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Headline Surfer photos / Kaye Walker, chairwoman of the New Smyrna Beach Charity Ball (on the right) celebrates with friends at November's fundraiser at the Brannon Center.

NEW SMTRNA BEACH, Fla. -- There were lots of local community volunteers at the annual New Smyrna Beach Charity Ball at the Brannon Center.

For Kaye Walker, one of the organizers, it'sabout fenerating money for charity.

"If everyone contreibutes just a little bit it can make a difference," Walker said.

Courtesy photo/Facebook profile. Jonathan R. Novenski, 18, of Edgewater, was found dead this morning in a ditch in front of his family's home.

EDGEWATER -- An 18-year-old man was found dead in in a ditch in front of his father's Needle Palm Drive home this morning by a passerby, Edgewater police said.

The body, identified as that of Jonathan R. Novenski, was spotted by a person walking by at 7 a.m., police said.

Foul play is not suspected at this time in the teen's death who may have died as a result of an accidental overdose of some kind while at a party hours earlier, police said.

Dec. 22, 2009: Joshua A. Gove and Amy D. Simpson, Edgewater; James E. Force and Debra M. Polenchar, New Smyrna Beach.

Courtesy photo. A car crashed into the front of the Wal-mart in the NSB Regional Shopping Center on State Road 44 early Tuesday, smacking a concrete section a short distance from the entranceway.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A motorist lost control and struck a support column before grazing the concrete wall of the Walmart in the NSB Regional Shopping Center on State Road 44, just after 11 this morning on a busy Christmas shopping day, fire department officials said.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH — A 79-year-old woman overcome by smoke from flames inside her home in the Century Woods subdivision early this morning was being treated at Bert Fish Medical Center where her condition was said to be much improved, a fire department official said later in the day.

Originally posted Sat, 2009-10-17 10:43

Courtesy photo. The body of Harvey Andrew Beltz, 56, of Edgewater, was recovered in the Intracoastal Waterway during the early morning hours of Saturday,  Oct. 17, the victim of a drowning having apparently fallen overboard just north of the South Causeway.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A fisheran's body was recovered this morning in the Intracoastal Waterway about a quarter mile north of the South Causeway Bridge where his 19-foot motorboat was spotted with full fishing gear at daybreak, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission confirmed.

Originallly posted Sat, 2009-11-07 01:47

Courtesy photo/Randy Wright of NSB Fire Dept. Difficult to see because of darkness, this horse was rescued Nov. 5, a Thursday night, from a muddy hole by New Smyrna Beach firefighters, a veterinarian and a tow truck operator.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A horse stuck in a muddy hole late Thursday night was rescued by firefighters, a veterinarian and her staff and a tow wrecker, at the Matava Family Farm, 225 Sugar Mill Road, a fire official said.

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES -- A pedestrian struck and killed by a minivan while trying to cross 3200 block of South Atlantic Avenue on Sunday night has been identified by police there as 55-year-old James Steager.

The victim died enroute to Halifax Medical Center shortly before 6:30 p.m. He had been struck just north of Simpson Avenue by the minivan heading north. No charges were filed against the driver, a 38-year-old woman from Ponce Inlet, police said.

DELAND -- Votran will not operate bus service Christmas Day, Friday, and New Year’s Day, also a Friday, in the Greater Daytona Beach Area, Southeast and West Volusia County areas.

Votran service will close two hours early Christmas Eve, Thursday.

Orlando Express and Connector routes also will not operate during the two holidays.

For further information, please call (386) 761-7700 in Daytona Beach, (386) 943-7033 in West Volusia or (386) 424-6800 in Southeast Volusia.

Courtesy photo/jail mug. John D. Yovaish, is charged with grand theft auto and other related charges that reslted in a fatal crash that killed another motorist. An investigation is ongoing and he could face even more serious charges in the Dec. 12 fatality.

DELAND -- A 19-year-old DeLand man could be facing greater charges than grand theft auto in the wake of a Dec. 12 crash that killed another motorist.