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Eric Marshall Leads Palm Bay Academy Middle School BREVARD COUNTY • PALM BAY, FLORIDA — Palm Bay Academy Middle School Principal Eric Marshall leads the independent, non-profit charter school that prides itself on providing a challenging academic environment.     Originally from South Florida, Marshall joined the school as its principal three months ago and brings a wealth of experience to ...

State Senate Backs Tax Holiday Smaller Than Scott Wants State Senate Backs Tax Holiday Smaller Than Scott Wants By JIM TURNER – THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA  //  March 11, 2014 Proposal is a week shorter than requested by Gov. Rick Scott. TALLAHASEE, FLORIDA —  Senators started moving forward Monday with a sales-tax holiday for back-to-school shoppers, but the proposal ...

ISS Expedition 38 Returns To Earth Safely russian Soyuz capsule lands in Kazakhstan Live streaming video by Ustream UPDATE Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Expedition 38 Flight Engineers Mike Hopkins and Sergey Ryazanskiy landed in Kazakhstan at 11:24 p.m. Monday night. They landed inside the Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft ending their mission after five-and-a-half months aboard the International Space Station. The ...

Sheriff Ivey Welcomes New Members To BCSO By Wayne Ivey, Brevard County Sheriff  //  March 21, 2014   Spadafora Law Enforcement Officer of Year I am always amazed by the excitement on new members faces as they begin a career with our agency and to see our current members achieving new career goals in their lives. Please join me in ...

Sheriff’s Office To Assume Animal Services Duties By Wayne Ivey, Brevard County Sheriff  //  March 20, 2014 unanimously approved by county commission BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA — I am very happy to announce that on March 18, our Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a proposal for the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office to assume all responsibilities of the Brevard County Animal ...

Two winning tickets were sold in Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing, lottery officials said. The winning tickets were sold in Merritt Island, Brevard County, Fla., and Maryland. The winning tickets matched six numbers: 51, 24, 11, 33, 19 with the Mega Ball 7. The jackpot for the drawing was estimated at $400 million, with a cash option of $224 million, one ...

BCSO Deputy John Ready Is ‘Sheriff For A Day’ Pro · Daily Deal. BCSO Deputy John Ready Is ‘Sheriff For A Day’. By Space Coast Daily // March 11, 2014. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Delicious Digg This Stumble This. Sheriff Ivey thanks Deputy ready for his service. By SpaceCoastDaily.com on Tue, 11 ...

Merritt Island’s Taylor Jordan Looks Sharp for Nats BREVARD COUNTY • VIERA, FLORIDA – Pitching in relief, Merritt Island’s Taylor Jordan allowed one run on three hits and struck out six in three innings as the Washington Nationals defeated the Atlanta Braves, 8-2, at Space Coast Stadium on Saturday … By SpaceCoastDaily.com on Sun, 09 Mar 2014 09:52:30 -0700

After three weeks of jury selection, the trial of the man accused of shooting Brevard County Sheriff’s Deputy Barbara Pill should begin this week. Judge Morgan Reinman, state prosecutors and Bradley’s defense attorneys scrutinized 212 potential jurors, narrowing that group to 38 people by the end of Monday. They’re looking for 15 jurors, including three alternates. Ultimately, 12 people will ...

Space Coast tourism agencies get extra funds for over-budget Asia trip The Brevard County Commission this morning approved a budget change to help fund a recent $34,000 trip by four representatives of Brevard County’s tourism and economic development agencies to Asia. The trip focused on attracting tourism and business development to Brevard County.The Space Coast Office of Tourism asked the ...

Titusville Police Officer Taken Into Custody By DEA Richard Irizzary, a Titusville police officer on administrative leave since January, was taken into custody today by DEA agents and the Titusville Police Internal Affairs Investigator after he was indicted on federal charges. Richard Irizzary, a Titusville police officer on administrative leave since January, was taken into custody today by DEA agents and ...

Brevard teacher suspended after student sees nude photo A Brevard County teacher was suspended after a student allegedly saw a nude photo on the educator’s cellphone. Damian Wilson can’t teach his history classes at Palm Bay Heritage High School until Brevard County School district officials complete their investigation, authorities said. Wilson remains on paid leave while the district investigates the ...

Woman, 96, carjacked at Walmart in Merritt Island A 96-year-old woman was carjacked at a Walmart in Merritt Island on Thursday afternoon. The victim, who did not want to be identified, said she was starting her car when a man opened her passenger door and asked her to drive him to a mobile home park. When they got to the ...

BREVARD COUNTY —  If you see and smell smoke in the River Lakes Conservation area in Brevard County it’s from a controlled burn. The St. Johns River Water Management District is conducting a 5,000-acre prescribed burn Friday to reduce fuel reduction in the area. Crews ignited the fire from the air which the District said allows staff to ignite fires ...

Cocoa Little League Opening Day a Huge Success! Saturday was the big Opening Day for many Little Leagues across the State of Florida, Cocoa Little League included, and the day didn’t disappoint. There was a great crowd for the event,  the weather turned out to be great, and the kids had a successful and fun first day of games.  The ...

Florida Tech Women’s Sports Weekend Round Up Women’s Golf Competes at Peggy Kirk Bell Classic WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA (Women’s Golf) – After having the last couple weeks off, the No. 4 Florida Tech Panthers get back to action this week at the Peggy Kirk Bell Classic in Winter Springs. The two day event goes Monday-Tuesday at the Tuscawilla Country Club ...

Plane, Skydiver Collide, Amazingly Neither Seriously Hurt Plane, Skydiver Collide, Amazingly Neither Seriously Hurt. By Space Coast Daily // March 9, 2014. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Delicious Digg This Stumble This … By SpaceCoastDaily.com on Sun, 09 Mar 2014 13:26:15 -0700

Tim Wakefield To Host Holy Trinity Coach Appreciation Day BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield, along with Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, is hosting an appreciation day for local volunteer coaches who participate in recreational and competition sports, and players on their teams.Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield, along with Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, is ...

Brevard trio set for high school Hall of Fame When the FHSAA inducts eight new members into its Hall of Fame on April 27 in Gainesville, three of them will be Brevard County legends: Robert Barnes, Gerald Odom and Gary Shiffrin.Barnes was a Cocoa High star in football, basketball and baseball, and even played both football and baseball at the ...

Melbourne Police Wait Tables to Support Special Olympics Melbourne Police Wait Tables to Support Special Olympics. By Space Coast Daily // February 27, 2014. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Delicious Digg This Stumble This … By SpaceCoastDaily.com on Wed, 26 Feb 2014 21:18:57 -0800