Astor News

Uruguay's presidential race is going to a Nov. 29 runoff between a blunt-talking former guerrilla representing the ruling leftist coalition and a privatizing former president with little patience for Latin America's leftist alliances.

BEACON PHOTO/AL EVERSON Plea - Unemployed DeBary homeowner Jackie Keys pleads with the County Council to lower taxes.

Frank Miniter, editor of American Hunter, has a new book out called The Ultimate Mana s Survival Guide: Recovering the Lost Art of Manhood .

An Astor woman was killed this evening when she drove under the back of a tractor-trailer in Volusia County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

BOB SELF/The Times-Union Mick Copping from Astor, Fla., gives out honey samples at the St.

T he recent debut of the Plaza Cinema Cafe brings movies back to downtown Orlando almost on the spot where they began almost a century ago.

Portions of the St. Johns River near Astor have risen above flood stage and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has instituted emergency speed zones.

The flooding problems are not only in Volusia County, but in Lake County as well.

Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday proclaimed a state of emergency for 11 Florida counties, including Lake.

Central Florida flood waters may start moving north because much of the rainwater ended up in the Saint John's River, which flows from south to north.

Lake County Fire-Rescue Assistant Chief Jack Fillman said there are no emergency flooding issues around the county right now.

In conjunction with National River Cleanup Week, the 13th annual St. Johns River Cleanup will begin at 8 a.m., Saturday, June 6. Boaters, scouts, civic organizations, environmental groups, businesses and individual volunteers are encouraged to help clean up the St.