New Smyrna Beach News

The former Kister Kayat manufacturing plant along U.S. 1 in Edgewater has been reborn as CartTech, where shopping carts are refurbished and resold.

A DeLand man wanted on an attempted second-degree murder charge in a May shooting was arrested Thursday.

New Smyrna Beach police said they arrested George Heise, 77, after a woman called and said a man was hiding in her backyard and watching her.

A New Smyrna Beach teen was arrested and charged with arson after a torched back bedroom of his house on Charlovix Street was discovered Wednesday morning.

More than seven years after she was accused of killing an elderly woman during a home invasion in New Smyrna Beach, Karen Blosser was found competent to stand trial Wednesday.

The United States Coast Guard rescued six people off the Volusia County coast Saturday.

Two veteran Volusia County school principals -- both homegrown and longtime fixtures at the elementary schools they head -- will retire Tuesday.

A 27-year-old Rockledge man was charged with two counts of attempted armed robbery after allegedly holding up two Volusia County pharmacies.

Seventy years ago, Earl Wallace helped commission U.S. Coast Guard Station Ponce de Leon Inlet.

Two pairs of Volusia elementary schools each will share a principal for the next academic year and each of the nine high schools will have one fewer assistant principal as part of a plan to save an estimated $1.78 million.

Officials of the St. Augustine-Baracoa Friendship Association have extended their thanks for which is described as the overwhelming response to an appeal for donations for the humanitarian mission in Cuba.

This city has a brownfield and so does Port Orange. Now New Smyrna Beach and South Daytona are looking to get theirs.

Next fall, Florida voters will decide if they want the power to approve or deny changes to their communities' comprehensive land-use plans.

CRAWFORDVILLE - Uno, the big German Shepherd, howled his readiness to get to work Wednesday as the head of Florida's prison system finished introducing him.

A trip to your local boat ramp can be an exercise in patience. At the recently renovated George Kennedy Memorial Park, the parking lot is at capacity on a Sunday even with afternoon thunderstorms on the way.

Volusia County sheriff's investigators today are trying to piece together the story behind the discovery of an unconscious transient found lying on the side of U.S. 1 with a knife sticking out of his left shoulder near his chest.

TALLAHASSEE - Setting up probably the biggest and most expensive political battle of 2010, Secretary of State Kurt Browning's office certified the "Hometown Democracy" constitutional amendment Monday for a statewide referendum.

Every time there's a shark attack, there are a lot of stories in the papers and on the news.

The shellfish industry raking millions of pounds of oysters from Florida's coasts could face big losses from environmental changes that are making oceans more acidic, researchers are warning.

I recommend New Smyrna Beach, Florida for families, couples or singles. It's located on the central east coast of Florida.