Six candidates are vying for the two positions, and while the cities are separate, the core issues driving each campaign are largely the same: development, flooding and the future of their communities.

Deputies said Dagmarie Aponte Iturrino and her husband, Jorge Rivera, went to Deltona Middle School in 2024 after their son was handcuffed following an incident involving another student.

District officials plan to spend the first week walking students through how the systems work before a phased rollout begins. Galaxy Middle School is set to be the first campus to get the detector.

Millennials aren’t just renting longer — they’re increasingly buying homes, and Central Florida is among the biggest hotspots.

The 7-0 vote came after Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said his office would not enforce the city’s ordinance and questioned whether it would hold up in court.

Deltona has passed an ordinance banning e-bikes, e-scooters and mopeds for anyone under 18 — but the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office says it has no plans to enforce it.

With the first day of school just two weeks away, some Deltona students may need to find a new way to get around. The city has banned anyone under 18 from riding e-bikes, motorized scooters and mopeds.

A Central Florida man was arrested after he was caught stealing diesel from Circle K gas stations across the area, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

Deltona city leaders are moving quickly to establish a new fire assessment fee, bracing for a potential multimillion-dollar hit to the city’s budget if a statewide constitutional amendment passes in November.

Seven people were arrested as part of an undercover operation in Volusia County this month, according to the sheriff’s office.

As the U.S. approaches its 250th Independence Day, consumers are being warned about deceptive "Made in the USA" websites flooding social media with patriotic deals — and some shoppers are already falling victim to receiving products that look nothing like what was advertised.

Two Deltona parents accused of threatening a teenager with a knife and a gun returned to court for a bond hearing.

Wildfires sprang up in the Maytown area on Friday evening, prompting a warning from first responders.

A 17-month-old boy has died after falling into a backyard pool earlier this week, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

Mount Dora police have wrapped up a three-day search of a drained Deltona retention pond in the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Nicole Baldwin — and while no evidence was found, investigators say the case is actively moving forward.

Mount Dora police announced on Tuesday that they are draining a Deltona retention pond in search of clues about what happened after the mysterious disappearance of Nicole Baldwin.

Lanes of I4 westbound in Volusia County right at Debary avenue are closed down.

Amazon opened a new, first-of-its-kind distribution center in Deltona on Wednesday, a move company officials say will help streamline deliveries across Central Florida while adding hundreds of jobs.

A 44-year-old man was arrested after deputies say he drove more than 100 mph on a Deltona roadway while weaving through traffic with his 5-year-old son in the back seat.

Dori Howington, who also served as chief financial officer for the Clerk of the Court, is no longer employed with that office.

A new suspect, Alisa Lee Montalvo of Deltona, has been arrested and jailed without bond in connection with the October Interstate 4 crash near Deltona that killed three people after prosecutors filed no charges against the previously arrested driver.

A driver will not be charged after a crash along Interstate 4 left three people dead late last year, according to court records obtained by News 6.

A man accused of killing his father and leading law enforcement on a chase and shootout was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Three teenagers in Volusia County are facing serious charges after they were caught on surveillance video kicking doors at Deltona homes — all part of a viral door-kicking challenge circulating on social media. One of the 13-year-olds confessed to deputies that the group had been kicked out of a church in Deltona before walking to Feather Drive, where they decided to try the challenge. The teens hit homes on three different streets.

After a 12-year-old was arrested over a recent 'door-kicking challenge,' a Volusia County deputy was caught reassuring him in the backseat of the patrol car.

Deputies announced they're searching for a trio of "juveniles" who were caught on camera kicking people's front doors on Wednesday night.

The victim told investigators she drove there to confront a woman she had been arguing with on Facebook. When she arrived, she said she saw two people in the driveway, both holding handguns, the sheriff's office said.

A Deltona city commissioner is now facing an accusation of battery after she patted a fellow commissioner on the shoulder this week, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

A major project to raise a flood-prone Deltona road is moving closer to reality. The Deltona City Commission is set to vote on approving engineering, design and permitting work to elevate Elkcam Boulevard, a thoroughfare that residents say floods during even minor storms — and becomes impassable for weeks, sometimes months, after major ones.

