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Boy, 16, arrested in connection to fatal double shooting; 2 Brevard teens shot 14 times
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY − A second arrest was made in what officials said was the "cold blooded killing" of two Brevard County teenagers shot 14 times during a vape pen purchase last week. The arrest of a 16-year-old Vero Lake Estates boy who was first mentioned one week ago as a witness to...
Safety expert weighs in on spring break beach shootings across Florida
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. - With multiple people healing from or facing criminal charges following recent spring break shootings at the beach, safety experts say it’s a good time for a reminder about vigilance. Victor Chen owns Confidence Shooting in Lake Mary. He says you don’t need to be...
Florida House, Senate passes bill to create new spaceports outside of Central Florida
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The state of Florida will have two more spaceports. A bill passed in both the state House and Senate now awaits Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature. “The spaceport territory designation is the first step in a pretty long process. That allows us at Space Florida to take advantage of all of the tools in our tool kit to help aerospace companies, and specific with space companies, grow,” said Space Florida’s CEO Rob Long.
Melbourne High lockdown ends after 90 minutes and campus-wide search by police
Police armed with rifles and with K-9s placed Melbourne High School on a temporary lockdown as they searched several campus buildings to investigate an unspecified incident, Brevard Public School officials reported Monday. The lockdown ended at 2:10 p.m. after a 90-minute long search of the campus. ...
Looking to buy a unique Brevard home? How about a dome-shaped house for half a million?
You may have seen some of these gray, concrete dome houses around Brevard County. There are about 50 of them that were all manufactured by the now defunct, Rockledge-based American Ingenuity, aka Aidomes. The unique Melbourne dome home that recently went on the market is a special one. It belongs...
Space Coast cities in Florida see increased population growth
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla — People are moving to Florida in droves, the most of any state. U.S. Census data shows 22 million people called the Sunshine State home in 2022. Two Space Coast cities are seeing an influx of new residents. The average home cost in Melbourne is $368,000...
1,000 acre prescribed burn happening in Merritt Island Sunday
MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. - Are you seeing smoke in Central Florida?. There is a 1,000-prescribed burn happening in the Merritt Island National Wildfire Refuge on Sunday, according to the Brevard County Emergency Management Office. Prescribed burns are intentional fires that are set and monitored actually to reduce the wildfire risk.
Haitian migrant boat with guns, drugs intercepted in Florida: What we know
Over two dozen people this past month were discovered by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers being smuggled into Florida, according to FWC reports. Included in the group were unaccompanied children and armed smugglers attempting to make their way into Sebastian Inlet on Feb. 29, FWC said in a statement released Friday. Law enforcement officials are continuing to investigate the case in which guns and drugs were also seized from a 42-foot vessel in in Brevard County near the Indian River County line. Gov. Ron DeSantis used it as a prime example for tougher laws. ...
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