Editor, The Beacon: This is a response to one of Tanner Andrews’ opinion columns. (I do wish you could print poetry in your newspaper). Customer service? Today? You try to […] ...

After a successful eastside School Choice Fair, Volusia County Schools is hosting its westside School Choice Fair on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the Sanborn Activity Center, ...

Amazon, which has two super-warehouses along North Normandy Boulevard and now has approximately 2,000 local workers on its payroll, will get $622,203 back in proportionate-share payments previously ...

Specialist Guarino Trejo currently serves in the United States Army as a 19D Cavalry Scout. He was stationed at Fort Hood and is currently at Fort Carson. Trejo deployed to Poland in support of allied ...

The Volusia County Property Appraiser’s Office is finishing work on the 2025 preliminary tax roll. Chief Deputy Appraiser Jeff Cosat says the new and revised tax numbers on the overall market worth of ...

After five hours of delibrations, the jury requested a readback of Jerone Hunter and Michael Salas’s testimony from the 2006 XBox murder trial. Mid-reading of Hunter’s testimony specifically regarding ...

Editor, The Beacon: Sen. Ashley Moody didn’t waste time settling into her new seat — she went straight for the stock market. Between March 20 and 25, she shoveled up to $550,000 into two semiconductor ...

North Korea has been a hereditary monarchy, run by the same family since 1948. The founding dictator was Kim Il-Sung, followed by his son Kim Jong-Il. When that one croaked, the grandson Kim Jong-Un ...

0 Dog owners, playful pups and their owners romped down DeLand’s main street Feb. 10 for the annual Mardi Gras Dog Parade & Festival hosted by the Krewe of Amalee. This year’s theme, “Canine Royale ...

Volusia County Schools has announced that to cover the gap in food service following the end of the regular school year, School Way Cafe, a department of Volusia County Schools, will provide meals to ...

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As so clearly explained in the Jan. 26-Feb. 1, 2023, issue of The Beacon, the Hotel Putnam situation is a tragedy allowed to happen by repeated waves of elected and appointed public officials. Every ...