Deland News

Two DeLand men stopped for not wearing their seat belts were arrested after they were found with methamphetamine materials and marijuana, Volusia County sheriff's deputies said.

Edwin Reyes Otero, 48, who lives near DeLand, was charged with aggravated battery and battery by strangulation, according to a Volusia County Sheriff's Office charging affidavit.

A Eustis man and two teenagers were arrested after they tried to sell two bronze lion statues and a fountain painted to look like copper to a DeLand scrap yard, authorities said.

Klutz, whose career goal is to be a professional musician, plans to major in music performance at Stetson University in DeLand.

The DeLand High School Air Force JROTC Color Guard present the Colors during Memorial Day ceremonies at DeLand Memorial Gardens in DeLand on Monday.

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

Twenty-three students from the Florida State University College of Medicine's regional campus in Daytona Beach have graduated recently as physicians and start their residency programs in June.

First responders from DeLand Fire Department, Volusia County Fire Services, EVAC and DeLand Police Department work the scene of a small plane crash at the Publix Supermarket on East International Speedway Boulevard, in DeLand, Fla., on Monday April 2, 2012.

Authorities are asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing elderly woman.

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

In observance of Memorial Day on Monday, banks and post offices will be closed in Volusia and Flagler counties.

An 87-year-old woman with a brain ailment has vanished after being dropped off at the Amtrak train station in DeLand.

An 87-year-old woman with a brain ailment has vanished after being dropped off at the Amtrak train station in DeLand.

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

Former First Selectman Edward L. Kalinowski is facing up to 20 years in prison in Florida after agreeing not to contest three felony charges that prosecutors there say stem from his effort in September to solicit a minor for sex.

A bag full of hundreds of oxycodone pills was found along with marijuana and other drug paraphernalia Wednesday in a rental house at Stetson University in DeLand, earning three young men a trip to the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach.

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

Events are scheduled throughout Volusia and Flagler counties starting Friday. The holiday once was dubbed Decoration Day, first observed on May 30, 1868, to honor Civil War dead.

Three suspended DeLand Middle School students used their free time to break into a home and steal cash and items worth more than $20,000, Volusia County sheriff's investigators said.

Four Volusia County Family Dollar properties were sold to Arizona-based real estate investment firm Cole Real Estate Investments for $6.43 million, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports.