DAYTONA BEACH -- First there was the plan to build a new homeless shelter on county land west of Interstate 95, then a proposal to use city land west of 95. Next came the idea to expand a shelter on North Street, and last week there was the nebulous suggestion to use county government money to run shelters in buildings somewhere in the area.

HOLLY HILL — Janely Rodriguez remembers running to the CareerSource office to sign up for what she thought was a potential life-changer. "I did everything I had to do because I wanted this," Rodriguez said in front of her two sons, her fellow Career Ignite graduates and the crowd of people attending her graduation that was held Thursday afternoon in a courtyard along Riverside Drive.

HOLLY HILL — The inaugural class of a new program to help long-term unemployed and under-employed workers launch careers in medical billing and coding is set to graduate Thursday.