Llama busts loose in Tallahassee, subdued with taser
When Scooter the llama busted out of his penned-in yard in Tallahassee, Florida, it took three county sheriff's deputies and a taser gun to get him back in again.
View ArticleFlorida city wonders who won $590 million lottery jackpot
It's been two long weeks since the small city of Zephyrhills learned that a $590 million Powerball ticket was sold at a supermarket here.
View ArticleSpace Coast organizations join forces to feed children, families
Like laboratory scientists, hundreds of workers wearing plastic shower caps, gloves and aprons carefully measured, sealed and labeled sackfuls of rice, soy, beans and vegetables.
View ArticleVacant Mims home heavily damaged by fire
A vacant home was heavily damaged by fire Sunday morning in the 4200 block of Aurantia Road in Mims, Brevard County Fire Rescue Lt. Don Slayman said.
View ArticleFuel spill reported in Indian River Lagoon
A fuel spill in the Indian River Lagoon was reported about 12:15 p.m. Sunday near Sundance Marina in Melbourne, Brevard County Fire Rescue Lt. Don Slayman said.
View ArticleLocal firefighter urges county to adopt National Grid system
As hurricane season is opening, one local firefighter is on a mission to educate colleagues and other emergency responders about an easy-to-use national mapping system that identifies hard-to-find...
View ArticleNeighborhood thrives on median
In the heart of the city, there is love, even in the U.S. 17 median.
View ArticleLlama on the lam leads Florida cops on chase
Scooter is not your typical roadside sight.
View ArticleRedrawn voting district makes it less diverse
Districts' lack of diversity bolsters GOP's anti-immigration views.
View ArticleIntersections off Melbourne's causeways may get red-light cameras
Combined, Palm Bay and Cocoa Beach have issued nearly 16,000 citations and generated more than $1 million for city coffers since their red-light cameras debuted in early 2010, records show.
View ArticleCarmike Cinemas wants to build 12-screen movie theater in West Melbourne
Carmike Cinemas, which owns and operates The Avenue Viera's 'Rave' theater, wants to build a 12-screen movie theater at Hammock Landing in West Melbourne.
View ArticleTradition follows Rockledge's new chief of police
Joseph LaSata, assistant chief of police for the West Hartford (Conn.) Police Department, has been selected as the new chief of police for Rockledge.
View ArticleVolunteers in Melbourne make 120,000 meals for needy children
Space Coast relief organizations joined forces and assembled meals for needy children and their families Sunday at the Brevard Community College-Melbourne gym.
View ArticleWest Viera journeys into a new kind of Brevard neighborhood
The future of Brevard County has broken ground west of Interstate 95. And it promises to be unlike anything else on the Space Coast.
View ArticleBudget cuts prompts Brevard Workforce to close Fridays beginning in July
State budget reductions has led Brevard Workforce to announce that beginning in July, it will close on Fridays.
View ArticleLongtime N.J. Sen. Lautenberg dead at age 89
U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, the oldest member of the Senate and the last World War II veteran serving there, has died at age 89.
View ArticleCocoa police search for Sam's Club liquor store robber
Cocoa police are looking for a man who robbed a Sam's Club liquor store about midday Sunday.
View Article4 llamas involved in car crash in SW Florida
Four llamas were evaluated Monday at a southwest Florida veterinary hospital after being involved in a crash on Interstate 75.
View ArticleSupreme Court OKs DNA swab in serious arrests
A narrowly divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can collect DNA from people arrested but not convicted of serious crimes, a tool that more than half the states already use to help crack...
View ArticleFlorida man hunting for pythons finds mysterious jewelry
Like most people who signed up for Florida's official Burmese python hunt last winter, Mark Rubinstein slogged a couple times through the Everglades without ever seeing one of the elusive snakes.
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