Category Archives: News Daytona Beach – Latest Stories
VSO Charges DeLand Man With Aggravated Stalking Against His Own Family
DeLand, FL - Volusia Sheriff's (VSO) deputies arrested 58-year-old Derick Velez, a former Monroe Sheriff's deputy, yesterday (August 5), charging him with aggravated stalking after he made a...
Aug 06, 2021
'Empty Bowls' Charity Event This Saturday
Daytona Beach, FL - An annual event that helps Halifax Urban Ministries (HUM) in its mission to prevent homelessness and hunger in the community is happening this Saturday. This year's Empty Bowls Sat...
Aug 05, 2021
Fried Seeks Federal Money In School Mask Fight
Tallahassee, FL - With Gov. Ron DeSantis threatening to withhold money from school districts that require students to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, state Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Frie...
Aug 05, 2021
FCSO Looking For Wanted Fugitive In Theft Of $250K Utility Truck
Bunnell, FL - The Flagler County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) is looking for 37-year-old Eugenio Gonzalez-Merlo in relation to the theft of a Freightliner truck, valued at approximately $250,000....
Aug 05, 2021
Port Orange Police Officer Passes Due To COVID-19
Port Orange, FL - A Port Orange police officer has passed away. From the Port Orange Police Department's Facebook page: With the family’s permission, it is with extreme sadness that we share...
Aug 05, 2021
Two Stetson University Students Win One Year Free Tuition
DeLand, FL - Two Stetson University students will attend school tuition-free this year. New and returning Stetson students had an opportunity to participate in the weekly Safer Stetson Award drawings ...
Aug 04, 2021
Daytona Beach Drug Raid Also Finds A Small Bomb
Daytona Beach, FL - The Daytona Beach Police Department's (DBPD) Problem Oriented Policing (POP) Unit found what they were looking for and more when they served a narcotics search warrant at a home lo...
Aug 04, 2021
Therapist Charged For Molesting Juvenile Patient
Palm Coast, FL - A Palm Coast Substance Abuse and Mental Health Counselor is in the Flagler County Jail after the Flagler County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) said that he sexually molested a juve...
Aug 04, 2021
Daytona Beach Mayor Doubles Incentive For Next Week's COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics
Daytona Beach, FL - The City of Daytona Beach, in partnership with Family Source, is offering three COVID-19 vaccination clinics next week, using the Moderna vaccine, for people over the age of 18. Ma...
Aug 04, 2021
DOJ Reaches Settlement With VCS Over Treatment Of Students with Disabilities
DeLand, FL - The U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement agreement today with the Volusia County School District (VCS) to 'address the district’s systemic and discriminatory practi...
Aug 03, 2021
