people are getting treatment at a nearby hospital after they were freed from a pair of silver cars following an accident. Scanner traffic indicates the call for help came around noon Friday at 3rd Street and North Nova Road in Holly Hill. Rescue workers report to dispatchers that 2 silver [...]
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