News 13 is highlighting the year's biggest headlines around Central Florida, and we want YOU to vote on which story should be No. 1.

We narrowed it down to what we believe were the top 13 stories with the biggest impact to our local community. After about one month of voting, you have decided the race to be Florida's governor for the next four years took the top spot.

Here's how you voted:

1. Gov. Rick Scott edges Charlie Crist, wins re-election as Florida's governor

Nov. 4, 2014 — In what ended up being one of the most expensive political races in Florida's history, Gov. Rick Scott edged challenger Charlie Crist, 48 percent to 47 percent, to win re-election and another four years in the governor's mansion.

Crist, the state's former Republican governor, ran against Scott as a Democrat. Throughout the campaign, the two bashed each other's policies. Crist claimed Scott was "too shady for the Sunshine State," focusing on Scott's former health care company paying fees totaling $1.7 billion in 2000 and 2002.

Scott touted job creation during his four years and pegged Crist as a "corrupt politician."

The race was called around 10:20 p.m. on Election Night, with about 80,000 votes separating the two candidates. Crist conceded about an hour later.

2. Amendment 2 (medical marijuana)

Nov. 4, 2014 — Medical marijuana collected 58 percent support in November, falling just shy of the 60 percent needed to pass. But many supporters said they are far from giving up on the topic.

The controversial medical marijuana amendment would allow people to legally use marijuana to treat medical conditions. It would also allow caregivers to assist in the medical use of marijuana. The amendment attracted lots of attention and money from both sides of the issue.

Orlando-area attorney John Morgan, who spent more than $5 million of his own money to support Amendment 2, said he would spend another $5 million if he has to. In other words: The fight isn't over, Morgan said.

Lawmakers are now in charge of medical marijuana's destiny, and supporters said that after the defeat on Election Day, it's clear that the issue of medical marijuana is not going to go away.

3. 4 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty

Four law enforcement officers of various agencies were killed in the line of duty in 2014.

Florida highway Patrol trooper Chelsea Richard was killed May 3, while she handled a two-car crash along the southbound lanes of I-75, near Southwest County Highway 484, in Marion County. Richard, 30, was standing on the shoulder talking to a tow truck driver when a southbound pickup truck went onto the shoulder and hit the FHP cruiser, Richard, the tow truck driver and another man. Richard and the tow truck driver, John Duggan, died at the scene. The third person, George Robert Phillips, was taken to the hospital and later died.

Jonathan Pine, a deputy with the Orange County Sheriff's Office, was shot and killed Feb. 11, while investigating a car burglary near Apopka-Vineland Road and Westminster Abbey Boulevard. Pine, 34, encountered the robbery suspect, later identified as Benjamin Holtermann. The suspect fled on foot, and Pine chased him through the backyard of a home, where Holtermann shot the deputy. Two of the three bullets struck Pine's bulletproof vest. Pine was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he later died. Additional deputies arrived at the scene and found Holtermann, 28, dead at a nearby home from what they said appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Windermere Police Officer Robert German, 31, was shot and killed after stopping two missing Polk County teenagers in Orange County. Both teens, 18-year-old Brandon Goode and 17-year-old Alexandria Hollinghurst, were found dead a short distance away from German. Authorities said the teens had left suicide notes to their parents, and appeared to have shot themselves after shooting German.

Tarpon Springs Police Officer Charles "Charlie K" Kondek, 45, was shot and killed Sunday, Dec. 21, while responding to a noise disturbance call near 199 Grand Blvd., in Pinellas County. According to investigators, a second shooting occurred on Athens Street, where the shooter — identified as 23-year-old Marco Antonio Parilla Jr. — fled in a white Hyundai sedan. Parilla crashed into a power pole and snapped it and then crashed into a pickup truck, Pinellas County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Cecila Barreda said.

4. SunRail service begins

May 1, 2014 — Seven years after getting the green light to begin construction, SunRail began operating in May. More than 10,000 passengers rode the trains on opening day.

The first phase of the commuter rail system includes 12 stops along the 32-mile track, running from DeBary to south Orlando.

A second phase would add a stop in DeLand and would include four more stations to the south, ending in Poinciana, Osceola County.

The project, which got the go-ahead in 2007, took about seven years to complete. The cost of SunRail is already more than $1 billion. Half of that came from a federal grant, 25 percent came from the state of Florida, and the remaining 25 percent came from counties and cities the system serves.

5. Ebola in the U.S., MERS in Orlando

There were a few health-related scares in the U.S. in 2014, including one that hit much closer to home.

