Brevard school, parents and police react to Connecticut shooting
Brevard Public Schools officials and law enforcement officers say they regularly train to handle mass shootings in public and at schools, training that is essential in situations like today's massacre...
View ArticleU.S. 1 in Melbourne reopens after wreck
Police have reopened U.S. 1 in Melbourne after an earlier crash when a vehicle crashed into a utility pole.
View ArticleSpace Coast religion calendar
Activities and events at faith organizations in Brevard County.
View ArticleTragedy alarms Brevard parents
Local parents said they were stunned by news of the Connecticut elementary school shooting.
View ArticleOn-campus officers keep safety watch
School and public safety officials say they are prepared should a deadly school shooting, like the one that occurred Friday in Connecticut, happen in Brevard County and they say the incident shows the...
View ArticleMike Lopresti: Have we finally had enough?
On this horrific Friday, we went to an awful place even this blood-soaked society has never been. And what you wonder is how we ever find our way back. When enough will finally be enough, or if we are...
View ArticlePolice dig deeper into woman's role in death of Titusville man
Titusville police detectives investigate connection between 62-year-old male homicide victim and 24-year-old female suspect.
View ArticleTo Write Love ... hits 15-city tour
To Write Love On Her Arms, a suicide prevention nonprofit founded by Brevardian Jamie Tworkowski, announced it's taking its 'Heavy and Light' event on the road. The tour starts in January. Also, this...
View ArticleSharing the Hope
Operation Hope, a community outreach center founded by a Melbourne couple, makes sure the citrus workers living in Fellsmere don't go hungry and their children have new toys each year with an annual...
View ArticleConn. town reels in reaction to school shooting
A lone gunman killed 26 people at an elementary school here, including 20 children, in a terrifying Friday morning shooting spree that rocked this genteel community.
View ArticleState revenue forecast on the rise
State forecasters added nearly $400 million to estimated tax revenues during the next year and a half - but warned that dangers like the 'fiscal cliff' could still damage a fragile economic recovery...
View ArticleReaching Out: Crowley donations stir good memories of sister and friend
Jane and Bob Crowley donated to the Reaching Out Holiday Fund in memory of Jane's sister and a close friend.
View ArticlePoll: More US science doubters think world's warming
Nearly 4 out of 5 Americans now think temperatures are rising and that global warming will be a serious problem for the United States if nothing is done about it, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds.
View ArticleTitusville firefighters respond to house fire
No one was injured in an early morning house fire today that authorities consider suspicious, according to Titusville Fire and Emergency Services.
View ArticleReaching Out toy distribution helps hundreds of Brevard families
Hundreds of families received toys and books through the FLORIDA TODAY Reaching Out Holiday Fund toy distribution on Saturday.
View ArticleGraveside service honors Brevard civil rights pioneers
More than 100 people gathered this afternoon to honor two of Florida's civil rights pioneers at a graveside service at LaGrange Cemetery near Titusville.
View ArticleVictims shot by rifle multiple times
All the victims of the Connecticut school shooting were killed up close by multiple rifle shots, a medical examiner said. AUDIO: Emergency response to school shooting || VIDEO: Columbine victim's...
View ArticleData driving program tracks accidents for FHP
When 14-year-old Jordan Sommise was ejected and killed in a Baker County traffic accident Dec.1, it stung loved ones, friends and a man who has seen plenty of highway death. 'I couldn't go back to...
View ArticleEau Gallie grad awarded service medal
Ryan Adams, a 1999 graduate of Eau Gallie High, was awarded the Meritorious Service medal for exceptional service while serving with the 551st Signal Battalion.
View ArticleLegal group challenges manatee's endangered status
A conservative legal group and some north Florida business owners are asking the federal government to strip the manatee of its endangered species status. The Pacific Legal Foundation filed a petition...
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