Volusia County

Medical-religious partnerships can address health needs of an aging society

2011-09-05 00:00:00

In my July 7 column, "Sharing learning opportunities has come full circle," I mentioned that I couldn't fit into that column all the information I had learned at the Maryland Gerontological Association's spring conference. One of the topics I didn't...

A desperate search for missing relatives

2005-09-06 00:00:00

HOUSTON - Once again, Ellis Ashford scanned the hundreds of notes taped to the wall of the convention center looking for news of his missing sister. The 56-year-old roofer from New Orleans last spoke to Brenda as Hurricane Katrina was slamming into the...

Judge won't halt recount

2000-11-15 00:00:00

In the battle for the presidency, Florida courts issued a series of rulings yesterday that favored Texas Gov. George W. Bush's bid and gave Vice President Al Gore the chance to prove he won the race. Circuit Judge Terry P. Lewis' ruling, perhaps the most...

Campaign moves to courtroom

2000-11-13 00:00:00

The fight for Florida's electoral votes shifts to a Miami courtroom today, with each side digging in its heels over a manual recount of presidential ballots. Texas Gov. George W. Bush, whose minuscule lead in Florida has been shrinking to below 300 votes...

Courts take on a pivotal role

2000-11-14 00:00:00

In a dizzying day of developments, the battle over Florida's presidential election count shifted yesterday to a Tallahassee courthouse, where a state judge is to rule this morning on whether several counties must end their recount of votes by 5 p.m. today...

Orange leaders approve domestic-partner registry

2012-05-22 17:24:03

Orange County leaders voted 6-1 on Tuesday to approve a domestic-partner registry, ending a hard-fought battle that had entangled Mayor Teresa Jacobs and gay activists for months. The new law gives unmarried couples and others many of the notification...

ACLU: "Many" same-sex classrooms in Florida may be illegal

2012-05-21 16:05:00

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida is targeting schools in Orange, Polk and Palm Beach counties, among others, for what it says are illegally discriminatory single-sex classrooms. On Monday, the advocacy organization sent a letter to the...

Stunned teachers suspect scoring problem for poor FCAT writing results

2012-05-18 15:53:00

Florida took the equivalent of a teacher's red pen to students' FCAT essays this week, marking up error after error and then scrawling a lousy grade at the top of the papers. It was an experience that left many educators "absolutely stunned," said...

Work on SunRail track slated to start this week

2012-05-19 09:43:47

Maintenance work is set to begin this week on a seven-mile stretch of track that will eventually be used by SunRail trains. The Florida Department of Transportation will start work Monday on a nearly 7-mile-long stretch of track running from the...

Daytona Beach chiropractor accused of illegally prescribing drugs

2012-05-18 20:52:00

A Daytona Beach chiropractor was arrested this week on charges of illegally prescribing drugs to patients. Federal investigators say Joseph Wagner accepted $100 monthly from patients with no insurance to prescribe drugs including hydrocodone and Xanax....

Evangelist accused of inappropriate contact with underage girls

2012-05-18 11:12:00

A Volusia County minister was arrested Thursday on federal child-sex charges. Luis Morales, who runs En Fuego for Jesus, is accused of bringing underage girls to Florida with the intention of having sexual contact with them, according to a federal...

FCAT writing scores fall in Central Florida

2012-05-18 08:54:00

FCAT writing scores fell dramatically across Central Florida, just as statewide scores did, results released this morning showed. Local educators were braced for the low marks since the state released preliminary statewide results Monday showing fourth,...

Florida Highway Patrol opens I-95 southbound Thursday, December 29, 2011 after one person is dead and five others were injured in a fatal fiery crash this morning on Interstate 95 in Volusia County involving three semi tractor-trailers. The crash triggered explosions, shaking awake hundreds of

2011-12-29 00:00:00

The remnants of a bicycle are all that are left on Saylor Road in Volusia County , Fla. after the Maytown Road fire burned several houses to the ground. Wednesday, June 15, 2011.

2011-12-20 11:19:42

Volusia County, Florida has more shark attacks than in the whole of South Africa 235 in total, since 1882, according to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF). And lightning strikes are prevalent here too. 71 deaths were caused by lightning in the state between 1997 and 2006.

2011-11-02 14:47:39