OSTEEN -- State Road 415 has been a popular scenic route and an alternative for daytriipers heading east to New Smyrna Beach from Sanford, but it has also proven deadly as witnessed by Friday's head-on collision near Osteen where two motorists were burned beyond recognition, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick. Robert Schaedel, 68, of 2864 Red Oak Circle in the Redlands retirement mobile home community, off U.S. in New Smyrna Beach, was killed Saturday when his residence caught fire.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 68-year-old resident of the Redlands senior mobile-home park off U.S. 1, died Saturday in a blaze that fully engulfed his residence, officials said.
Robert Schaedel died in the 3:11 p.m. fire, but his wife, Mildred, who escaped the flames after trying to fight the fire, was treated at the scene for minor unspecified injuries.
Jimmie "Woodie" Woodfin, 75, of Edgewater, a Navy Veteran of the Korean Conflict and an avid fisherman, died Friday, Aug. 7, 2009.
Robert N. Culley, 55, of New Smyrna Beach, who worked at Outback Steakhouse, died Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009.
Griffin ’s law of finger pointing states simply: The person doing the finger pointing is in all likelihood the one who should be blamed for the problem.
This law was brought to my attention in a 1952 sermon delivered by my favorite clergyman, J. Harrison Griffin, pastor at the old First Baptist Church on the corner of Washington and Faulkner. Griffin pointed out: “When you point your finger at someone there are three fingers pointing back at you.”
DELAND -- Marjorie Reynolds, a 75-year-old DeLand resident reported missing three days ago by a family member, was found this afternoon, conscious and alert, but dehydrated in a wooded area near the 1700-block of Marsh Road between Old Dayton Road and Highway 92.
She was located at 1:45 p.m., Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught said.
As many as 200 people helped in the search for the missing woman, he said, including personnel from the Orange City Fire Department.
DELAND -- Volusia County Animal Control is working to address the animal overpopulation issue through proactive measures – such as education, investigation, and enforcement – to stop indiscriminant breeding of dogs and cats, animal fighting, and cruelty to animals.
As a result, the county has organized an Animal Welfare Fund, to which citizens can make donations, said Shelley Szafraniec, a Vousia County spokeswoman. The funds are used to offset the expenses of these efforts, she said.
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Courtesy photo. Alfonso Milian, 82, of Deltona, who has medical needs, has been missing since Friday.
DELTONA -- The Volusia County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding a missing Deltona man reported missing by his family on Friday.
Alfonso Milian, 82, suffers from beginning stages of Alzheimer's Disease and takes medications for high blood pressure and diabetes.
EDGEWATER, Fla. -- I was playing a game online the other day and looked over at the chat area to see what my progress was and saw this: “I grew up from Oregon and been lived in Idaho 21 years now.” It is such an affront to proper English that I looked at the person’s profile and found that the writer was a 46-year-old man.
DELAND -- Nine years after leaving for a post in Tallahassee and then even greener pastures in California, Dr. Bonita J. Sorensen realized there's no place like home as she returned to the helm of the Volusia County Health Department earlier this month.
Sorenson, who held the top post from 1996 to 2002, first left for a larger post as state deputy health director and then relocated to California to work for that state's health department as the chief deputy director of policy and programs.
DAYTONA BEACH -- A 23-year-old Daytona Beach man was taken into custody Monday after a negotiator with a SWAT team talked him into surrenduring after he barricaded himself into a residence where a 1-year-old was inside when he learned police were looking for him.
Neighbors told police they heard gunfire just before police arrived at the residence at 1069 North St. at 5:33 a.m. Harrison Burson surrendered three hours later and was taken into custody on several outstanding warrants.
Police did not release any other details.
