Local union expects Cape Canaveral layoffs on Friday
A local union expects automatic federal budget cuts to hit home Friday with dozens of layoffs at the U.S. military's primary East Coast space launch base.
View ArticleCrossing guard, former Marine retires after 25 years in Palm Bay
A 90-year-old school crossing guard and former U.S. Marine will retire from 25 years of escorting pedestrians on Friday.
View ArticlePalm Bay man remembers Roger Ebert
Palm Bay resident Milo Zonka, a Chicago native, expressed profound sadness over the death of famed movie critic Roger Ebert, a man he can't remember not having in his life.
View ArticleGovernor's office: Scott will sign Internet cafe closure
Gov. Rick Scott will sign legislation prohibiting the gaming at Internet cafés, his office said Thursday, following Senate passage of a bill that flew through the Legislature spurred by an on-going...
View ArticleSandy criticism prompts new plan for storm warnings
Responding to criticism after Superstorm Sandy, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday it would change the way it warns people about tropical storms that morph into something else.
View ArticleTour operator vows to fly helicopters quietly in Cape Canaveral
Mark Grainger is convinced he can fly helicopter sightseeing tours over the city without creating an obnoxious, buzzing airborne racket.
View ArticleInvestigation caught Lt. Gov. Carroll off guard
Former Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll said Thursday she had no idea law enforcement was investigating a veterans charity accused of running illegal slot machine-style casinos until two agents walked...
View ArticleAuthorities: Man kidnaps his 2 young sons in Florida
Authorities in several states on Thursday searched for two young boys believed to have been kidnapped by their father from their maternal grandparents' Florida home after their grandmother was tied up.
View ArticleScott set to sign bill banning Internet cafes in Florida
Florida legislators voted overwhelmingly this week to ban storefront gaming operations, a quick response to a scandal that led to dozens of arrests and the lieutenant governor's resignation.
View ArticleSen. Bill Nelson supports gay marriage
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson now supports gay marriage.
View ArticleHumble fifth-grade hero receives surprise ceremony after saving boy
Viera fifth-grader Gavin Brooks was recognized Thursday for his actions that saved the life of child struggling in water off the Bahamas in January.
View ArticleBrevard soldier charged with burglary, weapons offenses
A military policeman who Melbourne police said put a smoke-creating device into an occupied an apartment and then threatened the residents with a military style weapon will stay behind bars pending trial.
View ArticleCrash on I-95 in Titusville slows southbound traffic
Traffic is slow on Interstate 95 in Titusville because of a crash.
View ArticleThe News in :90 | School plan, gunmaker, copter rides
News in :90 is FLORIDA TODAY's news roundup report, giving you the day's top headlines.
View ArticleLocal union expects sequester-related layoffs today at Cape Canaveral
A local union expects automatic federal budget cuts to hit home today with dozens of layoffs at the U.S. military's primary East Coast space launch base.
View ArticleAttorney: Port Canaveral cash can't aid schools
Legal opinion says Port Canaveral can't donate $5 million to help keep three schools open
View ArticleRecent rains help control brush fire at Merritt Island wildlife refuge
Rainfall in the past several days has helped firefighters get control of a 2,350 acre brush fire in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.
View ArticleCocoa woman seeks witnesses to her brother's slaying
A Cocoa woman is begging for help and asking witnesses to come forward to help police find the person who shot and killed her brother in March.
View ArticleHunger walk planned Sunday in south Brevard
The 25th annual South Brevard Community Response to Overcome Poverty (CROP) Hunger Walk begins at 1:15 p.m. Sunday and involves nearly a dozen area churches and participants who will march from...
View ArticleMinn. company to take over Hangar N at Cape Canaveral AFS
A Minnesota company will take over a local NASA facility and its inspection equipment, preserving it for potential future use on space systems, Kennedy Space Center announced today.
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