Claire Metz

His group of rescuers wonder if perhaps the dog was being used for target practice.

Debbie Darino’s passion has been instrumental in getting laws changed and now her new foundation will ensure no animal suffers.

Beach Safety is actively recruiting with spring break and the busy summer season right around the corner.

Aguirre Rendon was sentenced to five years probation and is required to register as a sex offender.

NBA superstar Vince Carter may have retired in 2020, but basketball is in his DNA, and he continues to share his love of the game. Carter honed his skills at Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, and he comes back every year to host a basketball camp.“I’m thankful more than anything when I walk in this gym that we have this many kids,” Carter said.Carter, an eight-time NBA All-Star, the only player to do 22 seasons in four different decades, is a humble sports hero. Three years retired, he wasn…

A series of community events focused on internet safety in Volusia County kicks off Monday.The meetings were sparked by recent incidents involving children targeted by online predators. The sheriff says it’s also timely as those children return to school.“There’s so much out there that we as parents and grandparents have no idea of because we didn’t grow up with this,” Sheriff Mike Chitwood said. The internet has created a whole new world of information and access, and Chitwood thinks not all of…

A homicide victim has been identified 26 years after his body was found in Flagler County.According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, deputies found the man’s body in the intracoastal waterway in Flagler Beach on Sept. 10, 1997. Deputies determined the male had been bound, shot and stabbed multiple times before being dumped in the water.“The male had been bound, shot and stabbed mutiple times,” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said. The victim was unidentifiable until 2021, when his bones…

A Port Orange woman had something try to force, or in this case, we should say, peck, his way in over the weekend. Sheila Garthwaite says a turkey showed up at her home in the Cypress Head subdivision Saturday morning.She said the turkey tapped persistently on the front glass door and several adjoining windows and wasn’t even phased when Sheila’s dog started barking on the other side. Sheila says a turkey came up to the door previously, right before Thanksgiving in 2020. This time, maybe the tur…

The month of September is nationally known as Hunger Action Month, and Friday is Hunger Action Day.The Salvation Army, working with Second Harvest food bank in Daytona Beach, held a food distribution event providing hundreds of local families with groceries for several weeks.“Saved my life today. It really did. Saved my kids from being hungry,” one attendee said.One in eight families in our community is facing hunger for one reason or another, so meat, fresh fruit, vegetables, and non-perishable…

A 78-year-old DeLeon Springs man is in jail without bond, accused of shooting and killing his neighbor during a dispute over trees.Edward Druzolowski is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 42-year-old Brian Ford.911 calls released Monday reveal it was the suspect’s wife who called for help. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office also released body cam video showing Druzolowski’s arrest.“My husband had it in his hand. He meant to scare him, and he hit him. He was on our property,” she…