Orange City News

A jury took a little more than an hour Thursday to convict an Osteen man who shot and killed another man at a gas station over a past robbery.

A former DeLand charter school teacher was sentenced to life in prison this evening after a jury found him guilty of performing oral sex on an 11-year-old boy.

Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q has re-entered the East Volusia County market, re-opening its Port Orange location Monday.

UPDATE 3:30 P.M. The National Weather Service issued warnings to watch for high water in streams and roads due to heavy rains.

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One site, wiki.answers.com, listed Butte, Mont., as having the most bars per person .

Six people escaped unharmed early Sunday before fire destroyed their southwest Volusia County home, firefighters said.

Late Saturday morning, Pat Wentworth lay wrapped in blankets, lying back in a recliner, underneath a mantel crammed with smiling family photographs.

A 15-year-old bicyclist is dead after a car driven by another teen struck and killed him Friday night in DeBary.

All three Volusia County School Board members whose terms will expire in November are planning to run for re-election, and one has picked up early opposition in the District 5 race to represent Southwest Volusia.

Orange City Landlord and Manager to Pay $100,000 in Civil Penalties as Part of Settlement of Justice Department Housing Discrimination Lawsuit WASHINGTON The Justice Department today announced that landlord James Stevens, his company Fountain View Apartments Inc., and his former rental manager, Mildred Chastain, have agreed to pay $415,000 in ...

BEACON PHOTO/JEN HORTON Mayor meets candidates a ' Orange City Mayor Harley Strickland, left, meets with city manager candidate Ronald McLemore at a recent reception.

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

One of two Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden manatees transported to Florida in October was released into the wild this week.

So far, Orange City has paid $36,754 to investigate its Police Department, the new interim city manager announced Feb.

An Orange City woman faces charges after a dog was found dead from starvation inside an apartment the woman recently abandoned, according to published reports.

The Rev. Nathan Wheeler had taken the helm at the First Presbyterian Church only eight months before lightning struck the sanctuary and torched the 50-year-old church.

An Orange City woman has been arrested and charged with felony animal cruelty after Volusia County animal control officers accused her of abandoning her dog when she moved out of her DeLand apartment.

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

A Deltona man was killed this afternoon in a three-vehicle crash at Saxon Boulevard and Alladin Drive, officials said.