Day: October 17, 2023

UCF Knights Homecoming Game vs West Virginia Set for October 28 on FS1 with 12 p.m. ET Kickoff

The 2023 UCF football Homecoming Game against West Virginia on Saturday, Oct. 28, will kick off at noon ET from FBC Mortgage Stadium on FS1, the Big 12 Conference announced on Monday. […]

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ON THIS DAY: Melbourne Police Officer Joseph Pellican Killed 37-Years Ago in the Line of Duty

Melbourne Police remembers the life of Officer Joseph Pellican who was killed in the line of duty thirty-seven years ago. On October 17, 1986, Officer Joseph Pellican was fatally struck by a vehicle while directing traffic at an early morning house fire scene. […]

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Florida Gas Prices Fall to 3-Month Lows after Dropping 15 Cents Last Week

Florida gas prices sank to their lowest levels in three months. On Sunday, pump prices averaged $3.33 per gallon, after declining 15 cents last week. Florida’s gas prices have mostly been on a downward trend through the past four weeks. During that time, the state average fell from $3.69/g to $3.33/g. […]

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WATCH LIVE: SpaceX Rocket Launch Carrying Starlink Satellites Set for 7:52 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, October 17 at 5:20 p.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. […]

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Florida Tech Panthers Soccer Sweeps Sunshine State Conference Player of the Week Honors

Florida Tech men’s soccer sweeps Sunshine State Conference Player of the Week honors, with senior Ettore Casadei being tabbed the Offensive Player of the Week and graduate student Iker Bastida earning Defensive Player of the Week, as announced by the league Monday afternoon. […]

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NASA’s James Webb Telescope Detects Tiny Quartz Crystals in Clouds of Hot Gas Giant

Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected evidence for quartz nanocrystals in the high-altitude clouds of WASP-17 b, a hot Jupiter exoplanet 1,300 light-years from Earth. […]

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Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Foundation to Host ‘Christmas at the Lighthouse’ December 2

The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Foundation will open the lighthouse to a very limited number of guests on December 2, for Christmas at the Lighthouse. […]

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OBITUARY: Kathryn “Kay” Motschman (nee Gowdy), 75, Passed Away From Complications of Alzheimer’s

Kathryn “Kay” Motschman (nee Gowdy), age 75, passed away Oct. 2 from complications of Alzheimer’s. She grew up in Union Pier, MI, the daughter of Marion (Thumm) and Ward Gowdy. […]

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