In a move that had nothing to do with the Christmas rush, and everything to do with a state deadline with enormous fiscal ...

This is the latest installment of our feature Better Country Beyond, with excerpts from DeLandite Karen Ryder’s book about ...

Sparton Corp. has landed additional work for the U.S. Navy. The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $107 million ...

BY ROBIN MIMNA  After nearly four decades of serving the Lake Helen community, Papa’s Pizza closed its doors on Saturday, Dec ...

While revelers were still celebrating the ball dropping on 2024, Haizlee Marie Hill was the first baby born in the new year ...

Like many other goods and services, the cost of riding a bus within Volusia County is going up. The new year brings with it ...

BY MORGAN RYAN Alex Tiamson, the vice mayor of Orange City, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 29 at the age of 60. Tiamson was ...

In response to G. Kiser’s letter (Christ and Woke Philosophy), I accept the author’s right to free speech. But, I respectfully ask why the author feels it necessary to tell me that I should love my ...

On Dec. 29, Volusia County celebrated our 170th anniversary. One would think after that many years, we would have matured into a place where good governance holds more weight than the profit motives ...

PHOTO BY DILLON WILSON-BECK; GREAT JOB — DeLand High School basketball player Justin Suarez runs down the court at the annual Gus Gibbs Memorial Boys Basketball Tournament. Though they lost one and ...

The DeLand police department is investigating a fatal pedestrian accident that occurred early Dec. 26. A white semitruck with a trailer was turning into the southwest entrance of the Winn-Dixie ...

Blake and Darbey Sprout live with their two children and two dogs in northeast Orange City, near the numbered streets. Around 12:15 a.m. on Dec. 20, Blake let out their two dogs, Karen, a Pomski ...