Oak Hill

David Machuga and Justin Kennedy raring to go; same with Webster Barnaby and at-large incumbent Joyce Cusack tomorrow night

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OAK HILL -- City Commissioner and Vice Mayor Jeff Bracy thinks it's disgraceful that District 3 County Councilwoman Deb Denys has shown no interest in tonight's public candidate debates sponsored and moderated by Headline Surfer® at City Hall in Volusia County's smallest and most-often neglected city, which doesn't even have water and sewer in a 21st-century world.

OAK HILL, Fla. -- An 18-year-old has been booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach on DUI manslaughter charges in the July 24, 2013, horrific wreck on Maytown Road that took the life of his cousin.

Headline Surfer® video / Check out the watermelon-eating contest at last year'a Oak Hill RiverFest,  the premier Spring event in the family-friendly city.

OAK HILL -- Wherever Linda Hyatt goes these days, whether it's the post office, the Burns Sci-Tech Charter School or her old stomping grounds at City Hall, this community is abuzz over the upcoming RiverFest at Mary DeWees Park.

OAK HILL -- The Oak Hill Community Trust is planning the annual RiverFest for Saturday, May 10, at the Dewees Park, at the corner of North Gaines Street and Lagoon Avenue.

The Payne Brothers Band will provide the featured entertainment from noon to 3 p.m., in addition to several Gospel and Country music sounds.

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OAK HILL, Fla. -- The City of Oak Hill has current vacancies on the following boards and committees: Historical Preservation Board, Planning & Land Development Regulations Committee; Economic Development Board and Waterfront Committee.

OAK HILL, Fla. -- Folk musicians Jeni & Billy will bring the high lonesome harmonies of the Appalachian Mountains in a return visit to Volusia County's smallest incorporated city 13 months from their last stop here.

They will perform at noon Saturday, Feb. 8, at VIA Hall, 126 E. Halifax Ave., Oak Hill, at noon Saturday, Feb. 8. They will perform 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9,  at the Deltona Library.

Photo for Headline Surfer® / Kandas Baker remains incarcerated at the Volusia Country Branch Jail in Daytona Beach on meth lab-related drug charges.

OAK HILL -- A 43-year-old Oak Hill woman is facing drug charges after a tip to narcotics agents led to the discovery of a meth lab in her home, an official with the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.

Agents with the East Volusia Narcotics Task Force responded Monday to Kandas Baker’s home on Bills Hill Road to investigate a complaint about drug activity.

Photo for Headline Surfer / Jeffrey Cleaves, 53, is shown here in a booking mug after his arrest on child abuse charges after allegedly driving while drunk with athe youngest og his children, 4, and slapping his older daughters, 12 and 15, when he got home. He was being held without bond.

OAK HILL -- An Oak Hill man was arrested Thursday for child abuse and battery after hitting two of his children during an argument because he believed his teenage girls, 15 and 12, were talking back to him.

The children told responding deputies that before the fight, 53-year-old Jeffrey Cleaves had driven drunk with the teen and a 4-year-old in his vehicle. Volusia County Sheriff's deputies arrested Cleaves for child abuse and battery.

'Pick up chicken dinner' will be holding a VIA Hall, 126 East Halifax Ave. The $8 fee benefits the Oak Hill Trust.

OAK HILL -- There's a winning motto for tiny Oak Hill, Volusia County's smallest city with a mere 1,793 residents straddling the border with Brevard County, just north of Titusville, Merritt Island and the Kennedy Space Center.