Port Orange News

Seasickness aside , Rob and I recently had a stellar long weekend in Daytona Beach, and I thought I'd tell you about it.

The tornado affected dozens of homes in the Laurelwood Estates, Lighthouse Pointe and Brandy Hills neighborhoods of Port Orange.

The Daytona Beach area has always done big events - big bike rallies, big stock car races, big Spring Breaks.

Two premature babies slept quietly in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Halifax Health Medical Center on Tuesday as community leaders peeked through the incubator's glass and waved.

John Selvey has a goal. A goal he works at mostly in the evenings in a small kitchen workbench at his Daytona Beach mobile home, hunched over a large illuminated magnifying glass.

State Rep. Dave Hood, R-Daytona Beach Shores, will hold town hall meetings throughout District 25 to discuss the legislative session that ended this month and hear comments and suggestions from his constituents.

When a Port Orange woman noticed the bronze markers on her grandparent's gravesite were missing, she thought an employee of the cemetery - someone who knows how to remove plates without damaging the marble - might be responsible.

Port Orange-based W.W. Gay Mechanical Services Inc. uses a $4 million, 550-ton crane to replace air-conditioning units atop Aliki Condominiums at 2828 N. Atlantic Ave.

Staring across a crowded restaurant, Alene Hayes wondered if she was looking at her son who disappeared eight years ago.

The wife of a retired Beach Patrol deputy chief has been accused of stealing more than $300,000 from a group of cardiologists she worked for, an arrest report shows.

City leaders unanimously agreed Tuesday night to expand the trap/neuter/release program of feral cats into neighborhoods, given the apparent success in lowering the number of strays around businesses during the last year.

Thompson Pump & Manufacturing Co. Inc., held its 23rd annual Pumpology School April 17-19, 2013, at its corporate facilities in Port Orange, FL.

BEACON PHOTO/MARSHA MCLAUGHLIN Major distraction - Teens at DeLand High School who attended a session on texting while driving April 25 demonstrate their interest in cellphones.

Two separate national rankings of high schools in the past week have highlighted a few top performers in Central Florida -- but reflect little agreement on what the "best" schools are.

A man was arrested after attempting to carjack two vehicles while fleeing police Saturday, according to South Daytona Beach police.

With a moderating tone and more deft political touch, Florida Gov. Rick Scott unquestionably had his best legislative session since he was elected governor.

A 27-year-old "local" man was run down by a motorist in a red convertible and killed after a fight early Sunday on Seabreeze Boulevard, Police Chief Mike Chitwood said.

It's chow time down at Tuxedo Park. Keith Schubert has shown up in a steady rain to feed a colony of feral cats.

Greater Union First Baptist Church of DeLand and its Greater Union Life Center Healthy West Volusia Initiative are sponsoring a Community Fitness Day 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Chisholm Community Center, 520 S. Clara Ave.

Senator Dorothy L. Hukill passed Senate Bill 518 as part of the Senate's Economic Opportunity Package SB 1024/HB 7007 on the Senate Floor on May 1. Senator Hukill's priority legislation, promotes business expansion and job growth throughout the state by providing a sales tax exemption on the purchase of industrial equipment and machinery used by ... (more)