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A Florida woman faces a charge of driving under the influence after deputies in Volusia County said she drove onto a crowded beach. The incident happened Saturday at Smyrna Dunes Park in New Smyrna Beach where families were enjoying the Memorial Day weekend. Witnesses reported that the reckless driver plowed into the water after speeding down the beach at 50 mph in close proximity to several families and their dogs, according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office. Officials said the driver, identified as Sarah Ramsammy, 26, of Orlando, almost hit a child.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – A Florida man is behind bars after he attempted to steal an airplane at the New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport so he could fly to California to meet his girlfriend while carrying nearly 500 grams of marijuana, according to the New Smyrna Beach Police Department. On Saturday, officers were alerted that a stolen vehicle had been found at the airport, and while in the process of locating that vehicle, officers were flagged down by a man who said it was his vehicle that was stolen. The victim told officers that a man unknown to him...

Although the Florida primary is more than six months away, we believe it is important to get behind the candidate we feel is best suited to be the next president of the United States: Mitt Romney. We feel his vision and leadership are vital to providing for our national interests as well as economic stability and growth in a shrinking world market. Romney is not the frontrunner in the Republican Party, but he is the clear candidate of choice in looking at former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's liberal politics and Sen. John McCain's old-school Washington insider status. On the Democratic side,...

MIAMI — About 800 people in New Smyrna Beach were ordered to evacuate their homes Sunday as a wildfire consumed about 700 acres and leapt across Interstate 95, authorities said. About 60 firefighters were trying to contain the blaze that destroyed at least one home, Volusia County officials said. No injuries were reported. Florida Highway Patrol shut down a 7-mile stretch of I-95 in the county because of smoke from fires that began Friday, burning more than 1,000 acres. Meanwhile, authorities announced that a 20-mile section of I-95 in Brevard County will be closed during early morning hours this week...