Eight Astronaut cheerleaders will escort St. Nick at Macy's parade
Eight Brevard County cheerleaders will take part in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
View ArticleBill for 2013 session would ban texting on road
Drivers would be banned from typing or reading texts, emails or other electronic messages while operating a car under legislation filed in the Senate on Tuesday.
View ArticleSchool board gets earful on proposed cuts
Twenty-one years after Ingrid Combs was named the county's Teacher of the Year, she stood in front of the Brevard school board and asked its members to reconsider closing Gardendale Elementary School.
View ArticlePastors, police join vigil for slain father of two
Rockledge pastors and police gathered with family and friends of a slain father Tuesday night to honor the man and call for an end to gun violence.
View ArticleCensure of Melbourne Beach Council member fails
Monday night, Melbourne Beach Mayor Tom Davis unsuccessfully tried to censure Commissioner Jay Gurecki.
View ArticleSome campaigners broke law at Brevard precincts
Aggressive campaign workers, poll watchers overstepped boundaries during election
View ArticleAmid Gaza diplomacy, bus bomb hits Tel Aviv
TEL AVIV, Israel - A bomb struck an Israeli bus near the nation's military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, wounding 10 people and complicating major diplomatic efforts to forge a truce between...
View ArticleI-95 near Cocoa reopens after vehicle fire
All lanes of southbound Interstate 95 in Cocoa have been reopened after an earlier vehicle fire.
View ArticleMan buys $1 million lottery scratch ticket on Merritt Island
A Hawaiian man has claimed a $1 million lottery prize after handing over a winning ticket purchased at Publix on Merritt Island.
View ArticleSanta sighting prompts search in Melbourne
Melbourne police conducted a brief search following a suspicious Santa sighting late Tuesday.
View ArticleMan hospitalized after being hit by car
A man was taken to the hospital after being hit by a car this evening in Indian Harbour Beach.
View ArticleMan buys $1 million lottery scratch ticket on Merritt Island
A Hawaiian man has claimed a $1 million lottery prize after handing over a winning ticket purchased at Publix on Merritt Island.
View ArticleChef's top tips for today: Stay calm, consider cocktails
One of Brevard's top chefs takes a light-hearted approach to avoiding Thanksgiving Day stress and meal catastrophes.
View ArticleFSU Seminole for a day? It's all to help Brevard kids
Guy and Delores Spearman's donation to the FLORIDA TODAY Reaching Out Fund with a catch. The boss had to dress like a Seminole.
View ArticleManatee calf rescued in Keys
A manatee calf that was likely struck by a boat has been rescued by marine-mammal experts in the Florida Keys.
View ArticleFatality on Miami school bus likely an accident
The mother of a 13-year-old girl who was shot and killed while riding a school bus with her younger sister says the child was 'fun loving, helpful, a happy girl,' according to a statement released by...
View ArticleFlorida drivers warned to watch for rare panthers
State wildlife officials are asking drivers to slow down when passing through panther country. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says motorists should look out for the large cats.
View ArticleMelbourne community's help keeps a devastated family together
The Humes family will celebrate today with an incredible feeling of gratitude for the spiritual, physical and financial support they've received after a devastating injury rocked the family in 2009.
View ArticleU.S. Troops celebrate Thanksgiving in Afghanistan
US soldiers wait in line for their Thanksgiving Day meal on the premises of the Kabul International Airport. The meal was served to mark the US celebration of the Thanksgiving Day holiday.
View ArticlePolice: Fake dentist kissed patient's buttocks
Police say a fake dentist gave a woman with a toothache a shot in the buttocks - and then gave the wound a kiss.
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