Get ready for an exhilarating weekend of tribute shows at the Athens Theatre in DeLand! Kick off the festivities at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, with Chicago Rewired, the premier Chicago tribute band, ...

Orange City’s newly passed Ordinance 690 is more than a misguided response to visible poverty — it’s a constitutional train wreck waiting to happen. Under the guise of “safety,” the city has ...

Ruben Francisco proudly served in Charlie Co., 313th MI Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division 2000-05. He completed two combat tours — Operation Enduring Freedom I and Iraqi Freedom I — spending time in ...

The Sauls homestead survived the Civil War, mosquitoes, and merciless Florida weather — but not teenagers, time, or the tender embrace of Deltona’s development. Before the subdivisions, before the ...

Dougherty has been city manager of Deltona for one year. He took the reins of the city in June of last year. Dougherty is the seventh person to administer the largest city in Volusia County in the ...

Five times over the past month, vandals have attacked one of Downtown DeLand’s most prominent murals, which celebrates the city’s status as a monarch-butterfly sanctuary. The mural, which covers the ...

Editor, The Beacon: In 1995, DeLand’s dental and medical communities recommended to our City Commission that DeLand fluoridate its water supply. After much discussion, ballots were sent out in water ...

Roughly three weeks after a fatal shooting on a Friday night at McCabe’s Bar in DeLand, another incident occurred in the early-morning hours of May 24. Calvin Gilbert, 55, is charged with attempted ...

It is a strange thing to walk into a bar and be confronted with a legend — particularly when that legend’s work has somehow eluded you for your entire life. On Feb. 16, the Abbey Bar in DeLand hosted ...

I am writing to express my strong support for Rosemarie Latham in the upcoming election for Florida House District 29. The contrast between her campaign and her opponent, Webster Barnaby, could not be ...

Volusia County Schools has submitted a grant request for $254,250 for elementary music programs. The goal, according to the request, is “To implement and support comprehensive music education programs ...

I’m trying to understand the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement. In every speech, the leader of this movement claims the United States is a terrible place to live and he will make it better. The ...