DeLand

Headline Surfer photo / Volusia County Councilwoman Barara Girtman is all supportive on the dais of the Frank J. Bruno, Jr. County Council Chambers in DeLand, Florida on Tuesday, July 29, 2022.

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DELAND, Fla. -- Volusia County has always been synonymous with a need for speed.

The Volusia County Council approved a new kind of speed on Tuesday for some residents in the form of broadband infrastructure.

AYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A new editor has been named to manage the daily news operations of the Daytona Beach News-Journal and the St. Augustine Record, both under the ownership of Gannett/USA Today.

DELAND, Fla. -- There is no more deserving endorsement among the candidates running for public offices in Volusia County in 2022 than District 1 County Council incumbent Barbara Girtman of DeLand.

DELAND, Fla. -- Volusia County Sheriff's Office Lt. Kyle Bainbridge resigned in May amid allegations of sexual harassment of female deputies.

DELAND, Fla. -- Billie Egger Wheeler was eager to get to work for her constituents in greater Daytona Beach when she was sworn in to begin a second term on the Volusia County Council at the first meeting on the dais ack on Jan. 7, 2021, in the Frank T. Bruno County Council chambers. 

DELAND, Fla -- Alvin Mortimer, a Deltona resident with a lengthy criminal record who has repeatedly baited County Councilwoman Heather Post in Facebook rants apparently got too close for comfort in confronting her in an aggressive manner during a break in a recent public meeting that convinced a judge earlier today to slap him with a year-long restraining order.

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DELAND, Fla. -- Retired Sheriff Ben Johnson won a second elective office in decisive fashion over two other candidates in the August primary for the at-large seat on the Volusia County Council.