Preppers club ready for (almost) anything
The 2013 hurricane season kicks off June 1, and Brevard County residents would be wise to take heed.
View ArticleFeds investigate manatee video
A video posted to Facebook more than a year ago - one that shows a man 'cannonballing' onto a manatee and her calf - may land two Cocoa Beach men in hot water with the federal government.
View ArticleSchool officials defend closing criteria
The overriding issue Tuesday was how the school board arrived at its decision to close Clearlake Middle in Cocoa, Gardendale Elementary on Merritt Island and South Lake Elementary in Titusville. Today...
View ArticleMayor quits, cites tumult on council
Rocco Maglio will serve as mayor of Melbourne Beach through November, when a special election will occur.
View ArticleGroup honors military graduates
The Military Officers Association honored this year's students appointed to military academies at a luncheon Tuesday at Patrick Air Force Base.
View ArticleViera High student wins gold at environmental engineering competition
Viera High School Junior Zachary Loeb won the USA Gold Medal Award and Grand Award at the International Sustainable World Energy Engineering Environment Project Olympiad Olympiad held in Texas earlier...
View ArticleExisting home sales in Brevard jump 25% in April
Sales of existing single-family homes in Brevard County accelerated in April, jumping 25 percent from the previous month, to 770 closed sales.
View ArticleNews in 90 Seconds: Last day of school, preppers, home sales
Your glance at the news that's happening in Brevard County today.
View ArticleWuesthoff parts ways with another CEO
Jeannette Skinner, CEO of Wuesthoff Medical Center-Melbourne, has left her position, the provider confirmed Wednesday. She held the job at the 115-bed hospital for 14 months.
View ArticleLast day of school subdued at Brevard schools scheduled to close
A typically happy day - the last day of the school year - was a bit more somber as students arrived at Titusville's South Lake Elementary today.
View ArticleCourt shields lawmakers from testifying in redistricting case
Lawmakers will not have to testify about last year's redistricting process as part of a legal challenge to the congressional maps the Legislature approved, a divided three-judge panel ruled Wednesday.
View ArticleCatholic churches to collect funds for Oklahoma tornado victims
Catholic churches and missions will be collecting funds this weekend to help victims of a tornado that killed at least 24 people in Oklahoma and left behind hundreds of damaged or destroyed homes.
View ArticleFunnel cloud spotted in Melbourne
A single observer spotted what appeared to be a funnel cloud over Lake Washington in north Melbourne at about 3 p.m.
View ArticleJudge hears 2nd lawsuit on school closures
Eighteenth Circuit Judge George Maxwell is hearing a court case this afternoon against the Brevard School Board, attempts by opponents of the school closures to keep the schools open.
View ArticleRoyal Caribbean to base Explorer of the Seas at Port Canaveral
Royal Caribbean International has announced details of its plan to base a third ship Port Canaveral for the winter of 2014-15.
View ArticleSen. Marco Rubio memoir netted $800,000 advance
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida received an $800,000 advance on publication of his best-selling memoir last year, more than enough to wipe out his college loan debt.
View ArticlePolice kill man in Orlando linked to Boston suspects, triple murder
A Florida man originally from Chechnya was fatally shot early Wednesday while being questioned about his ties to the Boston bombing suspects and about the unsolved 2011 murders of three men in Waltham,...
View ArticleAmid budget cuts, last bells ring for Brevard schools
For students at schools slated to close, the last day has more meaning than usual.
View ArticlePolice: Ex-soldier intervenes in armed attack on his sister
It was supposed to be a relaxing day with his nephew, but Zach Brantley found himself wresting a shotgun from a man who was after his sister on Wednesday.
View ArticleAs Nationals leave, tourism room tax decision is on deck
County must decide how to reallocate tourist room tax money previously used to pay off Space Coast Stadium construction bonds.
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