Port Orange News

The Port Orange Parks and Recreation Department will hold a summer gymnastics camp from 9 a.m. to noon, Aug.

It feels like it's 90 degrees at 6 p.m. as I sit on a bench staring at a mess of Votran route sheets in my lap and considering the 11 miles to get home.

Luck has struck for the third time for a central Florida man. James Bush of South Daytona is one of three $1 million winners to claim their Firecracker Millionaire Raffle prize so far from the Florida Lottery.

The field of Republicans vying to take on Democratic U.S. Rep. Suzanne Kosmas of New Smyrna Beach has grown to four.

A driver was killed on Interstate 95 this afternoon when he ran off the roadway, overcorrected and his 2001 Ford Ranger overturned.

Chad Russell is used to socializing and his wheelchair serves as his legs to get around when it's not breaking down every other week.

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.

Port Orange Police Chief Gerald Monahan has been appointed to a state task force aimed at helping victims of human trafficking.

Some residents in the Ashton Lakes subdivision of Port Orange said wild hogs are trashing their yards.

A precautionary boil-water notice is in effect for about 385 homes in the Spruce Creek Fly-in , west of Port Orange, according to Volusia County officials Utilities crews shut off water to the homes for four hours Tuesday to install a stormwater line on Roscoe Turner Trail.

Gov. Charlie Crist has chosen Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott as one of three officials who will make up the Statewide Task Force on Human Trafficking.

Six people, including a Port Orange man and a Palm Coast man, were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard from a disabled boat Saturday about 20 miles northeast of Ponce Inlet, authorities said.

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.

Kendrick Meek, a congressman from Miami, brings his campaign for the U.S. Senate to a local Democratic event in Port Orange today.

Protesters opposed to the embattled government in Iran on Thursday night mourned the shooting death of Neda Agha-Soltan, a 26-year-old Iranian woman who has become a symbol of the outcry against the government in the wake of a disputed election.

Flames were everywhere and food was flying. Recently Ginza Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar in Port Orange, http://GinzaSushiPortOrange.com , opened their doors to the public.

The north end of Dunlawton Square shopping center in Port Orange was bought just as Kmart announced plans to vacate it in early August.

Port Orange Police are looking for a well-dressed man after a suspicious incident at a bank in that city.

City leaders can expect updates on two large development projects being proposed to the north and south of the city during Tuesday's city commission meeting slated for 6:30 p.m. in the DeBerry Room of the Utilities Commission Building, 200 Canal St.

Police are searching for a bank robber who hit a Wachovia Bank in Port Orange Friday afternoon.