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Video of the incident shows her yelling at the boys, claiming she had a right to "protect my property and my house."
Police said the January party was attended by more than 100 juveniles, many of whom had been drinking and had access to alcohol available in coolers at the home owned by Elizabeth Hill-Brodigan, who is the former principal at Roosevelt Elementary School.
The Republican primaries for Florida Senate District 19 and Florida House District 32 are part of a cascade of special elections brought on when Florida Sen. Randy Fine resigned his SD-19 seat, effective April 1, to run for the U.S. House District 6 special election.
If you need help getting out of an abusive situation, you can find shelters and groups in almost every Central Florida county.
These large lizards can reach up to 5 feet long in some cases, and they pose a potential threat to the state if left unchecked.
Cocoa Beach police have asked the public to avoid the area of a Winn-Dixie during an “active incident,” according to the police department’s social media.
A driver faces a charge of DUI manslaughter after his pickup truck fatally struck a man crossing the street in Titusville, according to police.
A 63-year-old Titusville woman riding a motorcycle in Brevard County fell from the bike after losing control of it and later died, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Palm Bay’s school zone speed cameras will be brought back online after a nearly month-long pause prompted by glitches and incorrect violations.
Piles of trash and other sketchy activity have been going on for years at a house on Seneca Drive in Melbourne, where neighbors say squatters moved in. Florida law says that to kick them off the property, authorities need permission from the homeowner, but in this case, the homeowner’s dead.
A 17-year-old boy is among two people arrested in Palm Bay to face attempted murder charges in their alleged role in a drive-by shooting which left a juvenile blinded by glass fragments, according to police.
Manatees in Florida are slowly doing better after an effort to preserve their mortality and habitat, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The widows of two Melbourne firefighters who died from cancer contracted in the line of duty are still being denied benefits they are supposed to receive under Florida law.
In a school district that cracked down hard on students misbehaving, two special schools for kids with some of the worst behavior will now be closing at the end of the year.
A K-9 with the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has died after a “long and courageous battle” with cancer, according to the sheriff.
Second Harvest says the federal funding freeze has halted all CCC-funded orders for the USDA’s Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), resulting in the suspension of 28 tractor-trailer loads of food meant for the Central Florida food bank.
On Monday, a 63-year-old woman from Orlando called News 6 for help as she has tried for over 10 days to get in contact with anyone from Social Security.
More federal spending cuts are impacting Central Florida. This time, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is closing office space for Social Security. DOGE said it’s closing the Social Security office on Dairy Road on May 16.
The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said it received a call for assistance from the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office about a man who had ventured out to take photographs at Fort Drum Marsh but had lost his way and become disoriented.
In a social media post on Monday, the zoo shared that Doc “passed away despite our best efforts to manage his ongoing mobility and health issues”, and succumbed to complications related to his age.
Just days after launching its 10th crew rotation mission with NASA to the International Space Station, SpaceX is ready to launch its next private crew mission.
Health First launched its second air ambulance, First Flight 2, this week. The new helicopter is officially in service and will be based in northern Brevard County. The plan for the new air ambulance had been in the works for years, but the timing of the launch couldn’t be better.
Postal workers across the country will rally outside post offices on Sunday, nearly a month after President Donald Trump suggested he may try to take control of the independent agency and put it under the Commerce Department.
Election officials in Central Florida are making final preparations as early voting begins Saturday for the special election in Congressional District 6, which will determine who replaces Mike Waltz in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Orlando Health said that because of years of neglect and costly repairs, it will shut down Rockledge Hospital on April 22.
During a three-hour commission meeting Thursday night, commissioners voted unanimously to enact a 30-day "grace period" for the payment of vacation registration fees and late fees.
Part of a big project to expand beaches that have gotten smaller because of erosion and hurricanes is a few weeks away from being done.
As the city of Fort Myers faces pushback for a recent council vote on an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, two cities in Central Florida will decide this week if they will enter into their own ICE agreements under the 287(g) program.
The bridge, which is 4,025 feet over the Indian River, will connect the mainland to Kennedy Space Center, and is expected to enhance transportation for both residents and the ever-growing space industry.
During the vehicle inventory, deputies discovered an unexpected passenger— Dinovi’s pet, a juvenile rainbow boa constrictor, lounging on the passenger seat.
Roughly two hours before a planned splashdown of a SpaceX capsule carrying stuck astronauts, SpaceX launched another Starlink mission from the Space Coast.
As the sun set over Sand Point Park in Titusville Friday night, hundreds of people stood in respectful silence, as they listened to stories about Jessie Kirk, the beloved philanthropist whom police say was murdered last week.
