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DELAND -- Flood victims in Volusia County can apply for state funding assistance through Volusia County and the cities of Daytona Beach and Port Orange, said county spokeswoman Shelley Szafraniec

Flood victims living outside Daytona Beach city limits may apply for disaster assistance through Volusia County’s Community Assistance
Division, which has received $1 million in state funds to assist families affected by the May flooding.

DELAND -- Staff from the Volusia County Personnel Division will meet with representatives of the International Association of Firefighters union, which represents county firefighters, from 9 a.m. - noon Thursday, June 11, to discuss contract
negotiations.

The meeting will be in the second-floor conference room of the Volusia County Personnel Division, 230 N. Woodland Blvd., Suite 262, DeLand.

DELAND -- Morgan Gilreath Jr., Volusia County’s property appraiser, has provided updated damage assessments from May’s floods, indicating that 1,890 properties were damaged with a total value of $68,985,054, said Shelley Szafraniec, a county spokeswoman.

Editor's Note: This was written by WFTV Channel 9 Orlando:

It was the third most expensive weather disaster for Volusia County behind the hurricanes of 2004. The May floods created more than $68 million in damage, and forced thousands out of their homes.

Eyewitness News covered the devastating floods and recognized the need for help. That’s why WFTV Channel 9, WFTV 9 Family Connection and our corporate partners will donate $10,000 to help victims in Volusia County.

DEBARY -- A man pulled into his driveway in DeBary Wednesday evening after having just cashed a check when suddenly he was confronted by a woman pointing a gun at him and demanding his money.

When the 50-year-old man didn't respond fast enough, the woman cocked the gun, but at that moment something didn't seem right to the would-be victim, said Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught. The gun had an oddly plastic sound. That prompted the man to fight back. When she tried dashing across the street to escape, he gave chase and tackled her to the ground.

DELAND -- A 16-year-old boy wanted for attempted felony murder and armed home invasion in Orange City, was arrested Monday night at a home on Boston Court in the DeLand area after Volusia County Sheriff's deputies received an anonymous tip about his location, an agency spokesman said.

Levon Desaussure was transported to the Volusia Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Daytona Beach without incident.Sheriff's investigators have already charged 21-year-old Kyle Bell of Orange City with attempted felony murder and home invasion robbery.

Here is a synopsis of what led to the charges:

DELTONA -- A 16-year-old boy remains hospitalized at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach after accidentally shooting himself in the head with his mother's handgun Friday, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.

The boy, identified today as Dillon Charles,was visiting his mother at 2821 India Blvd., when he accidentally shot himself while handling the firearm, deputies said. The boy was breathing when rescue units arrived, but was non-responsive to the verbal commands of the responding deputies at 12:54 p.m., three minutes after a 911 call was made.

DAYTONA BEACH -- The Florida Housing Finance Corp. has awarded $1 million in State Housing Initiatives Partnership disaster funds to the City of Daytona Beach and another $1 million to Volusia County to assist families affected by recent flooding.

SHIP generally provides funds to local governments as an incentive to create partnerships that produce and preserve affordable home-ownership and multifamily housing.

In this instance, the funds will be used specifically to help floodvictims and must be spent in accordance with the following requirements:

DELAND -- Summer atering restrictions apply to all Volusia County residents, including those in cities, as of June 1.

Watering is not allowed between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Here is the schedule:

During Daylight Saving Time:

* Residential irrigation is allowed at odd-numbered addresses from 4 p.m. to 10 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays and even-number addresses Thursdays and Sundays.
* Businesses may irrigate from 4 p.m. to 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Fridays.

Daylight Saving Time begins the second Sunday in March and ends the first Sunday in November.

During Eastern Standard Time:

DAYTONA BEACH -- Members of the Volusia County Council; county staff; and mayors, commissioners and managers of the cities affected by the May flooding in Volusia County have been invited to an informational meeting at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 2, at Volusia County Lifeguard Headquarters and Administration Center, 515 S. Atlantic Ave.