Deland News

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

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.

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

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

DeLand police have released the names of those involved in the fatal State Road 44 rollover crash on Friday morning.

One person is dead following a crash in the eastbound lanes of State Road 44 in Volusia County this morning, WESH.com is reporting.

Video from Sky 6 shows police and fire rescue at the scene and a white pickup truck overturned on the shoulder.

Volusia and Flagler education officials are applauding their newfound freedom from some of the most rigorous and unpopular mandates in American education.

A local 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.

A jail inmate who allegedly escaped while being treated at a DeLand, Fla., hospital wasn't hard to find - he made his getaway wearing a patient gown, in shackles and while hooked up to a heart monitor.

DELAND, Fla. - An inmate walked away from a central Florida hospital where he was being treated, wearing a hospital gown and shackles.

REGISTER NOW FOR YOUTH SOCCER LEAGUE; FREE SOCCER CLINIC SET FOR FEB. 25 Registration is open for Volusia County's spring youth soccer league, which begins March 27 at Sperling Sports Complex, DeLand.

BEACON PHOTO/MARSHA MCLAUGHLIN Ready for business - Heather Monroe and store manager Jim Scott are just about ready for the new Bargain Shop to open for business in Deltona.

The lawyer for a former Stetson University student accused of sending written death threats to a professor said Tuesday he is working on a plea deal he hopes will keep her out of jail.

A police officer who shot two men while responding to a call on Carroll Avenue last month was investigated for his Taser use about six years ago.

BEACON PHOTO/PAT ANDREWS Many needs - Haven Recovery Center Executive Director Randy Croy talks to more than 100 Volusians who want to do more to end homelessness in Volusia County.

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

ORLANDO, Fla. - Train fever is sweeping Central Florida with the groundbreaking of SunRail.

Colorful image - Red Rabbit Reflects by Donne Bitner, mixed media, is part of the Museum of Florida Art's permanent collection, and is one of the images that was selected for use in the Arts on the Grow program.

Joshua Ritter breaks down on the witness stand while being questioned by Judge Margaret W. Hudson during his senA tencing Friday at the Volusia County Courthouse in DeLand.