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Wildcats maul Tigers; win MEAC title

BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES A bruising running game, stingy defense and big play special teams helped Bethune-Cookman beat Savannah State 49-7 last week. With the win and Florida A&M’s win over North Carolina Central, B-CU won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) title and earned an automatic trip to the Football Championship Series (FCS) playoffs. [...]

November 15, 2012No CommentRead More

“Click It or Ticket” in full force in Volusia County

Volusia County – The Thanksgiving holiday period is one of the busiest travel times of the year, and the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office wants to remind all travelers, whether they’re traveling across the country or just across town, that one of the best ways to ensure a safe arrival is to buckle up, every trip, [...]

November 13, 2012No CommentRead More

Swearing-in ceremony on Nov. 14

Staff Reports- Daytona Beach’s newly elected city commissioners will take the oath of office at a swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday, November 14, beginning at 6 p.m., in City Commission Chambers at City Hall, 301 S. Ridgewood Ave. in Daytona Beach. The Honorable Herbert L. Grimes, a circuit court judge, will administer the oath of office [...]

November 12, 2012No CommentRead More

Town hall meeting today on Scarlett Golden Center

A Town Hall Meeting on the construction and progress of the Yvonne Scarlett Golden Cultural and Educational Center, located in the Derbyshire Community of Daytona Beach, will be held at 7:30 p.m. today, Nov. 12 at Hope Fellowship Church, 869 Derbyshire Rd. Community leaders as well as city officials will be on hand to talk [...]

November 12, 2012No CommentRead More

Wildcats win MEAC

ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES Bethune-Cookman routed Savannah State for a 49-7 in Savannah, Georgia today. With the win and Florida A&M’s victory over North Carolina, B-CU won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title and earned an automatic berth to the Football Championship Series (FCS) playoffs. It’s the second time in three seasons that the Wildcats earned [...]

November 10, 2012No CommentRead More

Atlantic hoops phenom, Ronni Williams to be a Florida Gator

BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES Local high school girl’s basketball phenom Ronni Williams announced that she will play her college ball at the University of Florida in Gainesville next season. Williams picked the Gators over Florida State and Georgia. She also could have went to defending national champion Baylor or the storied program Tennessee. Williams had [...]

November 9, 2012No CommentRead More

HISTORIC WIN FOR HENRY

With 55 percent of vote, Derrick Henry becomes second Black mayor of Daytona Beach BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES Despite being outspent by his opponent and some local “good old boys” being against him, Derrick Henry made history on Tuesday in his race for Daytona Beach mayor. Henry, who received a cross section of votes [...]

November 8, 2012No CommentRead More

Volusians react to outcome of presidential, local races

BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES Residents in this area’s Black community were pleased with election results although GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney edged President Barack Obama by 1.22 percent in the county and defeated the incumbent by 2,853 votes. “I think its time to keep moving forward and finish some of the things that the [...]

November 8, 2012No CommentRead More

A salute to local heroes

Montford Marines, others who served in military to be honored on Veterans Day BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES Eli Graham was drafted into the Marines in 1944. During that time, Black and White soldiers were segregated. Graham was 18 years old at the time. Even though he is now 87, he vividly remembers bombs exploding [...]

November 8, 2012No CommentRead More

Operation Safe Surrender offers residents a second chance

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES Operation Safe Surrender will once again take place at Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Daytona Beach, giving defendants with outstanding warrants an opportunity to turn themselves in and resolve their criminal charges. Dr. L. Ronald Durham, pastor of the church, said the doors will be open Nov. 13 from [...]

November 8, 2012No CommentRead More