The suspect who was shot and killed over the weekend in DeLand was a man in his late 20s who deputies say led law enforcement on an hours-long chase after driving erratically through Volusia County.

A proposed Volusia County Charter amendment would create a conservation lands registry. The County Council would be able to OK the sale of lands.

Nearly 1,300 acres in southern Volusia County are being permanently protected under a $20.1 million conservation deal preserving riverfront land, wetlands and wildlife habitat.

AOL: Volusia Sheriff to promoters of beach takeover events: 'We are coming after you'

Volusia Sheriff to promoters of beach takeover events: 'We are coming after you'

WESH on MSN: Man led deputies on hours-long chase through Volusia County before he was shot, killed

Man led deputies on hours-long chase through Volusia County before he was shot, killed

If a situation or event happens to someone or something, it has an effect on that person or thing:

as it happens/happened used when you say something that is surprising, or something connected with what somebody else has just said I agree with you, as it happens. As it happens, I have a spare set of keys in my office.

When something happens, it occurs or is done without being planned. Tell me what happened.

happen (third-person singular simple present happens, present participle happening, simple past and past participle happened) (intransitive) To occur or take place.