In May, Health care workers confirmed a case of a mysterious virus that has sickened hundreds in the Middle East in a 44-year-old health care worker from Saudi Arabia who flew into Orlando. MERS is a respiratory illness that begins with flu-like fever and cough but can lead to shortness of breath, pneumonia and death. One-third of those who develop symptoms die from it.

The patient was discharged from the hospital in mid-May, and health officials said all health care workers and household contacts that had contact with the patient tested negative for the MERS virus.

The threat of an Ebola outbreak took the country by storm after a man in Texas became the first diagnosed case of the deadly virus that has ravaged West Africa. Thomas Eric Duncan died Oct. 8, after carrying the deadly virus with him from his home in Liberia to Texas. Of the 10 people treated for the virus in the U.S., all but one has recovered.

Ebola can only spread through close contact with the bodily fluids of someone who has symptoms, such as fever, vomiting and diarrhea. People aren't contagious until symptoms begin and Ebola cannot spread through the air.

6. KinderCare hit-and-run crash

April 9, 2014 — A 4-year-old girl was killed and 14 others were injured after a vehicle was propelled into the KinderCare day care facility on North Goldenrod Road in Winter Park.

Troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol said a Dodge Durango hit a Toyota Solara, sending that car into the facility. A total of 13 people were hospitalized, according to Orange County Fire Rescue. Two others were treated at the scene.

The Florida Highway Patrol found the Durango connected to the crash a short time later at a home in Winter Park, and authorities were on the hunt for 29-year-old Robert Corchado until he surrendered at the Orange County Jail two days later.

After deliberating for about two hours Dec. 8, a jury found Corchado guilty on seven counts, including leaving the scene of an accident with death.

7. Orion's historic flight

Dec. 5, 2014 -- NASA's new Orion spacecraft made a "bullseye" splashdown in the Pacific on Friday following a dramatic test flight that took it to a zenith height of 3,600 miles and ushered in a new era of human exploration aiming for Mars.

U.S Navy ships recovered the capsule for future use.

The unmanned test flight ended about 4.5 hours after it began and achieved at least one record: flying farther and faster than any capsule built for humans since the Apollo moon program.

Orion blasted off from Space Launch Complex 37 at  Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:05 a.m. Friday morning on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket.

Orion is NASA's first new spacecraft for humans in more than a generation, succeeding the now-retired space shuttles. Unlike the capsules under development by two U.S. companies for space station crew transport, Orion is meant for the long haul, both in time and space; it would be supplemented with habitats for potential Mars trips.

8. Brandon Bradley sentenced to death for Brevard deputy's murder

June 27, 2014 — Brevard County Sheriff's Deputy Barbara Pill was shot and killed in March 2012 after she conducted a traffic stop of two people suspected of stealing furniture from a hotel room earlier in the day March 6, 2012.

Pill pulled over Brandon Bradley, now 24, and his then-girlfriend Andria Kerchner along John Rodes Boulevard, in Melbourne, after the pair robbed the Econo Lodge in Melbourne following a two-week-long drug binge at the motel. When the two refused to obey Pill's commands, the deputy called for backup.

But before additional deputies could respond, deputies reported they heard gunshots over the radios. Pill was rushed to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

A brief chase ended when the suspects' car rolled into a ditch along Turtle Mound Road, about three miles from where Pill was shot.

In April, it took a jury a little more than an hour to reach a verdict on all four counts, including first-degree murder. Bradley was also found guilty on robbery charges, fleeing and eluding a police officer and resisting an officer with violence.

With a 10-2 vote, a jury recommended Bradley be sentenced to death for Pill's murder. A judge handed down the capital sentence just before 1:30 p.m. Friday, June 27.

Kerchner testified against Bradley on the stand as part of a plea deal she took in January, reducing her first-degree murder charge to accessory after the fact of first-degree murder and dropping what could have been a life sentence to just 12 years in prison. Kerchner said a female deputy ordered them out of the car, but Bradley refused to go back to jail, and instead pulled out his gun and shot Pill multiple times, killing her.

Pill served more than 30 years in law enforcement, including 15 years in Brevard County.

9. Ebony Wilkerson charged with attempted murder after driving minivan into ocean

March 4, 2014 — Ebony Wilkerson, a pregnant mother of three children from South Carolina, drove her minivan into the Atlantic Ocean in Daytona Beach. Investigators said Wilkerson locked the doors, put up the windows and told her three frightened children to close their eyes and go to sleep, ignoring their pleas for help and insisting she was taking them all to "a safer place."

