Florida Rated 2nd Best State For Military Retirees
Daytona Beach, FL – With May being Military Appreciation Month and Memorial Day just a couple of days away, one new study tries to find the best state for military retirees. And it just so happens that Florida ranked at number two overall. That’s the story from WalletHub’s recent study titled “2019’s Best & Worst […]
AAA Offers Tow-2-Go Service Over Holiday Weekend
Daytona Beach, FL – AAA is offering its Tow to Go service over the Memorial Day weekend to Florida drivers and nationwide. Spokesperson Mark Jenkins said since the service’s inception in 1998, Tow to Go has removed more than 25,000 impaired drivers from roads across the Southeast and Midwest. Jenkins said that there’s really no […]
More Mental-Health Treatment Sought For Children
Tallahassee, FL – Florida has an estimated 400,000 children who need behavioral health services, but 55 percent of them don’t get any treatment, members of a health-care panel were told Thursday. That translates to 220,000 children across the state, or about one child in every classroom, health official Jeffrey Brosco told members of the Florida […]
Justices Reject Appeal In ‘Ponce’s Law’ Case
Tallahassee, FL – The Florida Supreme Court has declined to take up an appeal in a Volusia County case that helped lead to the passage of a state law about animal abuse. Justices, in a 4-1 decision, rejected a request by defendant Travis Archer to rule on a dispute about whether evidence should be blocked […]
Ormond Beach Man Pleads Guilty To Distribution Of Child Pornography
Ormond Beach, FL – A 37-year-old Ormond Beach, formerly a Jacksonville High School teacher, is facing up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to distribution of child pornography. Court documents show that Jordan Schemmel responded to a message on September 5 on an internet bulletin board frequented by those with a sexual interest […]
Suspect Injures Two Officers After Traffic Stop
Daytona Beach Shores, FL – Daytona Beach Shores Public Safety officers are working the Click It or Ticket campaign. During a routine traffic stop Wednesday, they got more than they bargained for. Officers stopped 28-year-old in front of Longstreet Elementary School on South Peninsula Drive around 7:10 a.m. While an officer was talking to him, […]
FAA: Laser That Blinded Pilot Came From Volusia
Deltona, FL – The Federal Aviation Administration says a green laser that burned a pilot’s eye mid-flight originated from Volusia County. According to an email from Kathleen Bergen, spokesperson for the FAA, a WestJet flight was en route to Orlando International Airport from Newfoundland on Saturday (May 18th). Close to 10 p.m., when the flight […]
VCBS Expects Large Crowds Over Memorial Day Weekend
Daytona Beach, FL – With the forecast calling for temperatures above 90 and no rain in sight, Volusia County Beach Safety expects to be pretty busy this weekend. Captain Tammy Malphurs said the forecast is also calling for hazardous rip currents. She stresses that the most important thing at the beach is to swim in […]
ISC Announces $2B Merger With NASCAR
Daytona Beach, FL – The company that runs promotions for multiple speedways including Daytona announces that they’ve entered a merger agreement. Earlier today, the International Speedway Corporation, which sits just across the street from the Daytona International Speedway, announced a $2 Billion deal that will merge them with NASCAR. That agreement came after a unanimous […]
Pine Ridge H.S. Student Charged With Written Threat To Kill Or Injure
Deltona, FL – A 15-year-old Pine Ridge High School student said he did it as a joke but Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies say the note the teen left in a gas station bathroom qualifies as a “Written Threat to Kill or Injure.” VCSO was contacted yesterday (May 21) by a man who said he found […]
