- Daytona State College just misses gold with state ranking 16 Jul 2018 21:48 Daytona Beach News Journal After ranking dead last in the state just four years ago, Daytona State College scored nearly perfect in three of four categories in the state’s performance-based funding rankings, falling less than a point from achieving the top-ranked gold tier. The …
- Flagler Humane Society thrift store on the move 16 Jul 2018 21:48 Daytona Beach News Journal Soft opening set for July 17 Moving can be stressful but for Beth Thomas, manager of the Flagler Humane Society Thrift Store, scoring new digs has been a blessing. Set for a soft opening Tuesday, Thomas and roughly 30 volunteers have spent the past three …
- Florida takes aim at contractor amid Sunpass problems 16 Jul 2018 21:48 Daytona Beach News Journal TALLAHASSEE — Florida is halting payments to a company upgrading the SunPass toll-collection system until all the changes in the $287 million project are deemed “fully operational.” The Florida Department of Transportation announced Monday it is …
- Deltona man grazed by bullet in shooting 16 Jul 2018 21:48 Daytona Beach News Journal Patricio G. Balona @PBalonaNJ Monday Jul 16, 2018 at 7:01 AM Jul 16, 2018 at 11:33 AM Volusia deputies said a fight during a drug deal in Deltona on Sunday led to gunshots with a bullet grazing a man on the cheek. The investigation into the 7:50 p.m. …
- More testing of Flagler sheriff's Ops Center likely 16 Jul 2018 21:48 Daytona Beach News Journal Sheriff, employees unhappy with consultant's claim that operations center is safe for occupancy A deepening divide between county officials and Flagler County Sheriff’s Office employees was on full display during a Monday morning workshop as …
- Details emerge of Volusia juvenile center riot: 'We got all 3 officers trapped in there' 16 Jul 2018 21:47 Daytona Beach News Journal Detention officers at a Daytona Beach juvenile jail lost control of part of the facility Sunday when two inmates tried to escape, sparking a riot that trapped and injured them, authorities said. A Volusia County Sheriff's Office report and 9-1-1 call …
- Boater captures video of huge whale shark off Florida 'feeding on the surface like a giant vacuum cleaner' 16 Jul 2018 21:43 Orlando Sentinel Boaters never know what whale-size encounters they might find off South Florida shores. On Sunday morning, Lisa Bacon Interlandi was boating off Palm Beach when she spotted a whale shark gliding by her personal boat. “So this happened today,” she wrote on …
- Florida lawmakers blast Trump for not calling out Putin 16 Jul 2018 21:38 Naked Politics | Miami Herald via @learyreports Florida lawmakers on Monday blasted President Trump over taking Vladimir Putin's word that Russia did not interfere in the 2016 election, a conclusion that stands in dramatic contrast to widely held views among the intelligence …
- In their words: Congressional candidates give their thoughts on offshore oil drilling, immigration 16 Jul 2018 21:21 Bradenton Herald Incumbent U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, is seeking his seventh two-year term to represent Florida’s 16th Congressional District since he was first elected to Congress in 2006. Two Democratic lawyers from Sarasota — Jan Schneider and David …
- Florida wrong to ban on-campus early voting, League of Women Voters tells judge 16 Jul 2018 21:21 Orlando Sentinel TALLAHASSEE — Florida elections officials were wrong to block on-campus early voting sites in Gainesville and Tallahassee, lawyers for the League of Women Voters of Florida told a federal judge Monday. But attorneys representing the state argued there was …
