Lake Helen

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Votran will operate on a limited service schedule on Christmas and New Year's in Volusia County for those who rely on the public buses to get to and from work, for shopping or other essential needs.

LAKE HELEN, Fla -- Sean Abshire has announced his intention to run for a seat on the Lake Helen City Commission in municipal elections to be held this year in this small rural Southwest Volusia city of 2,780 residents.

LAKE HELEN, Fla -- Adults can create a colorful picture frame at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, at the Lake Helen Branch Library, 221 N. Euclid Ave.

LAKE HELEN, Fla. -- Adults can make dreamscape paintings at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, at the Lake Helen Public Library, 221 N. Euclid Ave.

"The budding artists will use dyed inks to create individualized paintings on tiles and nonabsorbent paper," Pat Kuehn, Volusia County information specialist, told Headline Surfer. "Each painting will develop according to the way the inks are applied, blended and spread. No two will be the same."

LAKE HELEN, Fla. -- The Lake Helen Public Library, 221 N. Euclid Ave., is offering enlightening and entertaining programs for people of all ages this month.

DELAND, Fla. -- Volusia County Fire Services has lifted the burn ban for the county’s unincorporated areas as well as the municipalities of Oak Hill, Lake Helen and Pierson.

DELAND, Fla. - An ex-con from Lake Helen was killed on early Wednesday morning when he crashed his car while speeding away from a traffic stop, a DeLand official said.

LAKE HELEN, Fla. -- One of God's gentlest four-legged mammals who loved being on a farm is no longer among the living, thanks to one or more dogs that had gotten loose from a nearby locale and ripped open his muzzle    with bites that Lake Helen cops believe may be the handiwork of one or more pit bulls  or mix breeds based on the viciousness of the attack.