Port Canaveral is Brevard County's deep-water port, housing both cargo and cruise ship terminals. The Port uses fiber optic cabling to link its various …

Melbourne school has been giving students Mountain Dew before FCAT MELBOURNE — How would you feel if your child was given a caffeinated soft drink at school before taking a test like the FCAT? That had been happening at an elementary school in Brevard County, until one grandmother’s concerns came to light. Last week, Martha Thorp asked her granddaughter how ...

A shark bit a 42-year-old German tourist on the right foot this afternoon at Shepard Park in Cocoa Beach, said Jeff Scabarozi, Brevard County Ocean …

She said the Brevard County Tourism Development Authority estimates 25 percent of people who attend the festival come from outside Brevard and …

… with hometown goodies, lawmakers Tuesday agreed to fund the expansion of a bike trail through Central Florida, a gun range in Brevard County, …

Brevard County's January closed sales of existing single-family homes were up 25.7% from a year ago. The median price of those sold rose 10.1% to …

A stabbing report at a Brevard County school prompts a temporary lockdown, which was later lifted after police found no evidence or victims.

When Denise Piercy opened the Running Zone, her dream was to help Brevard County become healthier and to assist the community through …

Easter Sunrise Service attendees find parking tickets, not eggs, in Cocoa Beach   COCOA BEACH, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35 ORLANDO) – Cocoa Beach Police say hundreds of Easter Sunrise Service attendees illegally parked cars along a fourteen-block stretch of Ocean Beach Boulevard Sunday morning. In all, eighteen parking tickets were pinned to cars in clearly marked “no parking zones” on ...

A stabbing report at a Brevard County school on Tuesday morning prompted a temporary lockdown, which was later lifted after police say they found …

Fierce 2012 magnetic storm barely missed Earth Fierce 2012 magnetic storm barely missed Earth by Staff Writers Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 25, 2014 This image captured on July 23, 2012, at 12:24 a.m. EDT, shows a coronal mass ejection that left the sun at the unusually fast speeds of over 1,800 miles per second. Image courtesy NASA/STEREO. Earth dodged a ...

Elderly Daytona Beach woman brutally beaten, left for dead   DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35 ORLANDO) – An elderly woman was beaten, robbed, and left for dead in a brutal attack that happened in Daytona Beach on Saturday.  The suspects are just 16 and 18 years old and face multiple charges, including home invasion and robbery, aggravated battery,  and ...

Court won’t hear Fla. employee drug testing rule   WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal by Florida Gov. Rick Scott over his plan to require random drug tests for thousands of state workers. The justices on Monday did not comment in rejecting an appeal that sought to allow testing on up to 85,000 employees. A ...

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA — The Melbourne Community Orchestra will present two concerts of classical music when the “MCO Goes Classical” on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, April 30 and May 1 at the Melbourne Auditorium at 625 Hibiscus Boulevard in Melbourne.   The 7:30 p.m. concerts will feature the three movement Symphony in D Minor by the Belgian composer, César Franck. Controversial when it premiered in 1889, Franck’s only symphony ...

Brevard County Animal Services & Enforcement has added a feature to its website so pet owners can purchase new or renew existing licenses for …

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – A federal grant to help launch new computer information technology programs at Eastern Florida State College is …

BREVARD COUNTY • COCOA/ROCKLEDGE, FLORIDA – Check out the 106 properties that sold recently in Cocoa/Rockledge, which ranged from …

The Amazing Anatomy of James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2014 When you think of a mirror, there really isn’t that much needed to describe it, but when you look at a mirror that will fly aboard NASA’s next-generation James Webb Space Telescope, there’s a lot to the anatomy of a mirror. NASA’s Webb telescope includes ...

Viera, Melbourne and Martin County each went 4-2 in the district, and the two Brevard County teams fell to the middle seeds in the district tournament.

Brevard County offers a few ways to walk on the wild side this week, or to chip in picking up the trash that blights the Space Coast. Although Earth Day …