Merritt Island News

Emily Alexander attends school every Friday, but always leaves her backpack and books at home.

One man was killed and another critically injured after a group of motorcycles wiped out on I-75 at the exit for state road 326.

A group of motorcyclists traveling together northbound on Interstate 75 Friday morning were involved in a chain reaction accident just south of mile marker 358 that claimed the life of one man.

Comedian Ted Holum said he never expected having a clean comedy show would be a hook.

Dear Help!: On Mike Huckabee's television show honoring our military, the former Arkansas governor interviewed Everett Smith, a man on a mission to document every recipient of a Purple Heart.

A dog was killed in a house fire this morning in the 1400 block of Earl Drive on Merritt Island, just south of the Merritt Island Airport.

If you think there's not much you can do with that rectangle of grass in the backyard, welcome to the landscape of possibilities.

A Brevard County bridge is closed Thursday morning, but engineers are hopeful that it will reopen by noon.

Fishermen plan to cast their doubts today about a plan to close off a massive swath of ocean to red snapper and grouper fishing.

People privy to information about the circumstances surrounding Ralph Kennedy's resignation from the Canaveral Port Authority and a related investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement are keeping a tight lid on things.

Haridopolos story was campaign ad I would like to express my concern about Sunday's featured 'news' article on State Sen.

Founded in 1941, Jacksonville-based Reynolds, Smith and Hills has grown into one of the best-known architecture-and-engineering firms in the Southeast, with a portfolio that includes projects ranging from NASA launchpads to the 400-foot-high SkyTower at SeaWorld Orlando.

Suspected Orlando mass shooter Jason Rodriguez, 40, was arrested a little after 2 p.m.at his mother's apartment at the intersection of Curry Ford Road and State Road 436.

Robbie Carrico, former "American Idol" season seven contestant, shows a family friend how to wear a bandana.

An administrative hearing on a $1.35 million bill to pay a Brevard County man for 27 years he spent in prison on a wrongful murder conviction began today with a judicial warning that standards of evidence are reversed in the legislative proceedings.

William Dillon will make his case today in Tallahassee that he should be compensated for 27 years of wrongful incarceration.

To drill or not to drill, that's the big - and very controversial - question. And it's a question that needs the most rigorous examination, because ending the more than two-decade ban on drilling for oil off Florida's Gulf coast would have major, long-term ramifications for our state.

Offshore drilling would bring 20,000 new jobs and $2 billion a year to Florida, or it would doom a $60-billion-a-year industry that draws millions of tourists to Florida's pristine beaches.

Gannett Florida and Florida State University are sponsoring Florida Forum on Energy Exploration from 6 to 8 p.m. today from the studios of WFSU-TV in Tallahassee.

One of the things James Jeffords of Port St. John loved most about the Florida county he was raised in was nature: He was a gardener who loved to fish at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.