Daytona Beach consumers are cutting back on many things. Eating out is down. Movie attendance is down. Consumer spending is down across the board. Gun sales though are shooting holes in the downturn. Nationwide sales of firearms and ammunition are up 8 to 10 percent. Regardless if you are if you are carrying or if you are a want-to-be, there are resources throughout Volusia County to make you...

In these sour economic times, it's good to see a local business flourishing. Robbie O'Connell's Pub, a fixture on Seabreeze Avenue, has outgrown it's old location and has moved into a two story, corner building. Just a couple doors down from it's previous location, Robbie's 2.0 features two floors of fun packed with games such as darts, table-top shuffle boards and bar top video games. The...

"People want to come downtown. They just need a reason.", proclaims Doug Kosarek, host of the Coliseum's Daytona's Got Talent. The Coliseum, located on Beach Street, is giving downtown a needed boost by fostering a growing original music scene staged as a talent show. This talent show is less American Idol and more Battle Of The Bands. There are 3-5 bands per night and all the bands...

These convicted sexual offenders have disappeared. It is bad enough that there are dozens of convicted sexual predators in Volusia County but the fact that some have absconded and cannot be found is scary. These three are our highlights of the week. If you know the location of any of these creepy criminals please contact any law enforcement bureau. You can contact the Volusia County Sheriff's...

We all know that it is who you know not what you know. In today's employment and business situations this statement has become all too apparent. Regardless if you are a person looking to the right opportunity or if you are a business looking for the next deal, networking in Daytona Beach has to be a priority tool in your bag of tricks. As an individual does it not make sense that you would look...

Silence. It is February but the silence is pervasive. Where is the roar of engines? Didn't you hear? NASCAR cancelled testing this year. In a cost cutting measure because of the economy, NASCAR has banned all testing at all sanctioned tracts. The testing ban is estimated to save teams an estimated $1 million per car per test. As the teams keep their money their pockets though, how is the Daytona...