Oak Hill News

Nathan Schwartz made his professional reputation as a keen legal strategist, winning a landmark judgment against the U.S. government.

A transient who had been showing up uninvited near an Oak Hill home was arrested after he was found in a bedroom with his pants down to his ankles trying to put on his shoes, Volusia deputies said.

After a vexing disease devastated his business, commercial beekeeper Kevin Jester moved to the area five years ago, restarting with new beehives across rural southeast Volusia and northern Brevard counties.

Fire crews are battling a 100-acre brush fire in Oak Hill, officials say. A spokesman for the Volusia County Professional Firefighters Association said the fire was spotted about 12:47 p.m. Saturday when it was about 15 to 20 acres.

Jeff Andrews of Phillips Aluminum installs part of a carport onto a Pine Street mobile home.