Volusia County News

Volusia County is known as an international center of racing, but folks in Pierson and Seville pride themselves on a different accolade -- "Fern Capital of the World." It's a place where leatherleaf fern grows inside shade tents.

Volusia and Flagler education officials are applauding their newfound freedom from some of the most rigorous and unpopular mandates in American education.

A new thoroughfare that will connect Port Orange and New Smyrna Beach is a step closer to reality, with Volusia County approving a $9.3 million agreement with a developer Thursday to get the stalled project started.

A voter referendum on whether to allow slot machines in Volusia County is headed for the November ballot, the County Council decided in a narrow vote Thursday morning, reversing course on what had appeared to be a reluctance to move quickly on the issue.

A DNA match has determined that a South Daytona woman missing since 2010 was the person found dead in an Ormond Beach ditch last year, a police report shows.

COUNTY COUNCIL TO CELEBRATE OPENING OF FIRST RAIL TRAIL SEGMENT FEB. 25 The Volusia County Council will celebrate the completion of the first segment of the East Central Regional Rail Trail in a ribbon-cutting ceremony that's set for 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb.

Commissioner Cyndi Stevenson reached out to Historic City News Editor Michael Gold this week to explain her concerns and reasons that she opposes the upcoming referendum to allow slot machines to be included in the mix of gaming options at St Johns County's only pari-mutuel facility - The Best Bet at St.

Michael Lomangino, 41, faces charges of trafficking in hydrocodone and oxycodone, narcotics possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.

West Volusia's community newspaper of DeLand, Orange City, Deltona, Enterprise, DeBary, Lake Helen, DeLeon Springs, Glenwood, Pierson, Cassadaga, Seville and Barberville in Florida.

REGISTER NOW FOR YOUTH SOCCER LEAGUE; FREE SOCCER CLINIC SET FOR FEB. 25 Registration is open for Volusia County's spring youth soccer league, which begins March 27 at Sperling Sports Complex, DeLand.

Even though it had fewer shark bites reported in 2011 than any year since 2004, Volusia County, Fla., continues to be saddled with the nickname of shark-bite capital of the world.

The boy, 16, and a 15-year-old friend took numerous items from the city public-works warehouse, police say.

The operator of a private-sector business that sold uniform items to service members has been arrested in New Jersey on fugitive warrants from Florida, federal officials said.

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office arrested two men Wednesday morning after finding a small, active methamphetamine lab in DeLeon Springs.

Volusia County officials vowed to enforce traffic safety at a safety meeting Tuesday night and they started bright and early Wednesday morning.

A body found last month behind a Marion County truck has been identified as a quadriplegic reported missing in December to Daytona Beach police.

The state prisoner, 23-year-old Michael Burke, had been taken to Florida Hospital DeLand for treatment, where he managed to get away.

The state Department of Education and the Volusia County School District have launched separate investigations of the Reading Star Academy of Excellence K-5 charter school in Orange City.

A police officer who shot two men while responding to a call on Carroll Avenue last month was investigated for his Taser use about six years ago.

Central Florida parents are outraged at the school lice policies, especially after Local 6 reported Volusia County schools enacted a policy last year that they won't check children for head lice--and didn't notify the parents.