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Wife, husband planned fatal shooting in hospital for weeks
Read full article: Wife, husband planned fatal shooting in hospital for weeksPolice say Ellen and Jerry Gilland had a murder-suicide plan in the works for weeks: If his unnamed illness took a turn for the worse, the 76-year-old woman would fatally shoot her terminally ill, 77-year-old husband and then take her own life.
Affidavit: Oklahoma man said he killed 4 men, 'cut them up'
Read full article: Affidavit: Oklahoma man said he killed 4 men, 'cut them up'Prosecutors say a man described as a “person of interest” in the killing and dismemberment of four men in eastern Oklahoma admitted to a woman that he killed the men and “cut them up.”.
Hurricane Nicole forms; Florida awaits rare November storm
Read full article: Hurricane Nicole forms; Florida awaits rare November stormA Florida-bound storm has strengthened into Hurricane Nicole after pounding the Bahamas and state officials ordered evacuations that included former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club.
'Homing pigeons that can't find their home' block I-95 exit
Read full article: 'Homing pigeons that can't find their home' block I-95 exitAn exit off Interstate 95 in Florida had to be closed for three hours after 100 homing pigeons fell off a truck and refused to move, posing a driving hazard to motorists.
Daytona Beach police chief wants to change culture of policing
Read full article: Daytona Beach police chief wants to change culture of policingAs Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young leads the investigation and the manhunt for Othal Wallace, who is accused of shooting one of his officers, it's clear--it's personal.
Dishing out good: DeLand restaurant serves free meal to anyone who needs it
Read full article: Dishing out good: DeLand restaurant serves free meal to anyone who needs itDeLAND, Fla. – Employees at a DeLand restaurant are not only providing a delicious meal, they’re providing it for free. Byte a Modern Bistro partnered with a new nonprofit organization called DeLand Dishes Back and serves the free meal to anyone who needs it. “If you come in and say you want the free meal, we’re not going to ask why,” said restaurant owner Wes Harrolle. Forget about anything that’s going on in their lives maybe for an hour.”Harrolle said the idea started in May out of the blue. DeLand Dishes Back gives out free meals on the last Monday of every month.
Woman passed out on side of highway from heroin overdose
Read full article: Woman passed out on side of highway from heroin overdoseCNN(CNN) - A 12-year-old girl called police after her mother passed out from a heroin overdose on the side of the highway in Volusia County, Florida, on Thursday night. When deputies arrived, they found Smith unconscious with her 12-year-old daughter, a 7-year-old boy, a 1-year-old boy and two dogs in the minivan. "I honestly took heroin because my back was hurting," Smith, 28, told the officials. "It's not, but I had no pain pill and my back was hurting and I'm making a five-hour trip," she responded. She was charged with neglect but was not immediately booked into Volusia County Branch Jail pending her treatment at the hospital, police said.
Teacher fights to get job back after being caught mowing yard naked
Read full article: Teacher fights to get job back after being caught mowing yard nakedPORT ORANGE, Floria - A Volusia County teacher who was caught on camera mowing his lawn while nude is fighting to get his job back, WESH reported. Albert said that when longtime teacher Brian Wheeler mowed the yard naked at his Port Orange home in 2017, he made a very poor decision. This is a man who has over two decades of history teaching children in our community and successfully teaching them, Albert said. Wheeler was working at Cypress Elementary in Port Orange when he was removed. According to Albert and the paperwork she showed us, Wheeler will be fined but will retain his teaching credential.
Sharks bite 3 people in 24 hours at same Florida beach
Read full article: Sharks bite 3 people in 24 hours at same Florida beachOn Saturday, 20-year-old surfer Emily Comfort was bitten on her left hand and wrist, according to Volusia County Beach Safety. Less than 24 hours after the first two bites, 51-year-old Peter Bourbeau was standing in knee-deep water when his right foot was bitten by what he described as a 4-foot-shark, Volusia County Beach Safety said. According to the International Shark Attack File, Volusia County has recorded 303 shark attacks -- the most in the United States -- since 1882. The second closest is Brevard County, Florida, with 147. Of the 1,441 confirmed unprovoked shark attacks in the United States since 1837, Florida dominates the list, with 828 recorded attacks.
Helicopter spots sharks feet away from swimmers at Daytona Beach
Read full article: Helicopter spots sharks feet away from swimmers at Daytona Beach(CNN) - Some beachgoers frolicking in the Florida surf were shocked to find out that sharks were swimming just a few feet away. Fran Kumpf told CNN affiliate WESH that she saw a shark that appeared to be about 5 feet long on Monday at Daytona Beach. "These particular ones, they would never seek out people, but they might accidentally bite a person if they thought it was a bait fish," Naylor said. Tammy Malphurs told CNN. Volusia County, which includes Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach, leads the US in shark bites.