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Originally posted Thu, 2009-06-18 10:52

Courtesy photo. Robert Herron, a 53-year-old homelesss man from DeLand was in surgery June 18 for a knife wound to his chest. He was found in a wooded area outside the Edgewater city limits with a knife sticking out of his chest.

EDGEWATER -- A 53-year-old homeless DeLand man was found stabbed in the chest, with the knife still stuck in him last night, the Volusia Sheriff's Office reported, adding he remains hospitalized in stable condition today.

Originally posted Sat, 2009-01-10 00:58

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick. Cutline: At least 10,000 spectators descended on New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport on Friday evening to watch the testing of 10 large hot-air balloons that will take flight with several more this morning at dawn. This was the inaugural Seaside Balloon Fest sponsored by the City of New Smyrna Beach.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Spencer Harris' eyes grew real big when he looked up at the towering hot-air balloons that lit up the night sky Friday night at the New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- A 67-year-old woman was walking through the parking lot at the Publix in the New Smyrna Beach Regional Shopping Center just before 2 p.m. Saturday when a woman jumped out of a sport utility vehicle, snatched her purse, jumped back in and drove off, New Smyrna Beach police said.

Originally posted Thu, 2009-06-18 10:29

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick. This photo of the charred remains of a home on Palm Street was taken the day after an Aug. 6, 2008, arson fire that resulted Wednesday in a 25-year prison sentence for Desmond Matthew Blount, 21, of Edgewater.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Retaliation by burning a man's home for a stolen bicycle has landed a 21-year-old Edgewater man in prison for 25 years.

Originally posted Sat, 2009-05-02 18:15

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- An 84-year-old Edgewater woman refused to give up her money to a hooded teenager who approached her in her car at the K-Mart plaza on State Road 44, earlier today, even though he told her he had a weapon under his sweatshirt, after which he ran off, New Smyrna Beach police said.

Originally posted Fri, 2009-12-11 23:19

Courtesy photos.Roy Deion Fudge Jr.,  sent to prison in December for five years for attempted murder in the May 17 shooting of Marcus Peterson, also of New Smyrna Beach.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Roy Deion Fudge Jr., has been sentenced to five years in prison for last May's near-fatal shooting of another New Smyrna Beach man.

Originally posted Fri, 2009-07-24 03:48

Courtesy photo/Volusia Jail mug. Robert C. Young, 31, of Edgewater, a convicted felon recently released from prison, was arrested in July on a warrant charging him with having unlawful sex with a child. The victim, bore his child at the age of 16, two years after Young allegedly began having sex with her.

EDGEWATER -- Robert C. Young went to prison two years ago with a secret few others knew at the time.

Originally posted Wed, 2009-06-10 22:24

NSBNEWS.net photo by Sera Frederick. New Smyrna Beach police Cmdr. William Drossman received a 10% pay increase in June because of a budget oversight that saw him earning far less than sergeants reporting to him, Interim City Manager Khalid Resheidat said.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Because of a budget glitch that had gone on for several years, police Cmdr. William Drossman was making far less than the sergeants who reported to him, said Interim City Manager Khalid Resheidat.

Originally Posted Thu, 2009-10-01 05:20

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Felony charges were forwarded to the State Attorney's Office for possible prosecution against four eighth-grade girls at New Smyrna Beach Middle School for ingesting prescription pills that resulted in all four being briefly hospitalized Monday morning after their teacher reported them to the principal for acting strangely in class.

Rosa B. Green, 76, of New Smyrna Beach, a homemaker, died Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009.

Lawrence Reome, 81, of Oak Hill, a native of Malone, N.Y., died Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009.

Sheri Lynn Howell, 34, of Edgewater, a day auditor, died Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009.

James Wilson, 84, of New Smyrna Beach, a former engineer, died Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009.

Rose A. Lancaster, 64, of New Smyrna Beach, a travel/tour agent for Rose's Tours, Edgewater, died Friday, Dec, 25, 2009.