Hunger doesn’t take a summer break. To help parents feed their kids while school is out, Volusia County’s Summer Food Service Program will provide free breakfast and lunch meals for children and teens ...

On Sunday, January 8 local musicians Jazz in the Courtyard returned to Cafe DaVinci to play some jazz. Attendees also got to celebrate Dot Brown’s 95th birthday! Photos by Beacon […] ...

PHOTO COURTESY CHRISTOPHER ELDER <br> HOSTESS — Aaliyah Nouveau at “Pride Night at DaVinci,” a local drag show at popular DeLand bar Cafe DaVinci. BY CHRISTA ASSI Three years in, DeLand’s first weekly ...

BEACON PHOTO/CALISTA HEADRICK TROPICAL OASIS — Tropi Shack at 2000 N. Volusia Ave. in Orange City, provides all of the tropical vibes, especially during the hot Florida summer. It has been a familiar ...

Michael “Mike” Williams, former president of the West Volusia NAACP and a community advocate Demetris Pressley, a community leader and former director of the City of DeLand’s Public Works Department ...

Volusia County Schools has submitted a grant request for $254,250 for elementary music programs. The goal, according to the request, is “To implement and support comprehensive music education programs ...

The West Volusia Artists announce Earlene Redenz as the March Artist of the Month. She is holding her mosaic piece Fall Colors. Other pieces came about because she enjoyed the process so much. A ...

PHOTO COURTESY SPARTON CORP<BR> LOCAL HEADQUARTERS — Sparton Corporation’s headquarters staff is based at the company’s main production facility at 5612 Johnson Lake Road in DeLeon Springs. A local ...

DeLand-based real estate agency Bee Realty Corp recently welcomed three new agents to its family of Realtors: Heath Kindt, Jayne Balta and Jackie DeSousa. The three new agents help make up a group of ...

A 31-year-old woman driving a passenger car made an illegal turn at New York and Woodland in DeLand early one November morning. A DeLand police officer set off the lights and siren on his patrol car ...

PHOTOS BY ANNE SOLLIEN<br> SCENES FROM THE PLAY — In Act 2 of Barefoot in the Park, Mr. Velasco (played by Adam Guevara), left, presents Mrs. Banks (Sally Daykin), Corie (Brianna Gutierrez) and Paul ...

Marco Rubio, Rick Scott, Michael Waltz, Fred Lowry, Webster Barnaby, Ron DeSantis and almost every Republican in this state are all, for all their bluster, children. They have not grown up. They ...