Osteen News

Christmas came early for children from the St. James Community Church after-school program, Gabriel House and the Holmestown community.

The Metropolitan Planning Organization is preparing to dip into funds targeted for bicycle and walking trails, sidewalks and safety programs, and use them instead to help pay for the widening of State Road 415.

Nicholas W. Pfeifauf thrived in the limelight. He was a DJ for a Sanford radio station and anchored the evening news and hosted a morning show for a Central Florida news station.

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GRAPHIC COURTESY FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION A free ride for Deltona? - Although many of its residents use State Road 415 as a commuter route to and from the Orlando area, the Deltona City Commission is not willing to pay a portion of the expense of widening the busy highway.

A 16-year-old with an admitted anger problem threatened a tree trimmer in Osteen, first with a bow and arrow and then by swinging a machete, according to a sheriff's report.

The long-sought widening of State Road 415 has hit another traffic jam. The City Commission this week passed on an opportunity to get the proposed $80 million-plus project started in less than four years.

Dan Chesnicka as Sgt Merwin J. Toomey and Benedict Heaps as Pvt Arnold Epstein in the Lakeland Community Theatre production of "Biloxi Blues" at the Lake Mirror Center in Lakeland, Florida, on October 13, 2009.

Suit charges DeLand bar served teen crash victim Man arrested in NSB stalking case Threats to chief found on infamous Sears bathroom's walls Property values fall N-J/ Peter Bauer Michelle Polgar helps G.J. Roberts in her enrichment academy class at Osteen Elementary School.

Here are highlights from residents in Arlington and surrounding neighborhoods: Military - Air Force Airman 1st Class Buckley Osteen , son of Wendell and Sandra Osteen , has graduated from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

Volusia County could begin construction early next year on a 5.7-mile segment of what will ultimately become a 50-mile scenic trail winding through parts of southeast Volusia and Brevard counties, officials said this week.

A plan that would conserve more than 40,000 acres of remote timberland while establishing a series of developments with 29,500 homes in Volusia and Brevard counties received another approval Tuesday.

More AT&T customers wanting faster data speeds to surf the net, download ringtones, play games and send e-mails should be enjoying the benefits of its 3G expansions throughout North and Central Florida, a company spokeswoman said last week.

For more than three years, Big Dog Boxing Club founder and lead trainer Jim Smedley quietly has engineered one of the top amateur boxing clubs in the state.

Environmental enthusiasts are invited to get out and enjoy Volusia County's conservation lands during free outdoor adventures sponsored by Volusia County's Land Acquisition and Management Division Sept.

BEACON PHOTO/PAT HATFIELD Country heaven a ' A friendly dog trots along the edge of the St.

Two Volusia County women were killed Friday after a head-on collision on State Road 415 near Lake Ashby trapped them in their vehicles, which caught fire, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Two people were killed this morning in a fiery head-on collision on State Road 415 in Volusia County.

Two women were killed Friday morning in a fiery head-on crash in Volusia County, and officials will have to use dental records to identify the victims, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Seven horses, including one last week, have died of a mosquito-borne illness in Volusia County in the last year -- the most horse fatalities from the disease of any Florida county.