Month: December 2020

Of 2,944 Florida residents tested in Brevard County on Wednesday, 2,697 tested negative for a positivity rate of 8.39%.

Newly written draft language for proposed boater safety legislation may help protect threatened manatees from being killed by boat strikes.

The blue and white 29-foot Mako Cuddy Cabin boat, which departed Bimini in the Bahamas on Monday, did not arrive as expected in Lake Worth
       

The Florida Department of Health reported 17,192 new COVID-19 cases and 127 newly verified deaths Thursday.

Brevard County’s entire first wave of 3,500 vaccinations is now booked at the Viera drive-thru clinic through February

More than 500 officers who were allowed to continue their law enforcement careers went on to commit offenses that resulted in their decertification.

Our View: Mitch McConnell and Republicans, after passing corporate tax cuts, now are deficit hawks when America is in a once-in-a-century emergency.

Gary Anthony Thomas Jr. was traveling on Singleton Avenue in a Kia Soul when occupants of a dark-grey sedan started shooting into his vehicle.

The new Cruise Terminal 3 is completed waiting for the arrival of Carnival Cruise Lines Mardi Gras.

The state’s jobs agency had not posted a timetable about the extended benefits, and no formal announcement had been made about whether Floridians will be covered for the current week because of when the $900 billion federal package was signed.

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Christmas lights can get tangled in mechanical equipment at the Waste Management Recycling Brevard plant in Cocoa — causing the facility to shut down.

The Ron Jon Cocoa Beach Half Marathon special guest in 2016 was Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on “Gilligan’s Island”. Wells died at 82 on Dec.30.
       

The unidentified woman was fatally struck about 11:40 p.m. Wednesday near Latimar Street in Mims.
       

Glenn Russo left his James Circle Northeast home about 4 p.m. Tuesday, and police said he recently moved to Palm Bay from New Jersey.