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21-Year-Old Arrested for Allegedly Shooting 4 in Daytona
Four people were wounded with non-life-threatening injuries when a gunman opened fire on Seabreeze Blvd in Daytona Beach on Saturday, the Daytona Beach Police Department announced. The DBPD initially …
Alan Avellan Jr. Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Sex Crimes Against Minors
38-year-old Palm Coast resident Alan Avellan Jr. was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday for multiple sex crimes against minors. The convictions came from two arrests of Avellan, occurring …
13 Stores Nabbed in Underage Alcohol Sales Sting
13 stores in Volusia County were identified as having sold alcohol to underage buyers, according to a new report from the Volusia Sheriff's Office. An undercover buyer attempted to purchase alcohol …
A portrait of Laralee Spear taken some time before her 1994 murder.
30 Years After Teen's Murder, $50,000 Reward Offered
DeLand resident Laralee Spear would be 45 years old this year. Instead, she was murdered at age 15 on April 15th, 1994.  The killing happened after Spear exited her school bus and began to walk …
Flagler Free Clinic Announces Expanded Eligibility
The Flagler Free Clinic will now be offering its services to a wider array of people, the clinic announced in a statement on Wednesday. The change comes as a result of new legislation passed in …
Governor DeSantis Backs 3 Environmental Initiatives
At a press conference in Naples on Tuesday, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a piece of legislation to increase research toward Florida’s red tide crisis. The move came alongside a promise to spend …
Volusia County

BMW Driver Arrested After Hitting 113 MPH on I-4

The Volusia Sheriff's Office had to break out the stop sticks on Saturday, when they arrested 29-year-old Kevin Olivo Rivera on a litany of charges in Deltona. He reportedly reached speeds of well …

Regional Dance America Festival Coming to Daytona

Daytona Beach will be hosting the Regional Dance America National Festival at multiple premier locations later this month, as detailed in a new announcement by the Daytona Beach Area Convention and …

1 Fatally Shot in Apparent Road Rage Incident in Deltona

One man was shot and killed in Deltona on Thursday in what officials are calling a road-rage incident gone wrong. The confrontation happened at around 9:11 pm in the vicinity of Fisher Drive and …

Flagler County
State News
Max Azzarello, a St. Augustine resident and self-described research investigator, was hospitalized Friday after setting his own body on fire outside of a New York City courthouse where former …
Bob Graham, Florida's former Governor and U.S. Senator for over two cumulative decades, has passed away at 87 years old. He died while residing in a retirement community in Gainesville, with the …
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a series of bills that have been passed by the Florida legislature, multiple of which pertain to law enforcement. One, HB 601, bans civilian police …
One expense for business owners in Florida is set to ease up in the near future: the state tax on rent for businesses is set to decrease from 4.5% to 2.0% by June 1st. The drop is in accordance with …
A bill increasing the penalties for exposing a law enforcement officer to fentanyl has been passed by the Florida state legislature, sending it to Governor Ron DeSantis' desk for a signature. The …