PONCE INLET

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Ponce’s Law is a bill that passed in 2018 after a Black Lab puppy was fatally beaten to death in 2017. The law increases the chances of animal abusers going to jail and allows a judge to bar someone convicted of animal cruelty from owning a pet.

Leaders in Volusia County Tuesday are discussing a plan that could allow dogs on more areas of the beach.

Dozens of homes along the coast in Volusia County are still sitting on cliffs after their dunes or seawalls washed away in last year's hurricanes.

A beachfront home in Ponce Inlet caught fire on Wednesday afternoon, according to witnesses on the beach.

Volusia County’s beaches are slowly reopening, with many ramps and walkovers still heavily damaged from the hurricanes.

Before Hurricanes Ian and Nicole hit Central Florida, state researchers had declared 426 miles of Florida beach as critically eroded.

New aerial video shows how Hurricane Nicole took bites out of the Volusia County coast, chewing up sand dunes, seawalls and parts of homes.

The National Weather Service estimated New Smyrna Beach received about 21.09 inches and Ponce Inlet received about 20.95 inches.

A new bird habitat exhibit is coming to the Marine Science Center after the Volusia County Council approved the plans Tuesday morning.

Threatened shorebirds have been hatching throughout southeast Volusia County over the past week ahead of what is expected to be a busy Fourth of July weekend in Central Florida, according to county officials.

Rain, rain will drench the day.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says getting on a cruise ship is less risky than it was earlier this year.

A family captures on video a shark feeding close to Ponce Inlet shore.

The family of a slain 89-year-old woman releases a statement about her death.

A 911 call made by the father of one of the suspects facing murder charges in an 89-year-old’s death led to the arrest of a 22-year-old caregiver and her husband on Wednesday.

Two people are in custody after a woman was killed in an early morning shooting in Ponce Inlet, according to police.

The record number of manatee deaths has started impacting businesses that rely on manatee sightings.

On Thursday, the Marine Science Center in Ponce Inlet got its 195th turtle so far this year to rehabilitate. The researchers at the center called this year an anomaly, saying the number of turtles they've had is shattering all previous records.

A surfer in Volusia County has a close call with a shark.

It's been a record shattering year for manatee deaths in Florida.

Officials with the U.S. Coast Guard said a body recovered eight miles southeast of Port Canaveral Tuesday afternoon is the body of the missing Daytona Beach attorney Jim Evans.

The United States Coast Guard is using a C-130 plane in the search for a missing diver outside of Ponce Inlet.

A search is underway for a missing diver outside of Ponce Inlet in Volusia County, according to officials.

Ponce Inlet residents will make their pick Tuesday.

An 8-year-old boy suffered an injury to his right leg when he was bitten by a shark Sunday off Ponce Inlet, according to Volusia County Beach Safety.

With Memorial Day just a week away, rescue teams in Central Florida are kicking training into high gear, expecting to need those skills more this year than in the past.

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A shark chomped down on a 15-year-old boy’s hand Tuesday morning as he was surfing in Ponce Inlet, marking the second shark bite of the day in Central Florida. Volusia County Beach Safety said the St. Augustine boy was paddling out near the jetty in deep water at about 10:45 a.m. when a shark bit his hand then immediately released. The boy was treated on scene for cuts to his hand and wrist but refused to be transported to a hospital. Volusia County beaches experienced red flag conditions Tuesday with large surf and higher than usual tides. In Melbourne Beach on Tuesday, a 25-year-old surfer was bitten by a shark on his arm.