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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Despite being repeatedly beaten with a sawed-off shotgun, a Sheldon Street resident refused to give up his money to a would-be robber who attacked him in his yard last night, police said.
The 39-year-old victim was struck several times in the arms and legs in the 8:40 p.m. robbery attempt, but refused to give up the money he received after cashing his Social Security check, police Detective Dan Kennedy said this morning.

                                                                             NSBNEWS.net video above by Sera King and photos below by Henry Frederick. An elderly man prished early this morning in a house fire that also claimed his dog on Cory Drive in Edgewater.

EDGEWATER -- The body of a man belived to be in his early 60s was found inside the back of a home just south of Edgewater that caught fire this morning, said Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson.

Fire and law enforcement officials are on the scene investigating the blaze at 118 S. Cory Drive. The fire was called in by a neighbor at 7:49 a.m. Edgewater Fire Department units were first to arrive at the scene.

The National Weather Service has issued an overnight wind-chill warning with dangerously cold temperatures that could be harmful to both plants and animals.

The Orlando Sentinel reported on its Web site at 9:26 p.m. that George Anthony, grandfather of murdered toddler Caylee Anthony, was released from Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach where he has been treated since he was brought there Jan. 23 by Daytona Beach police.

Anthony was "released a little after 6 p.m., a hospital spokeswoman said," according to the news alert at orlandosentinel.com.

The National Weather Service has issued a wind-chill advisory for Central Florida that will make it feel like the mid 20s overnight.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Police are looking for a young white man in a blue-hooded sweatshirt who robbed the Winn-Dixie store pharmacy of Oxycodone pills at 9:45 p.m. Saturday.

The man entered the store at 1835 State Road 44, walked over to the pharmacy and handed the pharmacist a note and said he had a gun on him.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Kelly Conway, a teacher at New Smyrna Beach High School known throughout Southeast Volusia as the coach of the Show Dolls dance team, was named Volusia County Teacher of the Year tonight at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a winter weather message for Central Florida, including the greater Daytona Beach area, which includes Southeast Volusia:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
236 PM EST FRI JAN 30 2009

Courtesy photo. William Henry Quick, 18, of 2846 Sunset Drive, New Smyrna Beach, is charged with 19 counts of breaking into unlocked motor vehicles.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Police issued a public alert this afternoon for motorists to lock their parked vehicles in the wake of the arrest of a suspected car burglar two days earlier.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- An overflow crowd of well over 200 residents saw the City Commission unanimously approve 2 percent wage increases for police officers and a vote to spend $20,000 to investigate the legalities of the city's "sweetheart" lease with the Angler's Yacht Club for use of city-owned property.

We'll have complete stories along with video presentations of the Tuesday night meeting, which had a fair amount of fireworks.