UF study says many marine species still undescribed
There may be as many as three times the marine species as biologists have so far been able to describe, according to a University of Florida study published today. The study, which appears in 'Current...
View ArticleGot crazy ants? Seek professional help, UF researchers say
University of Florida researchers are still working on strategies for controlling crazy ants found so far in 20 Florida counties, but they're offering some preliminary advice.
View ArticlePastor, community leader Harvey Riley dies
Pastor Harvey Riley, a longtime minister and community service stalwart who took the gospel from the neighborhoods of south Melbourne to the Jordan River in Israel, has died following a long illness,...
View ArticleSearch for missing woman off Melbourne Causeway
A suspiciously parked vehicle and search in the area of the Melbourne Causeway is backing up traffic in Indialantic.
View ArticleFacing heat from Feds, board agrees to dissolve Melbourne's TRDA
Facing an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, and potentially millions of dollars in legal fees and penalties, the board of the Florida's Technological Research and Development Authority...
View ArticleFlorida corrections secretary Ken Tucker to retire
Corrections Secretary Ken Tucker is officially stepping aside as head of the agency, the latest in a series of changes for the state's prison system.
View ArticleHarrison St. post office in Titusville closing Saturday
U.S. Postal Service closes postal store to consolidate operations in Titusville.
View ArticleBike's custom paint job salutes slain Deputy Pill
Tempest Cycles donated a custom motorcycle paint job to Steve Pill in honor of Pill's wife, a Brevard County sheriff's deputy who was fatally shot while on duty March 6.
View ArticleTampa FBI agent amid widening Petraeus scandal
FBI Special Agent Frederick Humphries II played a key role in investigating a terrorist plan aimed at blowing up Los Angeles International Airport just as the year 2000 dawned.
View ArticlePastor, community leader Harvey Riley dies
Pastor Harvey Riley, a longtime minister and community service stalwart who took the gospel from the neighborhoods of south Melbourne to the Jordan River in Israel, has died following a long illness,...
View ArticleMedal of Honor winner lends a hand in Brevard
Command Sgt. Major Robert Patterson, a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest decoration in the nation, is in Brevard County to support a VFW program that is helping to raise money for a therapy...
View ArticlePalm Bay police hunt for gun-wielding convenience store robber
Palm Bay police are searching for an armed robber who held a gun to a store clerk's head before taking an undetermined amount of cash and cigarettes in an overnight robbery.
View ArticleVRA honoree helps out by doing 'little part'
Volunteers who strive to bring attention to those less fortunate in Brevard County got a little taste of the spotlight themselves Thursday night when FLORIDA TODAY handed out its annual Volunteer...
View ArticleBrevard's October unemployment rate dips to 8.7%
Brevard County's unemployment in October fell to 8.7 percent from the previous month's rate of 9.1 percent, according to data released this morning by Florida's Department of Economic Opportunity.
View ArticlePetraeus believed terrorists behind Libya attack
A congressman says former CIA Director David Petraeus is telling lawmakers he believed all along that the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was a terrorist attack.
View ArticlePolice suspect homicide after woman's body found in Melbourne
Melbourne police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found lying just outside of a downtown business.
View ArticlePolice look for armed juveniles after homicide in Rockledge
Rockledge police and surrounding law enforcement agencies are on the lookout for three armed and dangerous juveniles involved in a reported slaying in a residential area this morning.
View ArticleBody of man missing in Satellite Beach identified in St. Lucie County
Satellite Beach police have identified the body of a 28-year-old man found in St. Lucie County as that of a Georgia man who was reported missing while visiting Brevard County earlier this month.
View ArticleCocoa man nabbed in connection to massive counterfeit check scheme
A Cocoa man is one of nine people charged in an organized counterfeit check cashing scheme in Central Florida.
View ArticleOil rig on fire extinguished in Gulf of Mexico; 4 hurt, 2 missing
An oil rig explosion off the coast of Louisiana sent four people to hospital Friday and two others were believed to be missing, Coast Guard officials said.Coast Guard officials say an oil rig has...
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