As if the proposal to freeze residential development in the fast-growing settlement was not controversial enough, there is another round of turmoil at Deltona City Hall. Heavy doses of news continue ...

I originally created a version of the Golden Book when I worked in South Florida in the 1990s. When I was hired as a city manager in Michigan, I remembered how the Golden Book was so well received ...

Volusia County Schools has submitted a grant request for $254,250 for elementary music programs. The goal, according to the request, is “To implement and support comprehensive music education programs ...

I’m trying to understand the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement. In every speech, the leader of this movement claims the United States is a terrible place to live and he will make it better. The ...

DeLand Pride has announced exciting renovations on their up-and-coming 1,600-square foot facility in Amelia Square at 231 N. Amelia Ave. DeLand Pride is an organization that advocates for LGBTQIA+ ...

This February at Shoestring Theatre in Lake Helen, love is definitely in the air as Brianna Gutierrez, Daniel Feldman, Sally Daykin, Adam Guevara, Don Liska and David Finkle transport us to the early ...

Born in Virginia, Al spent his youth in Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia, and first moved to DeLand in 1969. He graduated from Stetson University in 1971, and returned to West Volusia in 1985.

0 With events including a gala, a parade and a celebration at Earl Brown Park, DeLandites and people from all over West Volusia came out to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the civil rights ...

A sight familiar to parents and students in Deltona for years: Timbercrest Elementary Principal Lonnie Tidmarsh ushering cars through the parent drop-off loop every morning, his dark beard down to his ...

A 31-year-old woman driving a passenger car made an illegal turn at New York and Woodland in DeLand early one November morning. A DeLand police officer set off the lights and siren on his patrol car ...