Located within a three-minute drive of one another, DeLand is home to two boxing gyms, one built off of Muhammad Ali’s legacy and relocated to Central Florida by the 2008 financial crisis, and the ...

This is a response to one of Tanner Andrews’ opinion columns. (I do wish you could print poetry in your newspaper). But it is a recording that you hear. They claim to value your business, a lie. Many ...

VCS Hosts Westside School Choice Fair on Tuesday, November 30th, 5:30-7:00 p.m. After a successful eastside School Choice Fair, Volusia County Schools is hosting its westside School Choice Fair on ...

This May, the Athens Theatre in DeLand will be alive with the sounds of three legendary musical forces, as it hosts a trio of high-energy, soul-stirring tribute concerts celebrating the Everly ...

On a quiet dirt road outside Lake Helen city center, a new business is reviving an old idea: a country store on a working farm, where the shelves are filled with handmade goods instead of barcodes, ...

CoolCraft Christmas is partnering with the Athens Theatre in DeLand and the West Volusia Tourism Advertising Authority Advisory Board for the second year for their holiday beverage trail. From Nov. 25 ...

BEACON PHOTO/AL EVERSON<br> AMAZON PART 1 — Amazon opened its 1.4 million-square-foot fulfillment center in 2020. At the time, the facility provided work for an estimated 1,500 people, according to ...

Nineteen different former Volusia County Council members wrote a letter denouncing the current Council’s failure to fund $611,000 in cultural arts grants for the 2025-26 Volusia County Budget.

North Korea has been a hereditary monarchy, run by the same family since 1948. The founding dictator was Kim Il-Sung, followed by his son Kim Jong-Il. When that one croaked, the grandson Kim Jong-Un ...

Editor, The Beacon: Reagan’s tax cuts pushed the deficit to more than 4% of the gross domestic product. Economists consider anything over 3% of the GDP fiscally irresponsible. During George H.W.

Editor, The Beacon: Fact: Trump has stacked his Cabinet and key administration and adviser positions with many ultrawealthy people (Musk, Lutnick, Witkoff, Burgum ...

This year’s DeLand Comics & Collectibles Show Jan. 7 featured vendors galore, guests like actor and wrestler Kevin Nash and, of course, local fans decked out in cosplay.