Volusia News Now

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- He was once an AT&T outdoor tech himself who "retired" or so he claimed in his failed campaign in the August primary for Volusia County chair. And so Greg Gimbert in a social media treatise to linemen, has nothing but admonition and disdain for utility cutomers he dismisses as "eaters" who have been without electricity since Hurricane Matthew's wrath six days ago.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- How ironic that the parents of 9-year-old Jose Angel Barrios would learn well after the fact that thick grey-colored packing tape affixed to keep windows from breaking during Friday's crush of Hurricane Matthew -- would continue to hold the glass in place three days later as he lay lifeless on his bed in the family's home at 113 Mason Park Drive, the result of acute carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator in another room being used because the electricity had not yet been restored, Daytona Beach cops said.

News for Monday, October 10: Second Presidential debate; Hurricane aftermath in North Carolina; Missiles fired near U.S. navy ship in Red Sea; U.S.-Philippines joint military exercise.
 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Robert Hahn Jr. of Palm Coast had less to worry about than most people when Hurricane Matthew, the monster storm storm packing winds of 90 mph hit Central Florida, thanks to his hurricane-ready home.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Damage from Hurricane Matthew of the city's municipal sports complex, 1800 Turnbull Bay Road, means it won't reopen until an assessment is done and repairs made, a city official said.

DELAND, Fla -- Although county offices will be closed on Monday due to clean up from Hurricane Matthew; the Department of Elections will be open from 8 am to 5 pm.
 

EDGEWATER, Fla. -- City offices will be open normal hours beginning Monday as will norrmal trash and recycling pick-up schedules.

DELAND, Fla. -- All Volusia County Schools will be closed Monday and Tuesday and that includes after-school activities and athletic events for both days.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Betty Jean Lappin Cogley was upset by the social media message her sister, Susan Lappin Mathes of DeLand, posted the day before she was killed when a tree fell on her after she went outside to feed her animals during Hurricane Mathew.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Check out this video that tells you how to survive a strong hurricane like Matthew that is heading up from Jamaica towards Florida's Atlantic coastline.