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Ben Dowling of DeLand was wined and dined recently by Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn, Mich., when he was honored as one of the nation's top-ranked Ford employees.

We're still digesting all the hot dogs and potato salad we had yesterday at the Spin Cycle's annual Fourth of July barbecue and fluff-and-fold, but we couldn't resist sharing these three food-related items as ...

A homeless man and his girlfriend faced charges Friday for working together to rob a convenience store, DeLand Police said.

BEACON FILE PHOTO Moving to Kentucky - Parking Enforcement Supervisor Jan Taylor will retire June 11, after 19 years with the City of DeLand.

BEACON PHOTO/JEN HORTON Think pink - A prototype set of pink light bulbs is in service on the southeast corner of the Woodland Boulevard and Howry Avenue intersection.

A Florida man is facing criminal charges for allegedly chucking a 3-pound container of Polish sausage at his mother's head during an argument, police said.

The five-month hunt for DeLand's new city manager garnered a pool of applicants from Tennessee to Lebanon, but the search ended up right where it started -- in DeLand.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF DEKOEYER FAMILY Graduation day - Patty DeKoeyer is flanked by her twin sons, Timothy, left, and Daniel, at their graduation from the police academy.

A mother and her young child were hospitalized late this afternoon after a one-car rollover crash on East New York Avenue in DeLand, police said.

BEACON PHOTO/PAT HATFIELD Idea man - George Taylor, founder of The Watershed Laboratories in DeLand, is proud of the results he's achieved with a special spray additive he created.

A carjacking suspect was shot in Orange City after an incredible string of robberies Tuesday.

Four people were stabbed and injured during a large gathering in Pierson, police said.

It's an attempted robbery you might not believe. Surveillance video shows Gelando Olivieri using a sharp end of a palm frond to hold up a store in DeLand, Florida.

BEACON PHOTO/MARSHA MCLAUGHLIN Scene of burglary - Officers from the Volusia County Sheriff's Office exit a home on the south side of DeLand where, according to the Sheriff's Office, it appeared three intruders ...

A suspect in at least three carjackings was shot and killed by police this afternoon at the Big Lots shopping center at Enterprise Road and U.S. Highway 17-92 in Orange City.

That is how county officials described the proposed five-year road work program to West Volusia's city officials, developers and a few residents Friday at separate meetings in Deltona and DeLand.

Deputies arrested a mother and son team who may be responsible for copper wire thefts in five counties -- including Volusia and Flagler, investigators said Friday.

A Florida man tried to rob a store on Friday with a palm frond as a weapon, police said.

BEACON PHOTO/BARB SHEPHERD Solar lighting - Solar lights tucked under the awning shine down on the entry to Illume Laser Spa at 120 W. New York Ave.