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White, who coached wrestling for 17 years at the school before stepping down three years ago, will lead both the boys and girls teams.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the $117.4 billion “Focus on Fiscal Responsibility” budget for fiscal year 2025-2026 on Monday, June 30, after $567 million in line-item vetoes.

What are your neighbors talking about this week?

Trash collection, Votran, library hours, beach access and fireworks: What you need to know for this Fourth of July.

Firefighters contained the blaze in about 10 minutes.

Gager is the featured artist of the month at Frame of Mind for Ormond Art Walk, to be held on from 3-7 p.m. on Saturday, July 5.

Also: ballot initiatives restricted, school start-time mandates scrapped, cell-phone restrictions expanded.

The one-day event offered local children ages 6-18 an opportunity to showcase their wares and services.

The budget includes 2 percent pay raises for most state employees. Meanwhile, the plan eliminates more than 1,000 vacant state government positions.

The crash took place at 1:42 p.m. at mile marker 272, south of the U.S. 1 exit, on Monday, June 30.

Minami is the USS Constitution’s communications director.

The tax cuts eliminate a commercial-lease tax and provide sales-tax breaks for back-to-school items, hurricane supplies and hunting and fishing supplies.

This week in Cops Corner…

Independence Day is the most common day for pets to become lost, said Angela Miedema, director of Volusia County Animal Services.

The three-day celebration began with a flag raising at City Hall and continued with traditional entertainment, food and drink at the PAAC and a soccer watch party.

FCFR was awarded the Mission: Lifeline EMS Gold for the second year for the timely care it provides heart attack and stroke victims.

The house sold on June 12, for $570,000.

The agencies responded to simulated emergency calls involving a jet skiing accident.