PORT ORANGE -- Just days before Thanksgiving when a warning went out and through the first two weeks of December, at least 40 students at Spruce Creek High School came down with Chicken Pox.
There were at least 14 cases reported one day alone, with the vast majority of all the victims being ninth- and tenth-graders, school officials said.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A man who police suspect tried to ram one of their patrol cars during an attempted arrest is on the loose.
EDGEWATER -- The Friends of the Library will have a book sale in the Edgewater Public Library auditorium from 1 - 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30; and 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31.
The sale will include hardcover books, paperbacks, audio books, DVDs and magazines, said Pat Kuehn, Volusia County spokeswoman.
For more information, please call the library at (386) 424-2916. The library is open Monday through Saturday at 103 Indian River Blvd.
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Photos by Capt. Budd Neviaser for NSBNEWS.net. Cutline: These wild turkeys are feeding well and should be ready for the Spring hunt. These two bucks hear turn their heads toward noise they've heard.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Total passenger traffic at Daytona Beach International Airport (DBIA) decreased 34 percent in November 2008 compared with he same month a year earlier, said Vickie Pleus, a Volusia County spokeswoman.
During November, 29,300 passengers arrived and departed through DBIA, compared with 44,622 in November 2007. For the 12-month period ending Nov. 30, 608,912 passengers traveled through the county-operated airport, compared with 704,786 recorded during the prior 12-month period and representing a 14-percent decrease.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A Miami woman was killed and one of her two children critically injured early this morning after she apparently fell asleep at the wheel on Interstate 95 and wandered into the grassy median a mile south of the State Road 44 interchange and twice over-corrected her steering, which caused the vehicle to roll over several times, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.
DEBARY -- The search for an accused murderer in the gunshot-slaying of a DeBary woman on Christmas Eve ended tonight with the discovery of the suspect's body in a wooded area of St. Johns County, Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said.
Robert Deo was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators believe the .38-caliber revolver found beside Deo's body
was the same weapon he used to shoot his live-in girlfriend, Christina Barber.
DELEON SPRINGS -- A fire at 1 this morning at the Strawn Property was the work of an arsonist, Volusia Counbty spojkeswomn Vicki Pleus said tonight.
Volusia County Fire Services responded to 911 calls for the blaze fire at 5175 N. Hwy 17.
Crews arrived to find the single-story, wooden structure fully engulfed in flames. Volusia County Fire Services Battalion Commander John Moak reported 16 crew members launched a defensive attack from the outside upon arrival. On scene were three engines, one squad, two battalions, and three tankers from Volusia County Fire Services.
DEBARY -- With all signs pointing to the victim's boyfriend as the killer, Volusia County Sheriff's investigators have obtained a warrant charging 50-year-old Robert Deo with 1st-degree murder, Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said tonight.
The Sheriff's Office's Major Case Unit has been investigating the homicide since Wednesday's discovery of Christina Barber's body inside her DeBary home. But so far,
investigators have been unable to locate Deo.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Republican front-runner early on for the presidency, and the first of the big-name candidates, made a Jan. 15 pit-stop at Southeast Volusia Republican Club headquarters.
Giuliani, who dropped out well before the primary season got into full swing, told some 500 well-wishers the campaign in Florida was going to be "intense."
Giuliani asked the party faithful to pledge their support in advance of others preparing campaign visits: "How about voting for me?"
