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, ...

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 ...

Volusia County’s largest city has enacted a freeze on residential building, but whether it will remain in force is not certain. In a special meeting June 30, the City Commission approved a nine-month ...

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 ...

Hope and housing: Resources and solutions for homelessness in West Volusia Unitarian Universalist (UU) DeLand will have, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 22, a presentation by CEO Savannah-Jane Griffin ...

Hundreds gathered along Woodland Boulevard in DeLand on Saturday, June 14, as part of the nationwide “No Kings” protest — a coordinated grassroots demonstration aligned with Flag Day, the U.S. Army’s ...

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 ...

This May, the Athens Theatre in DeLand cranks the volume with three electrifying nights of rock ’n’ roll tribute shows that bring the anthems, the legends, and the energy of a golden era back to life.

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 ...