Orange City News

Marine veteran Jeffrey Duck has received an apology from the Department of Veterans Affairs after he was locked inside a community health clinic in Orange City, Fla.

SOMEONE HAS TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. THANKS, LOUIS. NEW AT 6:00 NOW, A BIG APOLOGY FROM THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION AFTER THE RETIRED MARINE SAYS HE WAS LEFT AND THEN LOCKED INSIDE THIS LOCAL V.A. CLINIC.

IMAGE COURTESY VOLUSIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE Suspect - The Volusia County Sheriff's Office is trying to identify and locate this man, whom investigators say may be involved in skimming and fraudulently using a woman's bank card number to make purchases at various stores, including a Publix, where this surveillance image was made.

Historically summer is a time of happy-memory making. Activities, freedom from structure, travel and times spent with family.

A 65-year-old woman was killed Thursday in a multi-vehicle crash in Deltona, sheriff's officials said.

Five West Volusia County men have received their sentences after pleading guilty to stealing from a local union's employee benefit plan, federal officials said Thursday.

Former Navy officer Ariel Cordero sat nervously awaiting his turn. After leaving the service in 2000, steady work has been hard to find for the 38-year-old Deltona resident.

It's been 72 years of happiness for a Florida couple. They have reached an anniversary that many couples never do.

OKAY, YES, NOW WE'LL GET OVER TO THAT PICTURE FROM PAT GRIFFIN AS THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, LOOK AT THAT, HE ACTUALLY MANAGED TO GRAB A LIGHTNING STRIKE RIGHT ON THE ROAD.

A former Deltona firefighter accused with raping multiple women is expected to make a plea and get sentenced Thursday afternoon, officials said.

Volusia deputies are investigating a near drowning in Deltona Wednesday afternoon, a sheriff's spokesman said.

The Fourth of July is a celebration of colors and noise that brings out the patriotic spirit of people.

A former Orange City police officer who had cancer is suing the city for discrimination because, according to a complaint, he was fired when he requested an extension to his absences.

The DeBary City Council will select from more than a dozen residents when it's expected to choose a replacement for Mayor Bob Garcia on Wednesday night.

Although The News-Journal does not endorse candidates in elections, I'm going to make an exception, put on my partisan hat and stump enthusiastically for a favorite son in a national contest: DeLand.

You'll find parents, long-time school volunteers, an accountant and a college instructor on the Volusia County School Board.

Grease: School Version 2:30 p.m. Saturday, June 28 Gateway Center for the Arts 880 North U.S. Highway 17-92, DeBary.

Emergency vehicles are shown along the front of the Orange City Target after a 16-month-old was left alone in a car in the parking lot.News-Journal/Patricio G. Balona A shopper who got a baby out of a hot car Friday afternoon likely saved the toddler's life and now the 17-year-old aunt faces a misdemeanor charge for leaving her 16-month-old nephew ... (more)

A 17-year-old girl left her 15-month-old brother inside a hot car Friday afternoon while she went shopping inside a Volusia County store, according to police.

The tsunami wave that Wawa Inc. created when it cannonballed into Florida two years ago is finally reaching the Volusia-Flagler area.