Amid his crusade over illegal immigration and government spending, Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia is headed to Central Florida for another news conference on Thursday afternoon.

The city of Melbourne has officially named Shane Leech as its new fire chief.

A World War II-era “practice bomb” was disposed of after being found near an elementary school in Cocoa Beach, according to the U.S. Space Force.

A suspect has been arrested after a 45-year-old man was shot to death outside his Florida home.

Several law enforcement agencies throughout Central Florida have set up exchange zones in their parking lots to offer safe places to conduct online sales transactions.

NASA moves its grounded Artemis moon rocket from the launch pad back to its hangar.

A 74-year-old man died after someone ran over him over along the course of a half-marathon.

Brevard County commissioners on Tuesday voted against a plan to raise its gas tax to address a funding shortfall for critical transportation improvements.

Last week, seven more restaurants across Central Florida were forced to close after a visit from a health inspector, according to state records.

A Merritt Island woman was jailed after she was seen viciously attacking a cat to “get back at” a family member over the weekend, according to Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey.

The death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner on a Carnival Cruise ship last fall has sparked a new child custody fight involving the Titusville teen’s stepsiblings, newly filed court records show.

A 1-year-old almost drowned, according to police, and now, for the second time in just the last few months, a mother is back in jail.

SpaceX on Tuesday launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast.

SpaceX launched another Starlink mission from the Space Coast on Saturday evening.

It’s a project addressing drainage and flooding complaints in Titusville, but some people on the street think digging ditches along the county right-of-way could create more problems in their neighborhood.

On Thursday, Florida House lawmakers finally approved a new bill that would completely remove non-school property taxes from homes across the state.

A 21-year-old woman is recovering after being shot a total of four times, and to the relief of her family, even more, police said they’ve caught her boyfriend, who was on the run.

Cape Canaveral discusses the idea of what options would be available if the coast dealt with any damage from launches of larger rockets.

The FHP says a fatal wreck prompts the closure of Interstate 95 in Brevard County.

After chucking a cinderblock through someone’s car, a handcuffed Palm Bay woman was caught eating cocaine that was concealed inside her pants, the sheriff said.

An Indian man was taken into custody this week after he was caught molesting an underage girl on a Royal Caribbean cruise, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.

Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall, the musical earned 12 Tony nominations, including an eventual best actress winning trophy for Adrienne Warren in the title role.

A new meeting about a controversial proposal to build a liquefied natural gas plant is set for Wednesday night at Cape Canaveral’s Community Center.

Launch teams at NASA are hoping dangerous fuel leaks have been resolved so its Artemis II mission can continue.

Spend a day with me at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Florida’s Space Coast, as I meet a former NASA astronaut and get a rare look at Artemis II on the launch pad.

In an email to parents, the school principal wrote that the ongoing vaping problems on campus have sparked "environmental concerns in student restrooms."

Unbeknownst to the owners, 80 to 100 teenagers showed up to their Melbourne gated, waterfront Airbnb, police said, for a house party with alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine.

A man arrested in a major drug bust in Brevard County is set to take a plea deal Tuesday in federal court.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a news conference in Titusville.

The World Atlas has released its most recent report on the best downtowns in Florida. And out of all nine cities to make the list, three can be found in Central Florida.

The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse has quite the history in Central Florida contributing to oceanic navigation and the space program.

Some Central Florida students continue protesting officers who work for the country’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

SpaceX launched 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Florida’s Space Coast.

SpaceX sends another batch of Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Police in Palm Bay are awaiting confirmation from the medical examiner after human remains were discovered in a wooded area, a development investigators say could be connected to a missing person who has not been seen alive for about a year.

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will headline a weekend air show in Cocoa Beach.

Police said that the missing person case led them to two places, though it's unclear at this time how it all ties together.

For the first time through the lens of police body cameras, we’re seeing the teenager accused of killing her mother and her mother’s young boyfriend.

NASA and SpaceX’s Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station blasts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

A new crew of astronauts is set to visit the International Space Station as soon as this week.

Melbourne police continue to search for a man accused of attacking officers outside a hospital before escaping custody.

The Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival brings in tourists from around the country, and they fill hotel rooms during a traditionally slow part of the season. But that success may be in jeopardy. Studies show there are fewer birds to watch.

The latest report may seem bad enough, but experts warn that there's something even worse yet to come.

A former city employee from Titusville was arrested after spending over $2,000 on a lawnmower, according to the police department.

After rescuers saved a 400 lb. manatee that was stuck in a storm drain, Melbourne Beach is now considering how to stop cold sea cows from swimming into drains.

The Space Coast Food & Wine Festival returned to Downtown Melbourne’s waterfront with top local restaurants, cocktails and bites from favorites like Chez Quan, Crush XI, Meg O’Malley’s and Fuego + Salt — and it’s already building buzz for next year.

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket takes off from the Florida coast.

A local mall is using an aggressive strategy to get a gas station to stop a leak that the mall says is contaminating its property and contributing to a pause in construction of a new mall in its place.

First responders rushed to a scene in Melbourne Beach on Monday afternoon after a manatee became stuck in a storm drain, state officials told News 6.

New details allege the abuse police said was happening inside a Rockledge daycare.

NASA has pushed back the planned launch of the SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station because of weather concerns.

