Melbourne-based Florida National Guard MPs head to Afghanistan
The Florida National Guard 715th Military Police Company, which has seen action in Southeast Asia, today is headed to Afghanistan.
View ArticleFlorida Today weather forecast for Monday
Here's the latest weather forecast for the Space Coast.
View ArticleBrevard's 'closed' schools drawing interest
Brevard officials plan to recommend re-purposing the three closed schools for district needs; Realtor says a major charter school operator would love to move into one or more.
View ArticleCold weather shelters open as chill grips Brevard
Cooling temperatures are following a series of storm squalls that brought damaging winds to Brevard County on Sunday.
View ArticleGov. Rick Scott shuts down lieutenant governor's office for now
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is shutting down the lieutenant governor's office for now.
View ArticleBrevard's manatee, pelican deaths still a mystery
The manatees are full of macroalgae; the pelicans packed with parasites. Both continue to die in growing numbers in Brevard County, with potential answers still weeks away.
View Article100 Melbourne-based Guardsmen bound for Afghanistan
About 100 soldiers form the 715th Military Police Company, Florida National Guard, based in Melbourne, are headed today to Fort Bliss, Texas, where they will receive pre-deployment training before...
View ArticleMan dies in I-95 crash just in southern Brevard
A Jacksonville man has died of injuries he sustained in a Monday evening crash in southern Brevard County, according to Florida Highway Patrol officials.
View ArticlePolice: Palm Bay grandmother chaperoning field trip was drunk, belligerent
Police have arrested a Palm Bay grandmother whom they said became drunk and belligerent on a bus filled with children returning from an elementary school field trip she was chaperoning.
View ArticleVideo: Learn how to decorate Easter eggs like the Ukrainians
Florida Today staffer Christina LaFortune has been practicing the art of pysanky, intricately decorated Ukrainian Easter eggs, all her life. Here, she shows you how it's done.
View ArticleRetired cop: Legalize drugs to cut crime, addiction
Neill Franklin, a former undercover drug investigator from Maryland, spoke to a group of Cocoa Beach Daybreak Rotarians over breakfast this morning, advocating for decriminalization of drugs to curb...
View ArticleUp for vote: Future of Port Canaveral's CEO, three Brevard schools
The Canaveral Port Authority board has two major items on its Wednesday agenda: whether to give $5 million to try to save three schools from closing and whether to fire the port's longtime CEO.
View ArticleBeachgoers beware: Early sea turtle nesting season begins
The FWC is urging oceanfront property owners and coastal cities to keep beaches clear of chairs and equipment that discourage nighttime nesting turtles from reaching the dune as early sea turtle...
View ArticleFirst female appointed to head Secret Service is also Orlando native
President Obama named Julia Pierson, a longtime U.S. Secret Service agent, on Tuesday as the first female director of the agency, a pick that could mark a cultural shift for an agency that's reputation...
View ArticlePort proposal to save Brevard schools could face time crunch
Time is of the essence, school board members said today - but so is the need to be methodical in accepting a potential donation by the Canaveral Port Authority.
View ArticleFirefighters respond to blaze in Melbourne
A fire caused about $2,000 in damage at Space Coast Plating and Metal on Aurora Road in Melbourne this evening.
View ArticleBrevard firefighters working to extinguish Mims fire
Brevard firefighters are reportedly working on a structure fire near 2900 Flounder Creek Road in Mims. The building was described as a barn housing several vehicles.
View ArticleCourt: Drug dog sniff is unconstitutional search
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police cannot bring drug-sniffing police dogs onto a suspect's property to look for evidence without first getting a warrant for a search, a...
View ArticleLegalize it? Former cop offers radical solution to drug problem
A retired Maryland police officer told a group of Cocoa Beach Daybreak Rotarians he believes all drugs should be legalized and regulated, an idea that likely won't get much support from Brevard County...
View ArticleMelbourne VFW post's new leader works to lure vets of all ages
When Betty Flores was named House Committee Chairwoman of her VFW post in Melbourne, she immediately began painting and changing the interior of the building to help modernize it, something the old...
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