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DeLand center hosts fitness day

The Greater Union Life Center Healthy West Volusia Initiative held a Community Fitness Day at the Chisholm Community Center in DeLand on May 11. The event was sponsored by DeLand Commissioner Vonzelle Johnson; the DeLand Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; Relentless Efforts; and the Chisholm Community Center. The fitness day was held [...]

May 16, 2013No CommentRead More

Stetson named Presidential Award Finalist for community service

DeLand, Fla. - Stetson University is one of 14 universities named a Presidential Award Finalist in the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The Honor Roll recognizes higher education institutions that reflect the values of exemplary community service and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities. Stetson’s selection to the Honor Roll is the highest federal [...]

March 11, 2013No CommentRead More

“Click It or Ticket” in full force in Volusia County

Volusia County – The Thanksgiving holiday period is one of the busiest travel times of the year, and the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office wants to remind all travelers, whether they’re traveling across the country or just across town, that one of the best ways to ensure a safe arrival is to buckle up, every trip, [...]

November 13, 2012No CommentRead More

Final day of Early Voting in Daytona

STAFF REPORTS Today marks the eighth and final day of early voting in Volusia County, FL. Voters have until 7 p.m. to be in line to cast their ballots at one of the five early voting locations in the county. Throughout the past month efforts from Democrat, Republican and non-partisan efforts have held campaign events [...]

November 3, 2012No CommentRead More

Sheriff’s Office searching for missing 12-year-old

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in finding a 12-year-old Deltona boy who has been missing since Tuesday evening. Adriel Thomas had left a friend’s house and was supposed to ride his bicycle three blocks back to his home. But about two hours later when Thomas had still not arrived home, [...]

October 31, 2012No CommentRead More

Stetson initiative helps prepare students for election

SPECIAL TO THE DAYTONA TIMES DeLand – This election year, the stakes are high and many Stetson students will be able to vote for the first time. To help inform Stetson students about the issues in this election, Stetson University’s Center for Community Engagement will be hosting debate-watching parties, a straw poll and several forums [...]

October 4, 2012No CommentRead More

Deputies crack down on motorists passing stopped buses

Volusia County Sheriff’s Office – Little more than one month into the school year, Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies are stepping up traffic enforcement to protect students getting on and off school buses. Already, deputies working a pair of special operations have cited 23 drivers for illegally passing stopped school buses, in violation of state law. [...]

October 1, 2012No CommentRead More

Five hurt, three seriously, after small plane crashes into DeLand Publix

By Dave Weber And Susan Jacobson, The Orlando Sentinel (MCT): DELAND — Five people were injured when an experimental airplane crashed into the roof of a Publix supermarket Monday evening. Two people on the twin-engine plane and one on the ground received serious burns and were taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center, authorities said. Two more people on [...]

April 3, 2012No CommentRead More

Author to discuss ‘Race in the Age of Obama’ at Stetson

SPECIAL TO THE DAYTONA TIMES Author and editor Ta-Nehisi Coates will lecture on “A Deeper Black: Race in the Age of Obama,” on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. at Stetson University. The presentation is free and open to the public and will be held in the Stetson Room of the Carlton Union Building, 131 [...]

February 2, 2012No CommentRead More