EDGEWATER -- An Edgewater police officer took one for the public when he was bitten by a dog trying to protect its ill owner.

DAYTONA BEACH -- The beachside strip club manager serving time for violating state campaign finance law is nearing the halfway point in his six-month sentence at the Volusia County jail.

Skeletal remains found by a group of children on the beach recently belonged to Albert Joseph Dupuis of Daytona Beach, investigators said Thursday.

DELAND -- The destiny of the World's Most Famous Beach may soon take a turn down a road of change.

EDGEWATER -- An Edgewater teen faces two counts of arson and possibly numerous other charges for his role in two car fires and more than a dozen vandalisms in the city, police said Thursday.

BUNNELL -- A coolness lifting off the tile floor dried some of the sweat on the ladies pound-pound-pounding away Thursday at a Habitat for Humanity home.

Temperature: 80.9°F / 27.2°C | Humidity: 68% | Pressure: 29.84in / 1010.4hPa (Rising) | Conditions: Clear | Wind Direction: West | Wind Speed: 13.0mph / 20.9km/h

Tonight - Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday - Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday Night - Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.