http://www.beacononlinenews.com West Volusia News en-us http://www.beacononlinenews.com/rss/rss.xml The showdown for District 2-6A honors went to Mainland High School, as they took down the Bulldogs 21-14. It was the Bulldogs' first loss this season. Both teams went into the game 3-0 in the district. This win determined home-field advantage during the regional quarterfinals. Mainland will have t ... http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2182 http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2182 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:03:00 -0500 On a Thursday in September, Steven and Crystal Koenig of DeLand were wed, expecting a full life together. Crystal was expecting the couple’s first child. Steven was a full-time student at Daytona State College; Crystal was an emergency-room nurse in Putnam County. Two days later, on S ... http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2176 http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2176 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:57:36 -0500 The DeLand City Commission voted for a panhandling ban at its Nov. 2 meeting, but it wasn’t the complete prohibition shoppers and shop owners asked for. With a 3-to-2 vote, commissioners approved outlawing aggressive panhandling at any time or place, and banning any kind of panhandling between 7 p ... http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2174 http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2174 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:01:53 -0500 Did you know that more than 40,000 Volusians have diabetes? And, more than double that number are at risk for diabetes, heart disease and stroke because of pre-diabetes? One-fourth of those people are unaware they have the disease. In diabetes, the body does not produce or properly use insulin, a ho ... http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2172 http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2172 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:54:26 -0500 As of 8:34 p.m. Election results: Pierson Referendum: Do the citizens of Pierson want to extend council terms to four years, and do they want to have elections only in even-numbered years? Yes: 49 No: 37 Total: 86 Lake Helen Zone 1 Lewis Long: 302 Ann Robbins: 336 Total: 638 Lake Helen Zone 3 ... http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2171 http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2171 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:38:25 -0500 On July 1, DeBary said a bittersweet goodbye to Brit, a Volusia County canine officer, when the dog retired after suffering an injury during training. The city missed having a K-9. So did Deputy Persio Genao, Brit’s human partner. Now there’s a new K-9 named Asco for Genao and DeBary. {{related ... http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2170 http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2170 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:16:49 -0500 A DeLand woman was arrested Saturday morning by Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies for leaving a 4-year-old girl home alone while the defendant reportedly went off on a crack cocaine binge. Patricia Reynolds, 39, is facing charges of child neglect, prisoner escape and resisting an officer with viol ... http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2166 http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2166 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:57:31 -0500 "Halo, halo. You've never seen me in Florida. I only visit the southern tip of Texas because it looks like my home in Central America and Mexico. I'm a plain chachalaca, so don't confuse me with the grey-headed chachalaca or the little chachalaca, both from South America — neither of them visits ... http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2165 http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2165 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:02:45 -0500 At the Halloween Monsters on Mainstreet event, Gary Locker wore an unusual accessory. Locker, who owns Animalia Pets, was accompanied by Dino, a 12.5-foot, 130-pound Burmese python. Bills have been introduced in Congress to ban the import of Burmese pythons, but Dino has a lot of friends at Locker's ... http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2164 http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2164 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:00:23 -0500 The drug was Oxycodone, and investigators from the Volusia County Sheriff's Office had already arrested John Davey, 41, of DeBary dubbing him the "mastermind of a massive pill-pushing criminal enterprise." Then, Volusia County Sheriff's investigators arrested 15 more suspects in "Operation Oxy-Clean ... http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2162 http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2162 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:31:32 -0400 UPDATE 2:30 P.M. The bear is still headed west, and is about 3 miles east of the St. Johns River, FWC spokewoman Joy Hill said. That's good bear habitat, and if left alone, the bear should have no problem reaching it. Hill said people living in the area should make sure bear attractants, such as ga ... http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2157 http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2157 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:32:52 -0400 Emotions have been running high in Glenwood recently, as residents watched survey crews work up and down Grand Avenue. Workers measured and tagged trees in the avenue’s gracious median, the pride of Glenwood. Did all this mean the County of Volusia was getting ready to bulldoze the trees or pave ... http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2155 http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2155 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:25:42 -0500 Though she was only a child in Marion, Va., Alta Felty remembers well the start of the Great Depression. It happened 80 years ago today, on Oct. 29, 1929. The day would become known as “Black Tuesday.” “I was 7 years old, and Mama would take us uptown to get a cup of sherbet, orang ... http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2153 http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2153 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:53:29 -0400 DeBary politics, always volatile recently, have taken another turn. City Clerk Stacy Tebo sent a complaint to her boss, Interim City Manager Kassandra Blissett, Oct. 7. Tebo complained about City Council Member Van Conoley’s conduct. Conoley had placed an item called “Discussion Rega ... http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2152 http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2152 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:15:01 -0400 Floridians used to “fall back” or set their clocks back an hour in October, to switch from daylight saving time to Eastern Standard Time. Then, the U.S. Congress passed a law extending daylight saving time by one month, beginning in 2007. Now, daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. on the second ... http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2151 http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2151 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:55:05 -0400