Brevard County News

Four years ago, the people of New Hope Counseling Center, a practice in Satellite Beach that employs faith-based therapy, sought a way to raise funds in a way consistent with its character: family-oriented, challenging but not aggressive, and above all, fun.

Wherever Jeff Lammers goes next with PadStar Publishing, he's going to be $1,000 richer.

Brevard's school board and county commission need to mend relations, and fast. Checks and balances are healthy.

Jeannette Skinner, the CEO of Wuesthoff Medical Center-Melbourne, has left her position, the provider confirmed Wednesday.

A South Carolina man was arrested in Cocoa Beach Tuesday morning by the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force.

Brevard County government and school district officials hoped to begin smoothing out their differences about school closings and other issues at a "conflict assessment meeting" Tuesday.

Tips for preparing for a tropical storm or hurricane: * Pick a shelter early and allow extra time to prepare for contingencies.

He walked into a strip club, waved an invalid police badge and they waived the cover charge for him and a friend.

Brevard County, Fla.: Officials are seeking answers in the disappearance of 35-year-old Susan Cochran, who reportedly vanished around May 12.

Governor Rick Scott, along with the Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast , announced that aerospace-related propellant services provider United Paradyne Corp.

As Gov. Scott signs a $74.5 billion budget before leaving for a trade mission to Chile, he will veto a 3 percent increase in Florida college tuition and approve $65 million in extra Medicaid funding to hospitals that provide much of the care to the poor, including Tampa General and Jackson Memorial in Miami.

A video posted to Facebook shows a Florida man harassing two manatees by leaping off of a dock and performing a cannonball on top of them.

Gov. Rick Scott uses his veto pen to slash $368 million from next year's state budget, including $50 million to complete a bike trail from St.

A suspected home invader in Florida got more than he bargained for last week after his intended victims decided to fight back.

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

The notice in the mail told Carmen Olmeda she could transfer her profoundly disabled daughter out of Orange County's F-rated Magnolia School.

A Cocoa couple has been charged after police said they found pipe bombs and a cache of weapons inside their central Florida home.

Five years ago, Angie Houlihan searched for an organization that could teach lessons of faith, good character, the outdoors and leadership to help her two young sons grow into good men.

Short-term memory loss often keeps Elliott Cornblatt from pinpointing what happened the day before.

He walked into a strip club, waved an invalid police badge and they waived the cover charge for him and a friend.