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BUNNELL — Flagler County Sheriff’s detectives on Friday released video surveillance footage of two suspects in the recent burglary of a Palm Coast jewelry store who they believe may be linked to at least four similar thefts, including two in Daytona Beach.According to a Sheriff's Office media release, two black men approached the Greg Lynn Jewelers, 101 Flagler Plaza Drive, shortly before 3 a.m. July 10 and one of the men threw a large cinderblock through the window and entered the business.

A DeLand man was arrested Thursday in connection with theft of lawn equipment valued at more than $122,000 from a local business, Volusia sheriff's investigators said.Roderic Fagiole, 36, suspected of being involved in the burglary of the Robinson Tractor Service near DeLand, was charged with two counts of grand theft and three counts of dealing in stolen property.

HOLLY HILL - A ribbon-cutting, popping champagne bottles and a nautical-themed party highlighted the ground breaking of a project that will add a marina to the MG on the Halifax complex here.For residents of the twin-tower riverfront condominium complex, the event on Thursday night has been a long time coming.A marina was one of the amenities promised to residents when the complex, known at the time as the Marina Grande, opened in 2007.The Great Recession, which began in December of that year, caused plans for the marina and other amenities to be put on hold.South Florida-based Tarpon Partners

A Volusia County deputy sent to handle a disturbance on a school bus was reprimanded for cursing at middle school students while waving handcuffs in their faces, sheriff's Internal Affairs reports state.Deputy Joshua Sheen told investigators “I educated them” but admitted he messed up since he used profane language while lecturing the middle school students, reports show.Sheen, who has been working with the Volusia County Sheriff's Office since October 2013, had not had any previous disciplinary issues or commendations during his employment, sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said

Campers now have twice as good of a chance at getting a camping spot at Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach.State and local officials, residents and special guests turned out this week to dedicate the expanded campground area at the popular park on State Road A1A."It means greater opportunities for the public," said Barbara Roberts, park manager.

Brotherhood Breakfast planned at Temple Beth-ElA Brotherhood Breakfast is planned for 10 a.m. Sunday at Temple Beth-El, 579 N. Nova Road, Ormond Beach. All men and women of the community are invited.Dr. Luis Fleischman will speak on "Nuclear Iran, Israel and demands for a Palestinian State."He is executive vice president of the Jewish Community Relations Council for the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, author, publisher and co-editor in English and Spanish on issues related to the Middle East and Latin America.

DAYTONA BEACH - The banquet hall contained local business leaders and legislators from both the House and Senate, but there was also a "monster in the room” during the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce's legislative breakfast Friday - Medicaid Expansion, an issue that divided both sides during the general session in April and continues to be an ongoing source of disagreement.“Healthcare spending is the monster in the room,” said State Rep. David Santiago, R-Deltona during the annual event at the Holiday Inn on LPGA Boulevard.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Counterterrorism investigators are trying to figure out why a 24-year-old Kuwait-born man who seemingly had a typical suburban American upbringing attacked two U.S. military sites in a shooting rampage that left four Marines dead.
Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez of Hixson, Tennessee, did not appear to have been on the radar of federal authorities before the bloodshed Thursday, officials said, and they were still searching for a motive.

DOG RACING
At Daytona Beach Kennel Club, 7:25 p.m.
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Daytona at Jupiter, 6:35 p.m.

AUTO RACING
11:30 a.m., NBCSN, Sprint Cup practice; Loudon
1 p.m., NBCSN, Xfinity practice; Loudon
3 p.m., NBCSN, Xfinity practice; Loudon
4:30 p.m., NBCSN, Sprint Cup qualifying; Loudon
9 p.m., FS1, ARCA race; Iowa
BOXING
10 p.m., SHO, Middleweights, Douglas vs. Szili
CYCLING
8 a.m., NBCSN, Tour de France, Stage 13
GOLF
7 a.m., ESPN, British Open, second round
2 p.m., GOLF, LPGA; Sylvania, Ohio
4 p.m., GOLF, PGA, Auburn, Ala.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
2 p.m., MLB, Kansas City at Chicago White Sox
7 p.m., MLB, L.A. Dodgers at Washington or Seattle at N.Y.