Cocoa Beach News

Kaylyn Martin and her best friend had rented movies in the University of Central Florida library and grabbed a bite to eat when - as they were walking through a campus parking garage - a black car with its headlights off came screeching toward them.

A couple of Cocoa Beach yokels made the conscious decision to lure a mother manatee and her calf close to the water's edge, and then cannonballed into them , because DERPY DERPY DERP IT'S HIGH LARIOUS.

A lifeguard took a scary situation into his own hands when he spotted a shark in shallow water off Cocoa Beach, Florida on Sunday.

COCOA BEACH, Fla., Nov. 6, 2012, 12:37am ET -- Today is Obama Day. In the distant future, when the history books present their record of this time, this nation may be judged by the decision we make at the polls today .

Someone had a great weekend; the single Powerball winner of $590.5 million was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills.

Some beachgoers had a different danger to deal with, besides strong rip currents, when they hit the Brevard County shore Sunday.

The Valiant Air Command in Titusville received a bit of national attention in March, when its TiCo Warbird Airshow featured the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds' final performances before the famed performance air team suspended operations as part of the fallout from the federal budget stalemate.

Cocoa Beach detectives are interviewing potential witnesses to investigate a stabbing that left a 24-year-old man with serious injuries.

COCOA BEACH, Fla., Nov. 6, 2012, 12:37am ET -- Today is Obama Day. In the distant future, when the history books present their record of this time, this nation may be judged by the decision we make at the polls today .

THE DETAILS WHAT: Fourth annual Space Coast Super Boat Grand Prix aka Thunder on the Beach WHEN: Wednesday through Sunday WHERE: Lori Wilson Park, Cocoa Beach Pier and Port Canaveral COST: Some events have a fee, some are free.

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COCOA BEACH, Fla., Nov. 6, 2012, 12:37am ET -- Today is Obama Day. In the distant future, when the history books present their record of this time, this nation may be judged by the decision we make at the polls today .

From left, Charlie Lopez, 10; Leah Greiner, 9; teacher Melissa Hardesty; and Ethan Ovella, 9, hold up a map marking where their bottles were found.

Though the green-painted curbs remain, the confusing, unpopular pay-by-smart-phone parking program won't return to the downtown shopping district.

Paul Pope , 45, son of Florida socialite and heiress Lois Pope, was arrested Saturday at a Cocoa Beach motel, records show.

A recent visit to Walt Disney World may have changed the life of Merritt Island High School student Tyler Perez.

For information on how to get in the TgIF calendar, call Luann Manderville at 321-242-3613. The following listings are for events today, May 10, through Thursday, May 16.

Here are your entertainment best bets for Friday, May 10, 2013: Comedy, magic and a ribbon-cutting: Titusville Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon-cutting for the Comedy & Magic show presented by Todd Bogue at 7p.m. Friday at River Lane Family Entertainment Center, 800 SR 50, Titusville.

Here's what's coming up in TgIF next week. "The Heiress" opens at Melbourne Civic Theatre, 817 E. Strawbridge Ave., with performances at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 17 through June 23.

Five Brevard County students earned the distinction of being a National Merit Scholar, among 2,500 students from across the nation who earned the prestigious $2,500 scholarship.