Deltona High School is now the first school in the nation to test a drone system designed to respond to emergencies — including active shooter situations — directly on campus.

This month, Walmart announced plans to remodel nearly 60 stores across the Sunshine State as part of an ongoing modernization initiative, according to the company.

One of the rounds struck his body camera, which investigators say likely prevented a fatal injury.

Newly-released body-worn camera video shows the moment a Volusia County deputy was shot during a call to a Deltona home in March. Luis Diaz Polanco is facing charges of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer for the March 2 shooting.

According to the sheriff’s office, the teens knew the victim through online gaming and traveled from the Tampa area to Deltona to trade an AR-style rifle — one that was later determined to be stolen.

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Luis Diaz Polanco, 31, faces two counts of attempted murder after investigators say he opened fire on Deputy Jose Rivera during a call at a Deltona home on Candler Drive in March.

Deputies uncovered plenty of illicit substances after they stormed a drug home early Thursday morning, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

Homeowners across from Manny Rodriguez Park say foul balls from the baseball diamond keep flying over the fence, breaking house and car windows. News 6 asked the city what it's doing to resolve the issue.

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A man accused of shooting at a Volusia sheriff’s deputy earlier this week appeared in court for the first time since the incident.

A Volusia sheriff’s deputy whose body camera saved his life when he was shot twice while investigating a case in Deltona was released from the hospital.

Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood on Tuesday will show body camera video of a deputy who was shot twice in Deltona while investigating a vandalism case.

A deputy is conscious and alert after being shot twice on Monday evening, and his department-issued body camera may have helped save his life, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.

Two men were arrested this week after an elderly man was scammed out of thousands of dollars, according to Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood.

A crash in Seminole County shut down the southbound lanes of State Road 417.

The FHP says a 54-year-old Deltona woman was ejected from her vehicle and killed in Volusia County.

A new report this week has revealed the fastest-growing boomtowns in the U.S. And it turns out the top-ranked spot is right here in Central Florida.

A woman accused of attacking a school resource officer at Deltona Middle School in November 2024 was in court Friday seeking to change her plea from no contest to not guilty.

With the discussion around property tax cuts hitting a fever pitch in Florida, a new report shows which counties have imposed the highest levies statewide.

A group of Deltona residents is preparing to take legal action against the city, claiming the city commission violated sunshine laws by holding a meeting that was supposed to be canceled.

A woman accused of attacking a Deltona Middle School resource deputy in November 2024 is now seeking to change her plea from no contest to not guilty. The case stems from an incident where Aponte and her husband, Jorge Rivera, allegedly attacked a school resource deputy during a meeting about their son’s behavior.

Deltona residents are facing new challenges with water bills — not just high costs, but steep deposit fees to turn water on at a new address.

A 14-year-old boy was arrested on Tuesday after a viral door-kicking challenge left a dog dead in the road, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

Deltona woman is demanding justice after her dog was tragically killed in December when he escaped from her home following what she believes was a viral "door kick-in challenge" involving neighborhood teen

A crash with injuries between a pickup truck and two semitrucks temporarily closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 4 closed in Volusia County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol and Florida 511.

There are plenty of people who want to live in the Sunshine State. But according to a new study, there’s one city that’s better than the rest.

A recent burglary in Deltona has sparked a search for four subjects possibly connected to the incident, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies spent Christmas evening rescuing a 6-year-old boy from a pond near his neighborhood in Deltona, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

A 17-year-old was fatally shot during what might have been an attempted robbery, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

Volusia County deputies arrested a man who’s accused of trying to break into a Deltona house where a teenage girl was home alone.

The sheriff’s office said it received a tip that Emmanuel Edgardo Trujillo was soliciting sexual pictures from girls, ages 13-16, in exchange for vapes, drugs and gifts online.

A 32-year-old motorcyclist was killed when a mini-bike pulled out in front of him in Deltona, and for the first time in Central Florida, authorities are considering criminal charges in such a case.

With the discussion around property tax cuts hitting a fever pitch in Florida, a new report shows which counties have imposed the highest levies statewide.

The sheriff’s office noted the minibike was unregistered, had no lights, and was not street legal.

