SOURCE: MyNews13.com VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — It’s one of the biggest fears for parents who own a swimming pool — their child drowning. But 20-month-old Lola Schafer saved her own life when getting into a dire situation at her parents’ pool. Thanks to preventative drowning swim lessons Lola took at Aqua Journeys Swim School in Ormond… Keep Reading
SOURCE: ClickOrlando.com VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – The Mainland High School principal will be reprimanded after giving some hundreds of students a previous year’s AP test, according to the school board. An investigation concluded the principal of Mainland High School told teachers not to tell nearly 340 students they were taking tests that would not count for possible college… Keep Reading
SOURCE: WESH VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Port Orange police want to find the person who left a garbage bag full of kittens in a ditch. The bag was found in a drainage ditch near Canal View Boulevard. A man out on a walk Sunday heard the kittens crying, went into the ditch and rescued all… Keep Reading
SOURCE: ClickOrlando.com PORT ORANGE, Fla. – The Port Orange Police Department said Ryan Wilkins facing a 183 counts of possession of child pornography. Police said Wilkins was arrested by detectives with assistance from the DeLand Police Department. Investigators said the digital forensics unit was able to recover the pornographic images from his cellphone on July 11. CONTINUE READING Keep Reading
SOURCE: ClickOrlando.com VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A Sandhill Crane was in distress on Saturday after it had a plastic ring tightly wrapped around its beak. However, a DeBary resident called for help and Ahopha Wildlife Rescue was there to save the bird. “It was very tight on the beak. The bird could not open its mouth,”… Keep Reading
SOURCE: ClickOrlando.com VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Volusia County deputies arrested two Oak Hill parents after their toddler was found crossing U.S. Highway 1 around 10:30 a.m. in Oak Hill Monday, according to a Volusia County affidavit. Jacob Krueger, 25, and Yajaira Tirado, 28, were charged with child neglect. Investigators said a witness driving on U.S. Highway… Keep Reading
SOURCE: ClickOrlando.com VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – The search is on for a man involved in the theft of one vehicle and tried to steal another with a woman and baby inside, according to the Holly Hill Police Department. The incident began Monday when a red convertible Mercedes was reported stolen in Daytona Beach Shores. Around noon… Keep Reading
SOURCE: ClickOrlando.com ORANGE CITY, Fla. – A senior female dog was rescued Wednesday after being left tied to a picnic table at an Orange City park, Volusia County Animal Services officials said. Witnesses said a woman in a newer model motor home dropped the tan-colored pup off at the Valentine Park pavilion around 9 a.m. She left a… Keep Reading
SOURCE: ClickOrlando.com DELTONA, Fla. – A 15-year-old Pine Ridge High School student was killed Monday morning in a head-on crash outside the school’s entrance, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said Joshua Durner, 15, was driving a 2006 Hyundia Elantra eastbound on Howland Boulevard at about 6:50 a.m. when he turned into the school’s… Keep Reading
SOURCE: ClickOrlando.com ORMOND BEACH, Fla. – Homemade explosives were found during a search of a truck in Volusia County, investigators said. Damon Lance Gause Jr., 47, was arrested on three felony counts of possession of a homemade explosive device and a charge of carrying a concealed weapon by a convicted felon. The situation started just before 4… Keep Reading
