10-11 a.m. Architectural Tour, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Home Tour, leaving from Hopkins Hall, 192 Connecticut Ave. Ride the Butler Express and take a festive journey through Lake Helen’s historic heart. Explore ...

October in West Volusia is a magical time of year. We don’t need overpriced theme parks and endless parking lots to feel the spirit — we’ve got haunted hotels, candlelit mansions, trunk-or-treats, ...

The Sauls homestead survived the Civil War, mosquitoes, and merciless Florida weather — but not teenagers, time, or the tender embrace of Deltona’s development. Before the subdivisions, before the ...

A Lake Helen man has been arrested on 50 counts of possessing child sexual abuse material after the Lake Helen Police Department received an anonymous tip and alerted the Florida Department of Law ...

Editor, The Beacon: As a former full-time DeLand resident and a current part-time resident who dedicated 26 years to the Florida environment, and eight years to youth environmental education for ...

In a dramatic reversal of its challenge against the state over a new disaster-recovery law, and leading other local governments to follow its lead, Deltona has dropped out of the legal challenge ...

For Katherine Russell, helping others recover from addiction isn’t just a calling — it’s a personal mission rooted in lived experience. Russell is the founder and executive director of Foundations to ...

Last week’s Volusia County Council meeting — where members failed to approve any of the $611,758 in cultural arts grants, leaving 32 organizations out in the cold — could have been billed as The ...

Editor, The Beacon: In regard to the letter “We need more prayer, not less,” Ms. Psaki said that prayers were not enough. Mr. Newsom defended her remarks that prayers were not enough as the children ...

DeLand-based real estate agency Bee Realty Corp recently welcomed three new agents to its family of Realtors: Heath Kindt, Jayne Balta and Jackie DeSousa. The three new agents help make up a group of ...

Officers with the Volusia Sheriff’s Office and the DeLand Police Department are on the scene at the 150 block of West Volusia Avenue in south DeLand. At around 9 a.m. today, an emergency alert advised ...

Many of you have already discovered Friend of the Farmer, the fresh and inviting café tucked inside A Place in the Son Nursery. The response has been incredible — thank you for all the 5-star reviews!