Anyone who drives a car understands the sting of having to fill up their tank and pulling into the gas station, only to discover that gas prices have skyrocketed.

A lawsuit accusing the city of Deltona of taking actions that flooded homes in the Stone Island neighborhood in the wake of Hurricane Ian is over. A judge closed the case on Tuesday and granted summary judgment in the city’s favor.

Deputies in Volusia County say they’ve arrested two 18-year-olds in connection with an attempted home invasion last week that led to shots fired.

A family in Volusia County is urging Sheriff Mike Chitwood and his office to remove a video from Facebook that includes their teenage son's face.

A 51-year-old Deltona Middle School teacher was arrested after being accused of inappropriately touching a student in his classroom, according to a news release.

Deputies responded to a house on Patron Avenue following reports of a neighbor who was setting something on fire and carrying a firearm, a news release states.

Deputies are searching for a group of suspects after an attempted home invasion led to gunfire early Wednesday morning in a Deltona neighborhood, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

Nearly a year after a deputy was attacked at Deltona Middle School, Sheriff Mike Chitwood is railing against the suspect's sentence.

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Deputies say an 11-year-old boy was arrested on felony charges after he wrote a “kill list” at a Volusia school.

While the threat of a recession seems to have abated, there’s another danger looming over Florida’s future, UCF economist Sean Snaith announced in his latest forecast.

An armed man was arrested at a Deltona home on Sunday afternoon after the suspect reportedly threatened to kill four children in the house, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

After years of appeals, mistrials and changes to Florida’s death penalty law, a judge on Monday will resentence two men convicted in the brutal murders of six people and a dog in a Deltona home in 2004.

Stacker compiled statistics about people in cities looking to buy homes in Deltona using cross-market demand data from Realtor.com.

Volusia County leaders are set to review a new ranked list of road projects Tuesday, outlining which corridors are most in need of major reconstruction, widening or redesign — and how to pay for them.

A Deltona man has again been arrested after scamming five customers out of over $200,000, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

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A man is sentenced in Volusia County to over 52 years in prison in connection with a double shooting and escape.

An Orange County firefighter was put in jail last week after she was caught scattering dozens of opened tampons across her ex-boyfriend’s lawn, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

Three people, including a Flagler County official and his wife, were killed in a chain-reaction hit-and-run crash that prompted the partial closure of Interstate 4 in Volusia County overnight, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Orange County, the town of Windermere, and the cities of Deltona and Edgewater in Volusia County joined the lawsuit Monday against several Florida officials over a new law that limits the way these governments can make decisions about developments.

A 21-year-old man was shot and killed early Monday at a Deltona condominium, according to sheriff’s officials.

An 18-year-old Deltona man is accused of shooting at an occupied vehicle at a gas station, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

This week, moveBuddha has revealed the Florida suburbs seeing the most demand.

A former Miami-Dade police officer faces charges after authorities say he impersonated a law enforcement officer while claiming to investigate a missing person case in Central Florida.

Law enforcement, paramedics, and hospital workers came together on Wednesday for a training exercise designed to increase awareness about e-bike safety.

A Deltona man was arrested this week on accusations that he sexually battered a 16-year-old girl, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

A 12-year-old and 13-year-old are accused of breaking into the media center of an elementary school in Deltona and causing $50,000 in damage, according to the sheriff’s office.

Volusia County deputies are looking for a man wanted in a Deltona armed robbery, according to officials.

Deputies are searching for a man’s whereabouts after he attacked someone at a home gathering in DeBary over the weekend, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s office.

Florida troopers say a crash is blocking Interstate 4 in Volusia County.

A Deltona man faces charges after allegedly threatening a woman and her teenage son over disputed property near his home, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said.

Nick Lulli, Deltona’s District 6 city commissioner, has announced his immediate resignation.

Three juveniles in Volusia County are facing serious charges after deputies said they kicked a door in Deltona as part of a social media “door kick challenge.”

Deltona city commissioners will vote on a proposal that could bring long-term relief to neighborhoods where flooding has been a recurring problem.

Redfin Real Estate reports on dropping mortgage rates in Deltona, FL metro area.