Orange City News

A new $1.45 million transit hub, south of downtown DeLand, has sat idle since late last year but will soon come to life as four Votran bus routes begin service.

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A judge reduced the bail for a Volusia County corrections officer arrested after an armed standoff at his home near Orange City last month on child porn charges.

Before his death, 12-year-old Colin Anderson dreamed of a skate park in his hometown and it appears it's closer to happening.

PHOTO COURTESY CITY OF DELTONA Good partnerships and more happy stories - This lost dog is now found and a happy camper, due to some new partnerships.

Deltona city staff are recommending the City Commission approve a controversial rezoning request that would accommodate a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market and Florida Hospital Fish Memorial outpatient clinic on Saxon Boulevard.

The lockdown at University High School in Orange City has been lifted, said Volusia Schools spokeswoman Nancy Wait.

The advent of SunRail commuter service means the end of weekday bus service between Orange City and Orlando, according to Volusia County and the Florida Department of Transportation.

The teenager injured in a weekend traffic crash on Interstate 4 near Orange City has died, investigating Florida Highway Patrol investigators said Tuesday morning.

A crash on Interstate 4 near DeLand took the life of a 16-year-old girl Sunday afternoon, March 30, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

Admission: $10 adults; free for children age 11 and younger and veterans with ID.

The Volusia County School Board and its allies are going all out to build support for continuing the half-cent local-option sales tax for schools.

Even as a Deltona firefighter sat in jail on charges of rape, the women he is accused of sexually battering were reluctant to give investigators statements as they feared the aggressive and violent nature the fireman displayed when he sexually attacked them, according to reports released this week.

A DeBary man was arrested and charged with exploding a military device on the hood of the car of an Orange City man who took his cellphone and returned it without the SIM card that contains personal data, Orange City police said.

ORANGE CITY, Fla. -- A man who had an ongoing dispute with his co-worker is accused of blowing up that co-worker's vehicle overnight, according to Officials: Man blows up co-worker's vehicle on firstcoastnews.com: http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/2014/03/24/bomb-car-co-worker-orange-city/6825977/ ORANGE CITY, Fla.

Orange City police arrested one person after an artillery simulator was detonated on a vehicle outside a sports bar Sunday night, an agency spokesman said.