Merritt Island News

Until a car accident prevented it, he regularly prowled the hammocks near Merritt Island, learning details such as where a mother alligator had her babies each year and keeping a list of warblers he saw.

A Cocoa Beach police officer shot and wounded a man outside a 7-Eleven convenience store Wednesday afternoon following a physical confrontation, police said.

A 64-year-old Merritt Island man was killed Saturday night after he walked in front of an antique car and was struck on State Road 50 in Brevard County , troopers said.

But 10 years after Annie's fatal collapse during a fierce summer storm, the 100-foot serpent-like statue remains a jagged heap of broken concrete and loops of rusting steel.

In Seminole County, crews found flames shooting from a townhouse at the Altamonte Villa Apartments on Orienta Avenue in Altamonte Springs.

Bystanders reported and helped slow a nearby propane leak Wednesday in Merritt Island.

American yacht and boat building brand Bertram Yaht is relocating from Miami to a new facility in Merritt Island beginning in June.

Luxury boat-builder Bertram Yacht on Wednesday will announce it has chosen Brevard County over sites in three other states to relocate its Miami factory, bringing hundreds of jobs - and a fair share of prestige - to the Space Coast.

Even from miles away on the Banana River, here on Merritt Island, Fla., the shuttle takeoff spectacle impresses first-timers and old hands both, and if it hadn't been for a little help from one of those launch veterans, I still could have lost the final liftoff of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in the clouds this morning.

An 850-acre brush fire is burning on north Merritt Island and has closed a portion of the A. Max Brewer Parkway.

Even from miles away on the Banana River, here on Merritt Island, Fla., the shuttle takeoff spectacle impresses first-timers and old hands both, and if it hadn't been for a little help from one of those launch veterans, I still could have lost the final liftoff of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in the clouds this morning.

MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. -- It didn't go to the Moon, but it sure looks like it did.

SeaWorld's animal rescue team traveled to Merritt Island, Fla., this morning to return manatee Kahula, who weighs close to 900 pounds, to east coast waters.