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COUNTY JAIL DOCKET (The following people were booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail on felony charges yet to be proven in court.): Cory L. Heilman, 31, Daytona Beach, violation of probation, aggravated battery on a pregnant person; George E. Rautenberg, 65, Ormond Beach, court violation (2), possession of paraphernalia; Adrianna Latricia Gardener, 33, Daytona Beach, retail theft, tampering with a witness; Brandon S.

PONCE INLET - Town officials discussed a $30 million judgment against the town, but decided to postpone any talk of a possible settlement in the developer's property rights lawsuit.At a meeting Thursday night, Town Council members decided to wait until after the upcoming election to consider any further discussion of the suit by Simone and Lyder Johnson, owners of Pacetta LLC.

A 107-year-old resident of Bishop's Glen Retirement Community in Daytona Beach, who remembered the sinking of the Titanic and the thrill of seeing "talkie" motion pictures for the first time, has died.Sadie Gorman died Wednesday, according to Linda Dixon, marketing director for Bishop's Glen.Gorman was born in North Adams, Massachusetts, on April 27, 1908, according to a story about her in a Bishop's Glen newsletter.Gloria Max, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Volusia & Flagler Counties, said she knew Gorman for about 15 years and Gorman treated everyone with such c

LOUDON, N.H. - Carl Edwards turned a lap of 135.164 mph to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup pole Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Edwards will lead the field to green for the first time since 2013 and for the first time for Joe Gibbs Racing.Joey Logano, second last week in Kentucky, will stars second.

Deltona's Keith Greene and Port Orange's Rod Perry got off to good starts Friday at the 69th Florida Open in Jacksonville. Greene shot 5-under 67 and Perry 68 at Timuquana Country Club.Amateur John Jonas, of Jacksonville, who plays college golf at the College of Charleston, shot 9-under 63 for a three-shot lead through 18 holes of the 54-hole tournament.Among other local golfers in the 144-man field, Kevin Boone (Port Orange) shot 72, Tom Bryant (Ormond Beach) 73, Bo Smith (Port Orange) 74 and Bill Anderson (Deltona) 75. 

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The grand pursuit of Jordan Spieth, redemption for Dustin Johnson, the mystery that has become Tiger Woods. It all came to a momentary halt Friday in the gloaming of St. Andrews when Tom Watson said goodbye to the British Open.
Watson, the most prolific winner of golf's oldest championship in the last century, finished his 129th round with lights from the Royal & Ancient clubhouse illuminating the 18th green. The five-time champion made bogey. The score was irrelevant.
"There were no tears," Watson said. "This is a joyous occasion.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH - The Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority board Friday voted to hire a Daytona Beach-based consultant to conduct a search for a new executive director.Evelyn Fine, president of Mid-Florida Marketing & Research Inc., will be paid $7,500 to preside over what could be a three-month process to find a new executive director to replace Carl Watson, who retired last month. Renee Tallevast, executive director for the West Volusia Tourism Advertising Authority, is serving as interim director of the Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority. Fine previously presided over

A 93-year-old hospital patient, Clayton Christansen doesn't speak, but his service to his country during World War II spoke volumes Friday when Halifax Health honored him with a veterans' recognition ceremony.A Navy veteran, Christansen served on transport ships that took troops from England to Europe, according to his friend and former boss, Stephen Murand of Arizona.

Curtis Mitchell would like to be preparing to run in August’s IAAF World Championships in Beijing, but after failing to qualify the former Atlantic High star is looking at the bright side of things.
Missing Beijing means he can focus on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
“It’s like pulling back on a slingshot,” Mitchell said. “You have that pause, and then you just catapult ahead.
“I was at every Diamond League meet, and I was running against some of the best guys in the world, my teammates, Nickel Ashmeade and Alonso Edward, at practice.