BREVARD COUNTY

Say the word crocodile and many people think of Australia, the Amazon or even those National Geographic specials showing huge reptiles ambushing wildebeests crossing rivers.

A group of educators, parents and staff convened at a Brevard County, Florida, school board meeting on Thursday to discuss what many are saying is a spike in student misbehavior.

A Florida sheriff says one of his deputies fatally shot another while they were off duty and taking a break from playing an online video game.

Austin Walsh, the 23-year-old Brevard County deputy, was killed in an accidental shooting by his roommate and fellow deputy, according to Sheriff Wayne Ivey.

A working K-9 at a sheriff's office in Florida gave birth to 10 puppies. The office held a suggestion contest to help name the new pups — find out how.

The agency also announced a new initiative with the Brevard Zoo noting that two will be part of a newly created “Bloodhound Exhibit.”

A Florida woman who was issued a traffic ticket while waiting to pick up her child from school threatened to beat up the principal and blow up the school.

The mayor of Indialantic is accused of using a rake to hit a man in the face while participating in a park cleanup for Hurricane Ian, according to the police department.

A Brevard County K-9 officer took a bite out of crime after it was kicked by a fleeing suspect, according to Sheriff Wayne Ivey.

A woman with an open bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey in a bag was arrested for driving a golf cart on Florida’s busiest interstate while drunk.

A suspect holding two women hostage was fatally shot by deputies along Florida’s Space Coast following a chase that spanned three counties.

Legos are the building blocks for STEM education. At least, that’s the case at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

Florida’s efforts to keep beaches clean and save lives in the ocean are taking a high-tech turn with the introduction of a cleaning robot.

Florida reported 1,101 manatee deaths in 2021, marking the highest number of deaths on record in a single year.

Brevard County fire chief says off-duty veteran firefighter in blackface at beachside party does not represent agency

Did you or someone you know lose 770 pounds of "high-grade marijuana?" If so, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office would like a word.

When the year began, Brevard County’s tourism chief was cautiously optimistic about a comeback for his industry locally. But he never expected to see how strong the recovery has become.

"Leave emergency room and ambulance trips for those with life-threatening or serious emergencies," the county's fire chief said.

Crowded hospitals have prompted first responders to ask residents to call 911 in moderation.

More manatees have died in 2021 than any other year in Florida state history and biologists are pointing to starvation as a cause.

Three California kids vacationing in Florida tied a rope around an alligator and dragged it to shore from the water at Fay Lake Wilderness Park in Brevard County, FOX 11 Los Angeles and Florida Today reported.

Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line announces additional voyages as part of its U.S. resumption plan.

Recovered rocket and spacecraft parts will need to be reported and returned or criminal charges could be filed, under a bill launched toward Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday.

Several private companies launching moon landers later this year from Florida will kick off a grand campaign to better understand our nearest neighbor, with big implications for when NASA returns humans to the moon in a few short years.

Disney announced Tuesday that is canceling all U.S. sailings through the end of June — including trips on the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy, which call Port Canaveral their homeport.

FILE - In this March 22, 2019 file photo, shows marijuana buds being sorted into a prescription jar at Compassionate Care Foundation's medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)MELBOURNE, Fla. – A Florida teacher has been fired for using medical marijuana. The Brevard County School Board voted 3-2 on Tuesday to terminate Allison Enright from her position at Space Coast Junior/Senior High School, Florida Today reported. The school district must be a drug-free workplace to receive certain federal grants, and that means the district can’t allow teachers to use marijuana, School Board General Counsel Paul Gibbs said. The school district adopted a policy in 2019 allowing students to use medical marijuana, but the policy didn't address teachers.

Disney World said in a letter to state and local leaders Thursday that the 11,350 union workers — mostly part-timers — will be laid off at the end of the year. Company officials previously had said that another 6,400 nonunion Disney employees in Florida would lose their jobs. Disney’s parks closed last spring as the coronavirus began spreading in the U.S. The Florida parks reopened this summer with restrictions on how many people could be in the parks at any given time and new requirements for social distancing and mask-wearing. As of Friday, almost 4,200 Disney World workers had agreed to the job transfers, and almost 1,000 workers had decided to accept a layoff or they hadn't yet agreed to be transferred, said Eric Clinton, president of Unite Here!

Ron DeSantis on Thursday announced a plan for Florida’s K-12 schools to reopen at full capacity in the fall. Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran said that’s the recommendation being made to Florida school superintendents. The state said reopening schools will require “locally driven strategies” with help from the Florida Department of Education and local health officials. It wasn’t immediately clear how local school districts plan to proceed after the state released its recommendations. Surveys by school districts in Duval and St. Johns County have found mixed opinions about a return to school campuses.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – SpaceX will be the first company since 2011 to launch American astronauts into space from American soil, NASA announced in a blog post on Friday. Both SpaceX and Boeing were developing spacecraft to end the gap in human spaceflight as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, but the administration decided a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will carry the astronauts, WKMG reported. “The SpaceX Crew Dragon will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley from historic Launch Complex 39A from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center,” NASA said in a media release. The spacecraft will undergo final testing and prelaunch processing in a SpaceX facility on nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. A launch date has not been announced.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man wanted on felony charges out of Brevard County was arrested Wednesday morning after he rammed an FHP patrol car during a chase through a Bartram Park neighborhood, according to FHP. Huerta then fled from the FHP troopers in the Stonefield neighborhood and intentionally rammed a marked FHP patrol car which caused the trooper to hit a light pole, according to FHP. Part of the chase was captured on video by residents in the neighborhood and shared with News4Jax. Michael Thomas Huerta fled troopers & then rammed patrol vehicle causing trooper to strike a light pole. A detainer was also placed on Huerta for the warrant of fleeing and eluding in Brevard County, according to FHP.

Ron DeSantis announced the launch of the Florida Health Price Finder website at a Walmart Supercenter in Pinellas County. The Florida Health Price Finder (https://pricing.floridahealthfinder.gov/#!) Claims data information from Molina Healthcare, Capital Health Plan and Health First Health Plans was not included in what's available for public review, according to AHCA. She said that there wasn't enough time for a contractor, the Health Care Cost Institute, to upload and process all of the companies' claims data. Florida-specific insurers and HMOs had concerns about providing claims data to the Health Care Cost Institute.

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday declared a Florida countys ban on atheists and other non-religious groups from giving invocations before public meetings unconstitutional, even as it ordered the narrowing of an injunction against the practice. Brevard County is located in the middle of Floridas east coast. The appeals court heard the case in Miami. The case is Williamson et al v Brevard County, 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No.

Judge brawls with public defender in court A Brevard County, Fla., judge became so aggravated with public defender Adam Weinstock that he called Weinstock into to his chambers for a fight. WKMG-TV's Erik Sandoval reports.