DeLand Area News
For Thursday, February 26, 2015 (links are updated continually)
| DeLand police: Drunk driver takes out hydrant in DeLand City utility workers have been working since early this morning to repair a damage to a fire hydrant caused by an allegedly drunk driver who struck it and a nearby utility pole, according to DeLand police..
The accident occurred shortly before 1 a.m., Thursday morning at the corner of North Amelia ... |
| Controlled burn being conducted in West Volusia Authorities will be conducting a controlled burn of 77 acres at the Crescent Lake Conservation Area in Volusia County on Thursday in an effort to reduce the chances of wildfires.
"Prescribed fire is the use of carefully-planned fire purposefully set under stringent conditions to control fire's effe ... |
| Deputies honored for saving lives Three Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies were honored Feb. 10 with medals of merit for saving a pair of lives in two separate incidents in December and January, a Sheriff’s Office spokesman said.
“We’re real proud of you,” Sheriff Johnson told the trio. “You’ve made the Volusia County S ... |
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| DeLand police arrest Barberville man in Rightway Food shooting A Barberville man has been arrested, accused of being the shooter who gunned down a man at an East New York Avenue convenience store shortly after 9:30 a.m. Jan. 20, DeLand police said.
Jeremy Thomas, 31, was arrested at his probation officer's office Feb. 4, DeLand Police Department spokesman Lt. B ... |
| Nature Scenes: Great blue heron is mainly gray On a beautiful November afternoon on the Blue Heron River Tour in DeLand, the tourists saw an unusually posed great blue heron. This tall, slender bird usually looks majestic in size, stance and stature. But look at the photo accompanying this column! Was the great blue heron trying to look like a b ... |
| Nature Scenes: Golden eagle has a golden nape and crown The robust, majestic golden eagle is 26-40 inches long, has a 6-foot to 7-foot-8-inch wingspan, and weighs 10 to 14 pounds. The females are larger than the males.
This large, dark-chocolate-brown-plumed raptor has a golden nape and crown. The alert eyes are yellow like amber.
The wings are broad and ... |
| One shot at DeLand convenience store One person was shot this morning, Jan. 20, at the Rightway Food store, 430 E. New York Ave. in DeLand, according to Lt. Bruce Morehouse of the DeLand Police Department. The victim’s condition is currently unknown, he said
Just after 11 a.m., the gas station was roped off with police tape, and the ... |
| Fire levels decorative foliage/moss plant in DeLeon Springs Fire ravaged through a local decorative foliage and moss plant in DeLeon Springs in an early morning blaze on Jan. 16.
Authorities were called to Quality Growers Floral Company, inc., 5220 State Road 11, at 3:45 a.m., to find the business fully-involved in flames, according to Division Chief Paul E ... |
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