Port Orange News

A former chief organizer of the popular Family Days event held bi-annually here, was arrested at his home this morning after an investigation confirmed that Peter Atwood bilked more than $21,000 from the ...

He was voted "Citizen of the Year" in 2007 and was known for volunteering and belonging to a number of community groups, including being vice president of the popular Port Orange Family Days organization.

A former chief organizer of the popular Family Days event held bi-annually here, was arrested at his home this morning after an investigation confirmed that Peter Atwood bilked more than $21,000 from the ...

Wise men say, "never bring a knife to a gunfight," and the reason is clear -- bullets tend to be more deadly.

Images of death, destruction and despair fill the museum's walls. So do photographs of joy and jubilation.

Bertha, the season's first Atlantic hurricane, didn't come close to the Volusia-Flagler shore, but it reminded Port Orange Fire Chief Thomas Weber to finish his storm preparations before the area is hit.

NORTH NAPLES: A North Naples store manager who was robbed Wednesday recognized her alleged assailant as a former classmate, so she called his mom to let her know what he had done, according to the Collier ...

Casselberry -based T&T Construction of Central Florida Inc. has just started several new jobs in the commercial and government sectors, boosting the company's recent contracts to more than $7.7 million.

A 25-year-old Daytona Beach woman was seriously injured Monday night in what police have classified as a hate crime.

Adam Clatterbuck has faced so much adversity in life, he might be expected to be a bitter man.

Halifax Urban Ministries has received a $50,000 grant to help feed more people in need.

A utility worker replacing power poles was electrocuted this afternoon. The unidentified worker may be from Brevard County, police said, and was injured while working on power lines after 4:30 p.m. at Dunlawton ...

A Volusia County man was ordered Monday to serve six months in the Lake County Jail after admitting he drove to Clermont intending to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex while her mother was at work.

Patterns may be in effect from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. today only. INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY BOULEVARD motorists from DeLand, via I-4 and I-95, which are not going to the Speedway, should use Beville Road or LPGA ...

Staff Sgt. Ginger Davis sometimes kayaks with friends in Rose Bay in Port Orange to alleviate stress.

Families and fishermen enjoying the calm before the storm on the pier were overtaken briefly by a sea of tanned skin and sun-bleached hair.

Published: Friday, June 27, 2008 at 6:20 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 27, 2008 at 7:26 a.m. PETER BAUER DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL Prison inmate Enoch Hall makes his first appearance on murder charges at ...

Clint Curtis, a Democratic candidate seeking Florida's 24th District seat in the House of Representatives, talked about elections today with a committee of the Texas State Legislature.

Incumbent Lake Helen City commissioners Lou Benton and Alan "Cookie" Cooke will face opposition in November's municipal election.

Authorities say an inmate raped and murdered a female corrections officer at a Daytona Beach prison.