Florida’s Republican U.S. senators Ashley Moody and Rick Scott have announced the Consolidating Aerospace Programs Efficiently at Canaveral (CAPE Canaveral) Act to relocate NASA’s headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Brevard County.
The Space Coast Strawberry Festival welcomes families to its two-day event with activities including fair rides, an arts and crafts village, food and drinks, live music and more, according to its website.
Brevard County Fire Rescue will soon no longer be allowed to transport patients to Orlando Health Rockledge Hospital.
Hundreds of spectators gathered at Space View Park in Titusville, eager to witness the launch of Crew-10. But just before liftoff, excitement turned to disappointment as the mission was scrubbed.
For many areas of the Sunshine State, March is the month for spring break, giving students a brief reprieve from their academic obligations.
More than a month has passed since a 25-year-old man was shot and killed by police in Titusville — and some residents are still searching for answers on what exactly happened.
As the astronauts on Crew-10 prepares for their mission launch from Florida’s Space Coast, meteorologists are not only focused on the weather around the launch pad but also watching conditions hundreds of miles out in the Atlantic Ocean.
Crowds are expected along Brevard County beaches as NASA and SpaceX are preparing to launch the Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station.
SpaceX is targeting a Wednesday launch for Crew-10 just after sunset. The team consists of two NASA astronauts, a JAXA astronaut and a Roscosmos cosmonaut. The crew completed a full dress rehearsal of launch day activities on Sunday.
Days after a missing Titusville woman’s remains were found, the man accused of stealing her vehicle now faces a murder charge in her death, police announced on Monday.
A 65-year-old woman died in single-vehicle crash on Monday afternoon after suffering an apparent medical episode, according to the Melbourne Police Department.
During the two-year gap between closing Daily Bread and opening apartments that will be built for homeless people on Apollo Boulevard called Providence Place, the team will serve the community through mobile outreach like food trucks.
The Daily Bread, a homeless outreach center that served hundreds of people in the Melbourne area is set to close in a matter of weeks, and a meeting Tuesday could finalize the next step.
The explosion Thursday night of the SpaceX Starship was a reminder that there’s only rocket right now that NASA says is capable of reaching the moon.
Floridians across the coast witnessed flaming space debris falling from the sky on Thursday. There have been similar incidents prior to the Starship explosion.
Leaders in Rockledge are officially moving ahead with plans to try and stop the city’s only hospital from shutting down.
An Ocala man accused of being responsible for the death of a diver back in 2020 has now been found guilty, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Flaming space debris was seen raining down off Florida’s coast on Thursday night after SpaceX’s latest Starship launch ended with another explosion.
Pie-eating contests, family fun and more are heading to Melbourne this weekend with the annual Strawberry Fest.
The beleaguered balloon-based tourism startup Space Perspective is in the process of vacating Space Coast Regional Airport after some months spent fighting eviction.
Concerns over the abrupt closure of Orlando Health Rockledge Hospital have prompted a special city council meeting in Brevard County, as local officials and residents push to delay the shutdown.
David Barber, 35, was booked at the jail Wednesday morning, the day after a car was found on fire and 72-year-old Jessie Kirk never met up with the friend she went on a walk with every day.
A former Brevard County corrections deputy arrested in connection with the disappearance of 72-year-old Jessie Kirk is under a restraining order for allegedly stalking the missing woman’s niece last year, court records show.
Titusville police are looking for answers after a 72-year-old woman was reported missing and her burned vehicle was later found, according to a news release.
We asked Central Florida's 12 state senators (nine Republicans and three Democrats) what bills they hoped to pass this year and what issues they hoped the legislature would prioritize. Here are the responses we got.
SpaceX announced on Monday that they plan to launch their massive Starship rocket from Florida in 2025.
Orlando Health recently announced that it will close Rockledge Hospital, citing years of facility neglect and costly repairs.
A Titusville man who was accused of having a sexual relationship with one of the players on the high school girl’s soccer team he coached took a plea deal this week that will keep him out of prison.
The Palm Bay Police Department has paused its school zone speed cameras from issuing violations amid what it says are community concerns spurred by system glitches
Two men have been arrested after allegedly trying to break into a Rockledge business during Hurricane Milton, according to the city of Rockledge.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Wednesday evening at Homestead Air Force Base to speak on the issue of illegal immigration, touting some of the state-led steps that have been taken to enforce immigration laws.
Health officials in Brevard County are monitoring rabies among wild animals after a confirmed case in a bat on Feb. 18, according to a news release from the Florida Department of Health.
