The City of DeLand proudly dedicated a new roadway Wednesday in honor of one of its most distinguished residents — Lt. Charles P. Bailey, a decorated Tuskegee Airman and one of the first African ...

With an eye toward the 2026 general election, Volusia County is poised to begin amending, adding to or revising its 54-year-old home-rule charter. The county’s charter review, mandated by the charter ...

Editor, The Beacon: I’d like to begin with gratitude. Thank you, Jennifer Critzer, center administrator at Conviva in Orange City, for having me. Thank you for giving me the chance to work with you ...

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PHOTO COURTESY ORANGE CITY A NEW PLACE TO PLAY — Colin’s Dream Skate Park, named for Colin Anderson, a local 12-year-old boy who was hit and killed by a truck while skating in 2013, officially opens ...

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Complete Parachute Solutions, a highly successful, military-focused outgrowth of DeLand’s world-famous sport parachuting industry, has turned 20 years old. CPS is actually a consortium of three ...

PHOTO COURTESY BANK OF AMERICA BANK OF AMERICA AT SHFBCF — MORE HELP FEEDING PEOPLE — Derrick Chubbs of Second Harvest, left, and Steven Alch, president of Bank of America Orlando, hold a facsimile ...

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Florida Congressional District 7 suffers from cultural and intellectual poverty manifested in the lack of quality and integrity of the elected representatives. Webster Barnaby is a coward. He issued a ...