An investigation is underway after three employees at a Rockledge childcare facility were arrested on Friday, according to city officials.

Over two months after the body of 18-year-old Anna Kepner was found stuffed under a bed on a Carnival cruise ship, her stepbrother has reportedly found himself in court.

A school district didn’t back down from its warnings to punish students if they walked out of school to be part of the nationwide ICE protests.

As part of the latest release of Epstein files, News 6 has uncovered an FBI report that links Epstein to a Central Florida strip club and biker gang.

Walkout protests over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity have spread to high schools across Central Florida, prompting warnings from state and local school officials that students who leave class during instructional time could face disciplinary consequences.

Cocoa Beach is getting out in front of erosion concerns the mayor says could impact at least a thousand residents’ utilities one day.

The Palm Bay Police Department is searching for a man wanted on outstanding charges of attempted murder and armed burglary.

A crossing guard was struck by a car near an elementary school in Rockledge, according to police.

Titusville police temporarily shut down a stretch of Cheney Highway on Wednesday while officers investigated a bomb threat, according to a news release.

Officials with the district said that the current protests are not related to school operations, and the district is instead "focused on prioritizing learning."

Showing visible signs of stress on their shells and skin, the team’s goal is to stabilize and rehabilitate the turtles so they can be safely returned to their natural habitat once they are healthy and environmental conditions improve.

Investigators are looking into the circumstances behind a 3-month-old infant's death, according to the Cocoa Police Department.

One person was killed in a head-on crash in Brevard County on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The Federal Aviation Administration released its final environmental impact statement for Starship on Friday, despite concerns about airspace closures disrupting commercial flights and sonic booms disrupting surrounding communities.

NASA’s associate administrator, the agency’s highest ranking civil servant, says there’s no pressure to launch a long-awaited crewed mission around the moon following a new delay to the lunar fly-by.

In a letter sent to families on Tuesday, School Board Chair Matt Susin said the district was made aware of a proposed student-led walkout that was promoted at three high schools.

Artemis II will send four astronauts around the moon in the first crewed flight test of the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion Spacecraft.

A judge rules that a Brevard County woman who claims police mishandled a sexual battery investigation after she was raped as a child in 1990 can pursue a negligence lawsuit against the City of Melbourne.

NASA's long-awaited moonshot with astronauts is off until at least March because of leaking hydrogen fuel.

NASA has run into exasperating fuel leaks in a make-or-break test of the moon rocket that's supposed to send astronauts on a lunar fly-around.

Elizabeth Hill-Brodigan, who served as principal at Roosevelt Elementary School, was sentenced to two years of probation for hosting an underage drinking party last year.

A large brush fire again prompts the closure of Interstate 95 in Brevard County.

Below-freezing temperatures return Sunday night.

A hard freeze is likely Saturday night into Sunday.

Nearly three months after a Titusville teen was found dead on a cruise ship, records obtained by News 6 indicate the case remains under investigation.

A man died after the pickup truck he was driving through Melbourne crashed into a concrete pole, according to police.

The next astronauts set to visit the space station will hold a news conference in Houston.

A Brevard County deputy who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fatal 2022 shooting of his roommate and fellow deputy will be sentenced Friday.

A missing child alert was issued early Friday for a 16-year-old boy in Brevard County.

A cold Florida winter could impact whether NASA gets to send four astronauts around the moon next month.

A concerned community hopes to stop a rocket company’s rocket wastewater from winding up in the Indian River Lagoon.

Law enforcement pursuing a stolen car from Brevard County to Orange City caught it all on camera, according to the Volusia Sheriff's Office.

SpaceX will launch another batch of Starlink satellites from Florida.

In a letter, BPS Superintendent Mark Rendell announces the district will cut 7% of staff positions in each department.

A community continues fighting to keep a plant that would make fuel for rockets away from their neighborhood in Merritt Island.

40 years ago today something happened that changed space flight procedures and missions forever.

Lawmakers started moving forward Tuesday with a proposal that would give the state the power to put President Donald Trump’s name on a Palm Beach County airport, next to a road they renamed after him.

Last week, half a dozen eateries across Central Florida were forced to close after a visit from a health inspector, according to state records.

A 9-year-old and his mom are sorting out a scare in Brevard County. On Monday afternoon, Alicia Aiken said Endeavour Elementary School sent the boy home and told him to walk to his house two miles away across a major highway.

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey announces two arrests in an animal abuse case after a dog was found nearly starved to death.

A propane tank leak outside a Brevard County school prompted a response from fire crews on Monday, officials said.

A corrections deputy for the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is accused of smuggling contraband, including an overdose medication and other drugs, into the jail.

Cold weather shelters across Central Florida will be open this weekend as record cold and dangerous wind chills hit the area.

SpaceX late Tuesday launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast.

An 11-year-old boy in Mims was “more than likely hit by a round that was intended for persons he was with,” a sheriff's-office spokesperson said in a statement.

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office shared pictures to social media from the arrest of a man accused of DUI after a smoky scene on U.S. 192.

Three people were injured in a shooting at a park in Palm Bay, according to police.

Two years since Port Canaveral put its tallest building up for lease, the Exploration Tower still doesn’t have a tenant.

A man died after his kayak capsized during a guided tour of Turkey Creek in Brevard County, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.