Citrus County School Board Member Pat Deutschman has been hearing a comment about the proposed design for renovations at Crystal River High School that she finds a little disturbing.

Riding in the front passenger seat of an armored Humvee, Staff Sgt. Jaime Lugo calmly alerted others in the vehicle: "There is a possible IED." The Army convoy, which included Lugo and his fellow soldiers, had just gone around a curve.

Published: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 10:02 p.m. At the request of Gov.

A new high school opening in Orange City next year moved ahead on two fronts Tuesday, while Starke Elementary School in DeLand got a new lease on life.

A 4-year-old girl and her mother will be counting the days and months up until - in the eyes of that child - an impossibly long year passes and the calendar turns to 2011.

Six dogs are now in protective custody after they were found locked in a cage with no food or water.

Two months ago, Roy Brown got the letter. It was written by his daughter's killer on the 11th anniversary of her death.

Because of the budget crunch, School Board members are taking a second look at their plan to close the small DeLand elementary By Jennifer Horton posted Nov 7, 2009 - 2:25:14pm The clock is ticking for Edith I. Starke Elementary School in DeLand, which is slated to close after the current school year ends.

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

Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 6:55 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 6:55 p.m. Two Lake Butler men were in custody Tuesday on drug and theft charges following a three-month investigation in western Union County.

Staff Sgt. Johnny Richardson of the Florida National Guard was among the first ground troops to invade Iraq in 2003.

About 2,400 U.S. soldiers from around Florida are preparing for deployment. Before they leave, they are put through rigourous training to prepare them for what they may encounter overseas.

Photos by BOB SELF/The Times-Union Wrestling fans Daulton Dyals , 12, and his mother Kimberly Castell, both of Orange Park, scream their support for Triple H and Shawn Michaels at the nationally-televised Monday Night Raw at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.

Published: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 11:34 p.m. Sixteen attorneys primarily from North Central Florida have applied to fill two judicial vacancies in the 8th Circuit.

The Florida Power & Light Company must pay a $25 million penalty for a massive outage that left nearly one million homes and businesses without power last year.

Those people are just ... trailer trash! And so they are in a Starke, Fla., mobile home community called Armadillo Acres.

A drug bust that began in the air wound up netting charges related to stolen firearms.

A former president of the North Florida Regional Chamber of Commerce was arrested Wednesday on an outstanding charge of fraudulently obtaining property.

Suwannee Countians, it's time to speak your mind! How? By calling the Suwannee Democrat Rant and Rave hotline.

Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a death warrant for Paul Beasley Johnson who killed a deputy sheriff and two other people in 1981 in slayings in Lake and Polk counties.