Brevard approves TiCo Airport's bid for Shuttle Landing Facility
The Brevard County Commission tonight approved a watered-down resolution supporting the Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority's bid to operate the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center.
View ArticleBrevard honors those killed in 9/11 attacks
As commander of fire marshals in the Bronx, LeRoy Haynes never expected he would have to spend more than a week sleeping in a morgue. But after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, he and many...
View ArticleSuits seek millions over cruise disaster
Despite legal obstacles that might force them to sue in Italy, hundreds of Costa Concordia passengers and up to 1,000 businesses on the island where the capsized cruise ship ran aground are pressing...
View ArticleThere's still a threat in Afghanistan
U.S. troops are still in Afghanistan, nearly 11 years after they invaded. Why? The answer boils down to one word: al-Qaida. The goal is to damage the terrorist group enough to prevent a repeat of the...
View ArticleFDNY retiree, 9/11 survivor: 'It's with me every day'
LeRoy Haynes, a former firefighter in New York now retired in Brevard, continued his duty to remember those who died on 9/11 by participating in a memorial Tuesday evening in Melbourne.
View ArticleGuard, first responders practice for WMD attack in Brevard
Local and state agencies are working together this week in Cocoa Beach practicing response in the event of a scenario involving weapons of mass destruction.
View ArticleReduced budget, stable tax rate win 1st Brevard County OK
County commissioners give initial approval to reduced budget, stable tax rate after debate over helicopter deal
View ArticleDatabase: Search Brevard County candidates' campaign donors
You can search for all donations to candidates for any local office by the name of the candidate, office sought, donor's first or last name or donor's occupation.
View ArticleDrivers who hassle Cocoa Beach bicyclists may pay up
The Cocoa Beach City Commission is considering an ordinance designed to curb harassment and abuse of bicyclists, pedestrians and joggers.
View ArticleU.S. ambassador, 3 others killed in attack on consulate in Libya
Libyan officials say the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans have been killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi by protesters angry over a film that ridiculed...
View Article'Oz'-themed United Way campaign takes flight
'Oz' theme of hope, home at heart of United Way campaign
View ArticleMercury spill at Melbourne Goodwill store triggered expensive cleanup
An old broken blood pressure monitor at the Goodwill store off North Wickham Road triggered a costly five-day mercury cleanup by contractors and state and federal environmental officials.
View ArticleMysterious object falls from sky near home in Titusville
Roz Foster was sitting in her home office just before 9 a.m. this morning when she was alerted by a "thump, thump" outside the window.
View ArticleTour requests for 45th Space Wing skyrocket; 150 on waiting list
An overwhelming number of requests to go on a one-time tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with an unusual stop is leaving requests on a waiting list.
View ArticleBus seats go fast for special Cape tour of Morrell Operations Center
The calls and emails kept coming, sometimes at the pace of 60 an hour, for the one-day only special free tour by the Air Force of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The tour is full and more than 150...
View ArticleTitusville woman surprised when weather device lands on her home
A Titusville woman was surprised early Wednesday when an unknown parachuted object, which later was determined to be a weather instrument, fell onto her home.
View Article'Out of control' kindergartner removed from Cocoa school
A kindergartner was removed from Cambridge Elementary School after he kicked and scratched an assistant principal on Wednesday.
View ArticleQ&A: Viera girl, 14, warns others after her salmonella fight
Holy Trinity teen to speak at Regional Food Safety meeting on Friday.
View ArticleMelbourne Goodwill restocks after mercury spill
Air readings during a Goodwill cleanup showed mercury levels at 6 to more than 30 times the federal health safety target level in some hotspots.
View ArticleLibya attack victim had ties to Space Coast
In the wake of an attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya that left four Americans dead, a Brevard relative of one of those killed remembers him as a man who loved to travel and cook.
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