South Daytona News

It was a case of the wrong place, wrong time and the wrong group of friends police said of the Sunday morning stabbing death of a 16-year-old South Daytona girl behind the Daytona Beach Bandshell.

Smilin' Sun Garden Center & Design has taken root at 548 S. Yonge St., Ormond Beach.

BEACON PHOTO/PAT HATFIELD Welcome - Capt. Alan Osowski, left, who supervises Sheriff's Office operations in DeBary, welcomes his newest deputy, K-9 Asco.

A woman in an electric wheelchair, who in the past drew warnings from officers to use intersections when crossing the street in South Daytona, was killed this week when a motorist hit her, police said Wednesday.

A South Daytona woman suffered severe leg injuries Monday when an elderly Ormond Beach woman in a sport utility vehicle struck the motorcycle she was riding, a Daytona Beach police official said.

They're the kind of houses that make you roll up your car window and speed up when you drive past them.

Small businesses struggling to get back up and running after the hurricane can get help from a variety of sources -- but time will be the problem for most needing cash right away.

A former Daytona State College student who said he shot at South Daytona police in June because he wanted to be left alone, and then skipped out on his bail, was caught early Wednesday in Massachusetts, a police official said.

Here's pet news for the recession: A local animal advocacy group and veterinarian are offering a low-cost spay/neuter clinic for cats and a series of low-cost shot clinics for cats and dogs in October, starting today.

A Daytona Beach man already in jail accused of armed robbery and aggravated assault with a firearm has been charged with trashing his girlfriend's house earlier this month.

One woman loves to shop at supermarkets, but it's not food or household items that are on her list.

The vote was a hole-in-one Tuesday night when it came to okaying golf carts in the city of South Daytona.

Ari S. Morse, vice president of Locaters International Inc, a South Daytona investigative agency, was recently elected president of the Florida Association of Private Investigators.

In the summer of 1978, a young Jerry Conley wanted to bond with his mom before going back to cosmetology school so he started watching her favorite show with her -- "Guiding Light." He got hooked and it became something they shared together over the years and after she died in 1989.

Home invasion triggers shootout Fatal accident shuts down I-4 eastbound near Lake Helen Halifax tower stirs praise, criticism Deputies: Man found dead in pickup committed suicide N-J/ Peter Bauer Palmer student Tyler Slabaugh treats Serenity House resident Allyn Krouse for shoulder pain and nerve damage.

Boy, 7, dies of aneurysm, not injuries from golf club Police seek man in woman's shooting Public records for Sept.

In a rage, a woman's boyfriend trashed her residence to the point where even a sheriff's deputy was taken aback by the destruction, an incident report shows.

Volusia and Flagler observances have been scheduled today to mark the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center Towers and the Pentagon.

A Volusia County sheriff's deputy was arrested on charges of drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident with damages this morning after he struck a marked South Daytona police cruiser, authorities said.

Law enforcement across Central Florida are already using cameras that zero-in on license plates as a crime-fighting technique.