The Daytona Beach News-Journal

INDIANAPOLIS — A new rules package for Indianapolis Motor Speedway provided visibility issues for drivers. More troubling for NASCAR, though, is that after nearly five hours of practice Friday, there was little indication the changes will produce better racing.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

This is an installment of “Live, Life, Local,” an occasional series highlighting unique things to do and places to go in Volusia and Flagler counties.Valerie Stanley eagerly picked up her cell phone and hoped for good news.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Staffers at The Daytona Beach News-Journal earned six awards in the annual Florida Society of News Editors' journalism contest.Scott Kent, opinion page editor, won first place for editorials for a collection of work about Halifax Health paying $85 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it improperly billed Medicare, about former Daytona Beach City Commissioner Carl Lentz receiving a trespass warning at an adult entertainment establishment, and about backyard gun ranges.Kent also won third place for a collection of columns.Enterprise reporter Skyler Swisher took home a second-place award in

The Flagler County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding an 86-year-old Palm Coast man who suffers from dementia, an official said.Daniel W.

For New Smyrna Beach residents Frank and Ellen Darden, John Smoltz is much more than just a pitcher.Smoltz, who will be inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, married the Darden's daughter, Kathryn, in 2009.Frank grew up in Titusville and met Ellen at the University of Florida.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES - The United Way's Women's Initiative of Volusia will hold its 12th annual "Power of the Purse" luncheon on Aug. 7 at The Shores Resort & Spa.The event, which begins at 11 a.m.

DAYTONA BEACH - With three smash-and-grab burglaries this month and the theft of an ATM in one of the heists, police Chief Mike Chitwood fears at least one of the suspects who embarked on a similar crime spree in 2011 has resurfaced.At least two similar capers have occurred in Flagler County as well, Flagler County sheriff's officials said Friday.Four years ago several businesses in the city were burglarized by a band of four thieves whose specialty included crashing stolen Dodge trucks through glass doors at various businesses and hauling off the ATMs, 

Remember to stay hydratedSummer is the time for outdoor fun and activities, but as temperatures rise, staying properly hydrated becomes even more important.

Autopsies conducted Friday confirmed the identities of the man and woman found dead inside a DeBary home Thursday, but how the couple died remains unknown, an official said.Additional testing will be required to confirm the causes of death for Richard and Lenora Powers, Volusia County sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said.Property records show Richard Powers, 81, and Lenora Powers, 72, owned their home at 42 Jasmine Drive.The investigation into the Powerses' deaths began Thursday afternoon when the couple's daughter in South Florida asked a family friend, Gary Bartlett, to check on her parent

Two men face drug charges after special agents raided a home in Palm Coast’s P-section on Wednesday.Wilbert Hough Jr., 30, and Twhan Terrique Johnson, 26, both of 1 Pythian Place, were charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share