Brevard County has been looking for solutions to those so-called forever chemicals that are linked to all kinds of health problems, including cancer. County commissioners on Tuesday voted to spend $5 million to buy land next to a current water plant north of Micco Road in order to build new water and wastewater treatment facilities.

The Disney Believe will join sister ships Disney Wish, Disney Treasure, and Disney Destiny in the Wish class

The Starlink 10-33 mission will carry 29 Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 into low-Earth orbit.

Police told your West Melbourne 6 Community Correspondent James Sparvero that inside a hotel room at 9:30 Tuesday morning, something happened between a woman and a teenage girl that led to a shot being fired.

The mission is set to lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Two adults have been arrested after a girl came forward to report her “bizarre” abuse last week, according to the Cocoa Police Department.

After years of planning, the city of Cocoa says the money it needs to build Brevard County’s first Brightline station, which would be at US-1 and 528, could finally be secured within months.

A month after some high school students left campuses to protest ICE, Brevard County’s school board is considering harsher punishment for students who walk out of class that would extend to anyone affiliated with the district who encourages a disruption to school, not just the kids."

Police said the drunk driver nearly killed the pedestrian and then got upset over the damage to his car.

A week after your Port St. John Community Correspondent James Sparvero reported that homeowners on one side of Fay Boulevard could have to spend up to $100,000 to connect to the sewer line on the opposite side of the four-lane divided highway, Brevard County just mailed homeowners a new letter that no longer threatens to fine them or restrict services if they don’t make the long connection in the next year.

NASA has cleared its moon rocket for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs.

The mission is set to lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

According to an arrest affidavit, the Amazon driver stopped on Cepheus Court to make a delivery when Joseph Baldi yelled at the driver, then got into the van and drove while the driver chased and confronted him.

A quick-thinking dad and a beach rental employee helped catch a man police said pulled his pants down at the beach in front of a 7-year-old.

March is Women’s History Month, but when it comes to space history, the numbers tell a stark story.

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

A suspect accused of exposing himself to a child on Cocoa Beach has now been taken into custody, according to the police department.

A former president of the teacher’s union who Brevard Public Schools says didn’t report when two students had sex at school could be fired by the end of the month after 32 years with the district.

SpaceX is gearing up to launch its Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Space Coast early Tuesday morning.

Higher gas prices are cutting into the profits of charter fishermen who are now weighing, due to the war in Iran, whether to charge customers more to take a fishing trip.

Several Central Florida cities have started using them, including Orlando, Orange County, Osceola County, Mount Dora and Eustis.

After a drug trafficking investigation kicked off in Titusville, the police department has claimed a Jeep Wrangler as its own.

Brevard Public Schools announced that the district is recommending a teacher be fired after two students were discovered engaging in oral sex under his watch.

One of the most anticipated developments in Brevard County finally has an update after a couple years of its construction site remaining dormant.

As more homes convert their septic tank systems to the sewer, the problem for homeowners on one side of Fay Boulevard is that the sewer line is on the other side of the divided four-lane highway.

Several Brevard County cities are accelerating a long-term push to move properties off septic systems and onto central sewer to reduce nitrogen pollution in the Indian River Lagoon.

Two months after police said a pickup truck driver ran over and killed a 25-year-old ballet dancer, a new crash report confirmed what police suspected at the scene - that the driver had a medical emergency when he hopped a curb in front of the Cocoa Village Playhouse and crushed Lexi Jordan against a wall.

A 22-year-old man was shot and killed early Sunday in the parking lot of Ace’s Bar in Brevard County, according to the sheriff’s office.

A 68-year-old Cocoa man was struck and killed along State Road 520 in Brevard County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

SpaceX early Wednesday launched another batch of Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast.

The city of Titusville this week launched a six-month pilot deploying a mobile nanobubble generator to raise dissolved oxygen in a corner of the Indian River Lagoon.

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

In Brevard County, the district said its schools are missing out on money because third party vendors who sell the merchandise to the big box stores are reaping most of the profits.

Melbourne High School is adding another method to combat student vaping at the school.

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Coast on Sunday evening.

A 58-year-old man was arrested on Thursday after the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office say he climbed into a parked ambulance while paramedics were treating a patient and attempted to move the vehicle because it was blocking his path.

Scattered showers return, with a few thunderstorms possible

The Brevard County high school teacher who was essentially fired by the district because she used a student’s preferred name without parental permission won an arbitration in the case. Talking to News 6 on Friday, Melissa Calhoun called the decision a win for all teachers, even though BPS still has no plans on rehiring her.

A stolen car rammed into an officer after fleeing from police in Palm Bay on Friday afternoon, according to the department.

NASA announces a major overhaul of the space agency’s moon mission.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier will be joined by several Central Florida sheriffs at a news conference in Titusville.

The city of Palm Bay is voting to approve a settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed by one of its own councilmen.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Firefighters got a five-acre brush fire under control Thursday in central Brevard County, which burned near a church and a school in the Palm Shores area.

At least two homes were evacuated in the Mims area due to a vegetation fire that was sparked by a fatal crash on Interstate 95, according to a Brevard County spokesperson.

Interstate 95 was shut down in Brevard County after a crash north of Mims, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A Florida man is accused of stealing upwards of $10,000 worth of trading cards at self-checkouts by scanning seasoning packets in their place, according to the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office and statewide prosecutors.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.