Volusia County

The Health Department is urging residents to eliminate standing water, cover their skin when outdoors and use mosquito repellant.

The Sheriff's Office plans to start using the new technology, provided through Carbyne, in mid-May.

The DOJ complaint says the court administrator in Daytona Beach had the right to terminate the employee. But he could not fire her for "an illegal reason."

The Volusia County board approved its mask mandate Tuesday night.

A horse in Volusia County has tested positive for rabies prompting the Florida Department of Health in the county to issue a rabies alert for the area.

County officials are looking for help finding the owner. They'd like to send these homing pigeons home.

The family of four was driving near DeLand Sunday afternoon when deputies say a white passenger in another car pointed a gun at them and, using a racial slur, threatened to kill them.

A judge has ordered a 12-year-old boy to be held for 21 days at a secure detention facility pending a hearing later this month.

A Florida sheriff says his deputies did everything they could to de-escalate the situation after a 14-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy broke into a home, found weapons and opened fire on officers.

The fire is called the Duke Island Road Fire.