Daytona Beach News

Volusia County is known as an international center of racing, but folks in Pierson and Seville pride themselves on a different accolade -- "Fern Capital of the World." It's a place where leatherleaf fern grows inside shade tents.

Fourth grade teacher Leslie Tobin Birney of Citrus Grove Elementary is the winner of the 2013 Teacher of the Year award at the Hilton in Daytona Beach on Friday February 10, 2012.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - SeaWorld Orlando's animal rescue team on Friday helped to rescue and release a young dolphin that had become tangled in discarded fishing line in the Halifax River near Daytona Beach.

This photo of Sig Haughdahl likely was taken in 1922 after he became the first person in history to drive an automobile three miles a minute.

One Bethune-Cookman University student was killed and four others were injured this morning in a single-car crash in the 300 block of S. Martin Luther King Boulevard, Daytona Beach police said.

DeLand police are still investigating a one-vehicle crash that claimed the life of 20-year-old Kevin G. Hunter of DeLand, Police Lt.

An often over-looked repository of Daytona Beach history is located in the Halifax Historical Museum on the mainland portion of Daytona Beach in the former Merchant's Bank Building on Beach Street.

Bike Week pictures: Bike Week in Daytona Beach brings out the wild side in a lot of folks -- some of whom bring their favorite tame companions, the pets they dearly love and love to dress for the occasion.

Commissioner Cyndi Stevenson reached out to Historic City News Editor Michael Gold this week to explain her concerns and reasons that she opposes the upcoming referendum to allow slot machines to be included in the mix of gaming options at St Johns County's only pari-mutuel facility - The Best Bet at St.

A Volusia County pharmacist is facing numerous criminal charges after he was accused of stealing powerful prescription pills from the drug store where he works to sell them on the street.

West Volusia's community newspaper of DeLand, Orange City, Deltona, Enterprise, DeBary, Lake Helen, DeLeon Springs, Glenwood, Pierson, Cassadaga, Seville and Barberville in Florida.

An extradition agreement with Brazil in a 2003 local murder case is being carefully reviewed by a defense lawyer after the charge against his client was upgraded by a grand jury Wednesday to first-degree murder.

A man who recently suffered a stroke is missing after departing Daytona Beach, and police are seeking the public's help in finding him.

Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida on Dec. 18, with the degree of Bachelor of Science and a major in Aeronautical Science, Business Administration minor and a Commercial Pilot concentration.

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. - The body of a Daytona Beach man who was reported missing in December has been found in Marion County.

Shailesh Kumar's fixation with flight started at an early age. As a boy in New Delhi, he devoured books about planes, spacecraft, and flying, he says.

Shark attacks in Florida dropped last year, but the number of local shark encounters held steady at six, the University of Florida announced Tuesday, leaving Volusia County with its reputation as shark bite capital of the world for another year.

James W. Pappas, 93, of Dartmouth, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2012 at Brandon Woods of Dartmouth.

Police are seeking the public's help in identifying two men suspected of firing several shots into an occupied apartment building in Daytona Beach.

DAYTONA BEACH: The Downtown-Ballough Road Redevelopment Area Board meets at noon in commission chambers at Daytona Beach City Hall, 301 S. Ridgewood Ave.