She was arrested and charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder and child abuse. Her bond was initially set at $1.2 million, but a judge later reduced it to $90,000. She has posted bond and is out of jail.

A video shows Wilkerson driving the minivan into the ocean. Lifeguards and several beachgoers rescued the children, then ages 3, 9 and 10, as well as Wilkerson.

While incarcerated, Wilkerson gave birth to a fourth child in mid-May.

Wilkerson is expected to stand trial in January.

10. 680,000 home built on wrong lot in Flagler County

Oct. 15, 2014 — A Missouri couple's dream home, with a price tag of $680,000 was finally built earlier this year in Flagler County.

The only problem is the three-story home was built on the wrong lot inside a gated community in the Ocean Hammock area of the county.

Documents show Mark and Brenda Voss paid $160,000 for the lot, but the lot where the home was built on is now valued at $355,000.

11. Alexandria Chery, 16, found dead; mother's boyfriend charged with murder

Aug. 1, 2014 — After searching for about five days, Alexandria Chery's body was found Aug. 1, 2014, near Osceola-Polk Line Road, near Reunion.

Chery's mother's boyfriend, Sanel Saint Simon, 43, was initially arrested on charges of providing false information to law enforcement and attempted destruction of evidence.

In September, Saint Simon was charged with first-degree capital murder in the 16-year-old's death.

Chery was last seen in mother's home at Hawthorne Grove Apartments. Chery's mother said Saint Simon was the only other person at the apartment the morning Chery went missing.

Investigators said Chery's bedding and most of her belongings were taken from the teen's room. They also found blood splatter in the room that appeared to be covered up by bleach.

Chery's mother also found a pair of men's underwear under her daughter's bed, and she told deputies Saint Simon tried to take the garment from the teen's room.

According to documents released Aug. 28, Chery told family members that she was sexually harassed and molested by Saint Simon almost a year before her disappearance.

Chery's mother filed a petition for protection against Saint Simon on behalf of her daughter after the teen's disappearance.

The day after the petition was filed, Chery's body was found in a wooded area near Reunion, off Osceola Polk Line Road. Family members laid Chery's body to rest in October.

12. Rachel Fryer accused of burying her 2-year-old daughter's body in a suitcase

Feb. 12, 2014 — Police found the body of missing 2-year-old Tariji Gordon two days after she was reported missing from Seminole County. The child's mother, Rachel Fryer, of Seminole County, admitted to putting the girl's body in a suitcase and then burying it.

In Fryer's arrest affidavit, the woman said she found the toddler unresponsive after a Feb. 6 visit with a case worker at Community Based Care of Central Florida. The agency, through contracts with the Florida Department of Children and Families, had been supervising and regularly visiting the family since November.

Fryer said she tried to revive the toddler for 30 minutes, but did not call 911, despite having a working cell phone. According to the affidavit, Fryer "placed the child victim in a leopard print suitcase, fully dressed in a jacket, purple shirt, blue jeans, socks and pink and white shoes."

Police, however, said the child died from blunt force trauma.

In March, a grand jury indicted Fryer on five counts, including first-degree felony murder, aggravated manslaughter, two counts of aggravated child abuse and tampering with evidence.

Fryer's attorney entered a not guilty plea in April. Prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty against Fryer. Sanford police have also reopened the death investigation into Fryer's 2-month-old son, who died in 2011.

In July, Rachel Fryer sent a handwritten letter to News 13 saying she didn't murder her child and blamed the Florida Department of Children and Families for not helping her.

13. Florida State shooting: Gunman dead, 3 injured

Nov. 20, 2014 — A Florida State University graduate opened fire inside the Strozier Library just after midnight, injuring two students and an employee before being shot and killed by police.

Myron May, 31, graduated from Florida State in 2005. He opened fire inside the library with a .380 semi-automatic handgun. He had additional ammunition in his pockets. One person was shot inside the library, and two people were shot outside of the library.

One of the victims was treated and released the night of the shooting. Another victim, Nathan Scott, remains hospitalized. The third victim, Farhan Ahmed of Apopka, was shot three times, including once in the spine. His family said he remains hospitalized in serious condition and is paralyzed from the waste down.

May left the library and was confronted by Florida State University police. Officials said May refused to surrender and was shot.

Investigators said a preliminary look at a journal May kept showed he believed he was being targeted by the government, and he wanted to bring attention to this. Police described May as a "person in crisis."