DeLand Area News
For Sunday, February 1, 2015 (links are updated continually)
| 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 ... |
| DeLand Housing Authority to open waiting list for Section 8 vouchers For the first time since 2008, the DeLand Housing Authority will open its waiting list for their Housing Choice Voucher program (also known as Section 8), according to Shilretha Dixon, community resource coordinator, for the City of DeLand. “The list was moving slow because of the unavailability o ... |
| School board to announce Volusia County’s ‘Teacher of the Year” for 2016 Volusia County’s “Teacher of the Year” for 2016 will be announced Friday, Jan. 23.
The top teacher will be chosen from a list of 70 teachers who were nominated by other teachers to represent their schools, according to Nancy Wait, a spokeswoman for Volusia County Schools.
Wait said the list ha ... |
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| New, returning County Council members sworn in for Volusia County Three Volusia County Council members reaffirmed their oaths of office, and one new member climbed aboard the dais Thursday, Jan. 8, to begin the first County Council meeting of 2015.
Returning to their posts for four more years were at-large representative Joyce Cusack, Pat Patterson, who oversees D ... |
| Autorities rule Daytona woman’s death was suicide by drowning The Volusia County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled the death of a Daytona Beach woman whose body was found in a submerged car in the St. Johns River was suicide by drowning, a Volusia County Sheriff’s Office spokesman said.
The body of Kathy Marie Hilbert, 57, was found midday Jan. 7 in her ... |
| Police: Body found in submerged vehicle near Blue Spring State Park A submerged vehicle with the body of an adult female inside was found in the St. Johns River near Blue Spring State Park on Jan. 7, according to Andrew Gant, a spokesman for the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. The victim has been identified as Kathy Hilbert, 57, of Daytona Beach, according to Gan ... |
| Nature Scenes: Birds migrate for several reasons The migration of birds is an instinctive phenomenon that is difficult for humans to understand! Nearly every North American bird flies south in the autumn and back in the spring.
A few travel only 50 miles -- for instance, from a mountaintop to a lower terrain in the area -- while many species trave ... |
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