News across Greater Deltona

See artwork from the city's collection at Oct. 3 Art Showcase Open House

Spiritual Side: Church Rummage Sale
St. Ann’s Catholic Parish in DeBary St. Ann’s Catholic Parish, 26 Dogwood Trail in DeBary, will conduct a series called Catholics Returning Home on six consecutive Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. in the church Education Building beginning Oct. 15. These sessions are for nonpracticing…

Nonprofits invited to apply for $50,000 in homeless & disadvantaged grants before Oct. 30

Prep volleyball: 21 years and over
PIERSON – The last time the Crescent City Junior-Senior High School volleyball team won in Pierson Taylor Middle High School’s gymnasium against the Wildcats, the top movie in America was “Wallace And Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit,” the Houston Astros were the National…

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, October 4, 2026
"Company," at City Repertory Theatre, 3 p.m., "Addams Family Musical," at Athens Theatre, 2:30 p.m., Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, André Malraux's thieving and myth-making.

AI Is Killing an Important Necessity: Writing as a Struggle
Writing professors face a new challenge as generative AI makes academic work frictionless. Students often use these tools to shortcut the essential intellectual struggle required for deep learning. This reliance leads to laziness and cognitive offloading. Educators should act as…

NSB’s Coastal Catch Restaurant Month returns for all of October
This post is sponsored by New Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau. There’s a specific kind of restlessness that hits Orlando in October. The air finally drops below soup, somebody rolls down a car window for the first time since April, and within ten minutes, someone in the group…

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, October 3, 2026
North East Florida Jazz Association Concert, "Company," at City Repertory Theatre, The Palm Coast Historical Society Speaker Series, The Flagler Beach All Stars hold their monthly beach clean-up, Matthew Mayich and the perversions of militarism.

A Long, Grim History of Botched Executions
Christa Pike recently survived a lethal injection attempt in Tennessee, joining a small group of individuals who endured failed execution efforts throughout American history. Although legal challenges frequently cite constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual…

Palm Coast Warns Residents About Significant Financial Impacts Tied To Proposed Property Tax Amendment
Palm Coast residents face a statewide property tax amendment on the November ballot that could slash municipal revenue by millions over two years. The city in a release emphasizes that substantial revenue losses would threaten public safety and infrastructure funding, forcing…

The Palm Coast Council’s DSA Folly in Town Center
Palm Coast City Council is risking millions of dollars by purchasing vast acreage from developer Allete to settle an ill-tempered lawsuit. The poending decision is reckless. It increases public debt, removes vital property tax revenue, and turns the local government into a…

Stetson University to Host Candidate Forum on October 5
Stetson Votes and the Stetson University Center for Dialogue and Civic Action will host a candidate forum on Monday, October 5, 2026, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Stetson Room, located on the third floor of the Carlton Union Building on Stetson University’s DeLand campus. The forum…