Orange City News

The city of Deltona is sending out tens of thousands of postcards and fliers trying to rally residents to fight the Volusia County School Board.

Discover DeLand is a city committee devoted to increasing the DeLand area's appeal as a tourism destination.

An Orange City man has been jailed on a charge of setting his estranged wife's mobile home on fire, authorities said.

Are you among America's 2.1 million disabled veterans confused about GI benefits and services? Or are you a family member of a disabled veteran needing entitlement information or help filing claims? You can get some free assistance Friday and Saturday in Orange City.

Marching, learning to handle gas masks and the rest of basic Army training at the Women's Army Corps' "Tent City" in Daytona Beach seemed like an adventure to Dottie Halevy.

During a meeting on Tuesday, the Orange City Council authorized City Manager Shawn Oubre to pursue all energy efficiency and conservation block grant funding.

An expensive new high school built on pilings so it won't be swallowed by sinkholes will open next fall, and now the Volusia County School Board must decide who will attend.

The hospital at Da Nang, Vietnam, where incoming wounded were treated, was outfitted for battle.

School officials have come up with a compromise attendance zone plan that will keep more DeLand and Deltona students at schools in their cities and Lake Helen students at DeLand High when a new Orange City high school opens in August.

One of the five remaining suspects of an oxycodone ring turned himself into the Volusia County Sheriff's Office this morning.

A healthcare reform discussion panel, sponsored by the Democratic Club of Southwest Volusia, will be held 7 p.m. Thursday.

BEACON PHOTO/PAT HATFIELD Not my trees - " Clinton Van Cleef of Glenwood points to trees his grandfather planted in the Grand Avenue median in Glenwood many years ago.

Although Volusia County Schools have continued to lose students for a third consecutive year, some schools -- because of geography -- remain crowded.

The board, which meets at 4 p.m. at the DeLand Administrative Complex, 200 N. Clara Ave., DeLand is scheduled to approve improvement plans for 78 elementary, middle, high, alternative and charter schools.

After several months of uncertainty, the DeBary City Council recently approved an agreement to contract with Orange City for fire-protection services.

W ith Halloween on a Saturday this year, will the holiday scare up more consumers eager to spend lots of cash on some spooky fun? Retailers hope so, but the experts doubt it will happen, saying the doom-and-gloom economy is likely to keep wallets shut.

The effects of Volusia County's recent budget decisions became reality for county firefighters this week when a station located between DeLand and Orange City was left unmanned for roughly 10 hours.

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 search for a new city manager is under way and the cost of replacing the city's last manager, John McCue, might be higher than anticipated.

A 10-acre brush fire this afternoon in New Smyrna Beach was contained before it could threaten homes in the vicinity, a fire official said.