Barberville News

A bear died after it was hit by a car at State Road 40 about a mile east of State Road 11 near Barberville.

BEACON PHOTO/AL EVERSON The narrow way north - U.S. Highway 17 ceases to be a four-lane road in front of McInnis Elementary School in DeLeon Springs, and it becomes a two-lane rural road northward.

BEACON PHOTO/AL EVERSON Coming up dry? - ' Volusia County Groundwater Program Manager Tom Carey shows the equipment he uses to take monthly readings at 46 monitoring wells around the county.

A former automobile dealer is again challenging Republican Dorothy Hukill for her state House seat. via The Orlando Sentinel

“And I make my own seed starting-mix.”

Pauline Copello's specialized vegetable crops don't carry the "organic" label because her small farm in Barberville isn't certified as organic. via Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

Edutainment for the Whole Family Font Take a walk back in time and explore what 'old Florida' was like at the Pioneer Settlement for the Creative Arts located in Barberville, Florida. via Associated Content

Big Easy comes to Daytona The Big Easy meets the World's Most Famous Beach Saturday night when the Metro PCS Bayou Boil comes to Daytona Beach. via The News-Journal

“The artists are multitalented. The Spring Frolic is a wonderful, laid-back weekend with great music that will absorb you.”

Grab your fiddle and put on your dancing shoes. The fourth annual Spring Frolic is bringing folksy fun to Barberville this weekend. via The Orlando Sentinel

“We're just seeing the beginning of hardship”

A $24 million budget-cutting plan that would impact everything from Volusia County public school classrooms to sports programs and administrators' paychecks was released Tuesday, and there's more to come. via Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

A Crescent City teenager was hospitalized Wednesday night after sustaining a gunshot wound to his upper chest. via WNDB-AM Daytona Beach

“I don't know if that's illegal, but it's certainly unethical”

When you buy a car, state law offers some protection against misleading sales techniques. via WTLV

“We continue to ask county residents and tourists to be mindful and diligent regarding their personal mosquito protection efforts at this time in Volusia County”

Another horse infection, more sentinel chickens' antibodies and trapped mosquitoes are showing the threat of mosquito-borne Eastern equine encephalitis has increased, so the Volusia County Health Department ... via Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

“A balanced soil can be obtained by adding low yearly inputs of organic matter such as peat, compost or composted manures. It is important to stay away from potassium chloride, which damages the soil.”

At chef Douane McTherson's deli and health-food store in DeLand, shoppers can buy homemade breads, locally grown organic produce and natural supplements. via The Orlando Sentinel

“We have supplied light poles to the Sanford historic district”

Tom Robbins wrote about them, the golden age of the automobile popularized them and society seems to have passed them by. via The News-Journal

The Volusia County Health Department has confirmed two cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis. via WNDB-AM Daytona Beach

“Generally the people who tend to contract this are picking it up around swampy areas”

The deaths of two horses in and around West Volusia have been determined to be the result of Eastern equine encephalitis, so the Volusia County Health Department today put out an alert against this ... via Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

Altoona's Terry McCarl ran fourth and former Knoxville Raceway 410 point champ Kerry Madsen took sixth in the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Alltel DIRTCar Nationals finale at Barberville, Fla., on Sunday. via Des Moines Register

“You improve the quality of living by having a church -- especially a church in such a visible location [on S.R. 50]”

When Sister Elizabeth Worley first walked into Disco Rafa's, she saw far more than an abandoned nightclub with bright red paint and wood paneling on the walls, a concrete dance floor and a stage with a dancer's ... via The Orlando Sentinel

Written by: Tony Veneziano World of Outlaws Barberville, Fl - 2/2/2008 Blaney won his first career Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature event in 1985 at Tri-City Speedway in Illinois. via Speed Channel