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A 76-year-old man from Kentucky died Thursday after being pulled from the ocean near Daytona Beach Shores and a Lakeland man was hospitalized in critical condition after getting caught in a rip current off Daytona Beach. The man from Kentucky was identified as Robert Sarver, from Lawrenceburg who was in...

Someone reported finding a small black bag on the beach near Seminole Avenue.

Police are investigating after a pickup truck crashed through a New Smyrna Beach restaurant just after midnight Friday morning.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Daytona Beach Police Department have named Devonte Smokes as a person of interest in connection to an active homicide investigation. Smokes has been connected to the Wednesday drive-by shooting that occurred around Bellevue Ave and S Nova Rd and left one victim dead. Smokes was...

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. (CNN) – Police in Florida said they’re looking for a suspect who stole an SUV with a sleeping toddler inside. Surveillance video from Thursday shows the suspect dropping the 2-year-old child off on the side of the road in an alleyway a short time later.

A Port Orange man died in a motorcycle crash Wednesday afternoon, police said. Police were called to the scene near the railroad tracks on Nova Road at 5:29 p.m. where a motorcycle had crashed. Port Orange police said the rider was identified as Frankie Charles Kinavey-Yanik, 34. Motorcyclist killed in...

PORT ORANGE, Fla. – A 34-year-old man was killed Wednesday in a motorcycle crash in Port Orange, police said. The fatal wreck happened around 5:25 p.m. at the intersection of Nova Road and FEC. The motorcyclist, identified by Port Orange police as Frankie Charles Kinavey-Yanik, was pronounced dead at...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - An Orlando man's quick thinking may have saved the lives of two young swimmers in Daytona Beach earlier this week. "It's wrong time, wrong place, but it's also the right place at the right time for me because I'm able to help out in that situation," Henry, who did not want to use his last name, said Friday.

Volusia County Beach Safety said three people were taken to the hospital on Friday after being rescued from the ocean.

Daytona Beach police said one person died Wednesday afternoon in a drive-by shooting.

Volusia deputies are investigating a local woman’s claim that she was conned out of a winning lottery ticket by the convenience store clerk she asked to cash it.

Atlantic High School seniors flipped their tassels Wednesday night, signaling the transition from students to graduates, during the Class of 2023 commencement exercise at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach. Family and friends applauded loudly from the stands as 294 students received their diplomas. Education news:A half cent of your...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Volusia County Beach Safety has rescued more than 500 swimmers from the ocean in Volusia County in the last two weeks, and conditions going into the weekend will be the same. It has been one rescue after another. In one case, three people from Lakeland...

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – He may be 94 years old, but Korean War veteran Johnnie Kelly’s memory is sharper than most people half his age. He can easily tell you his service serial number and the day he received it – Sept. 12, 1952. “I spent one...

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. – Seven months after hurricanes Ian and Nicole battered Volusia County, a handful of residents are a step closer to preventing their homes from flooding when the next storm hits. Bruce and Lisa Chiarizzi’s home in Ormond Beach has flooded at least three times over the...

UPDATE 3:37 pm: Original reports stated that the shooting victim was injured in the shooting. The Daytona Beach Police Department has now confirmed that the victim has succumbed to their wounds, and the shooting is being investigated as a homicide. The DBPD is advising the community be on the lookout...

HOLLY HILL, Fla. — The good Samaritan who saw something and did something to help a child has been a bit down on his luck lately. Darrel Everman was a special guest at a community watch meeting Thursday night. The police chief calls him a hero and says the...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - A historic business in Daytona Beach is coming up on a storied anniversary celebration. The Daytona Beach Racing & Card Club will hold events honoring their 75th anniversary this coming weekend. The club first opened its doors on June 2nd, 1948, at the time known as...

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A man suspected of burglarizing a Deltona home and threatening a neighbor with a knife was arrested Thursday after attempting to flee through the woods, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. Christopher Sosa, 33, is accused of breaking a window and cutting a...

Starting Aug. 1, Volusia County Schools students will face stiffer penalties for on-campus drug and alcohol possession, vape use and possession, consensual sex and malicious threats. The Volusia County School Board approved the student code of conduct changes during a board meeting on May 23. The new student services resource...