PIERSON -- A Volusia County Sheriff's deputy responding to a disturbance call in Pierson Friday afternoon shot and killed a large dog that lunged at him in an aggressive manner, an agency spokesman said.
DELAND --. The public is invited to attend the following public performances presented in August and September by the Stetson University School of Music.
Unless otherwise noted, performances take place in Lee Chapel of Elizabeth Hall, 421 N.
Woodland Blvd., and have an admission fee of $8 general public; $5 senior citizens and area students. For additional information, contact the School of Music, 386-822-8950, or Concert Line, 386-822-8947. The full schedule is at www.stetson.edu/music/calendar
DELTONA -- The smell of gasoline carrying through an open bedroom window at 4 a.m. Saturday woke a Deltona woman and prompted her to look outside for the source.
DEBARY -- Photographic historian Walter Johnson will discuss pinhole photography at 2 p.m. Saturday, at DeBary Hall Historic Site, 210 Sunrise Blvd.
His talk, “Pictures in a box: The art of pinhole photography,” will explore the history of the pinhole technique, which dates from the fourth century B.C. and is still used today. Johnson, a professor
emeritus at Ohio State University, will display contemporary and historic cameras and images.
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Here is Gov. Charlie Crist's weekly "Notes from the Capitol" for July 30, 2010:
Dear Friends,
Yesterday, in a tragic accident, Rear Admiral LeRoy Collins Jr., USNR (Ret.), executive director of the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs passed away.
SOUTH DAYTONA -- A house fire on Anastasia Drive shortly after midnight Saturday was contained to the rear of the structure and the single occupant escaped unharmed.
DEBARY -- A check fraud and identity theft caper unraveled on Friday in DeBary and landed three people in jail, thanks to an alert bank manager and a speedy response by Volusia County Sheriff's deputies, an agency spokesman said.
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Vicki Teneyck, 54, of Ormond Beach, was arrested Friday after telling deputies she made up a claim of being abducted.
ORMOND BEACH -- A 54-year-old Ormond Beach woman who claimed to be the victim of an abduction at the hands of a knife-wielding attacker is in jail after Volusia County Sheriff's investigators discovered that the woman's story was just that -- a story.
DELTONA -- The Winn-Dixie at 1200 Deltona Blvd. is among 30 stores in the Southeast that are closing as part of a restructuring, the Jacksonville-based grocery giant announced Thursday.
The Winn-Dixie on State Road 44 in New Smyrna Beach and the store on U.S. 1 in Edgewater are not affected by the closings, which are expected to be completed by Sept. 22, the company said in a press release.
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The body of a man that was found in reeds in the Halifax River was identified Wednesday as that of Franklin Lewis Yakym, 51, a homeless man.
DAYTONA BEACH -- The decomposing body of a man found Tuesday in the reeds near the shoreline of the Halifax River on Riverside Drive in Holly Hill has been identified as 51-year-old Franklin Lewis Yakym, who had been living in a homeless shelter, Daytona Beach police said.
