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DAYTONA BEACH — Every night for five years, Madeline Mendez had to push aside toys, books, DVDs and all the other trappings of her living room to clear a space where she could drift off to sleep. Just a few feet away, her three kids would snooze in the two small bedrooms inside her cramped South Daytona apartment. It was spartan living, but it was a step up from the eight months prior to that she was homeless and bouncing from one family member's house to another to avoid living out of her car, on the streets or in a shelter.

New Daytona Beach housing program turns another renter into a homeowner Eileen Zaffiro-Kean, The Daytona Beach News-Journal © Nigel Cook/News-Journal Petra Smiley became the first person to purchase a home through the new Homes Bring Hope program. She and Mendez now live on the same cul-de-sac. Smiley is pictured in April with her children, Miracle and Cairon, at the dedication of their new home in Daytona Beach. DAYTONA BEACH — Every night for five years, Madeline Mendez had to push aside toys, books, DVDs and all the other trappings of her living room to clear a spac...

A $200,000 reward is available for anyone who provides information leading to the arrest of Othal Wallace, a man accused of shooting a Daytona police officer in the head late Wednesday.

The new marble Mary McLeod Bethune statue created in Italy will make a five-month stop in Daytona Beach before heading to the U.S. Capitol building.

5:15 p.m. | Council wraps up meeting Billie Wheeler talked a few upcoming events, then asked to play the video showing bad behavior during Daytona Truck Week that attracted attention at the Daytona Beach City Commission last week. "A lot of these events take over a whole new life through social media and what happens over the bridge is total destruction," she said. "That was appalling to me, to see those things." She said it's got to stop and she's engaging in conversations with several of the beachside city leaders.  Ben Johnson said to follow the playbook that stopped Spring Break and Bla...