Author: J.D. Gallop, Florida Today

The group Friends of the Martin Luther King Jr. Library hope to have the south Melbourne fixture continue to build on its community ties.

West Melbourne police say former Florida football player Marshawn Gordon stole goods from Target stores in two counties, then sold the items on Instagram
       

In many of the cases, the burglars first smash through a storefront or windowpane, then raid the business for goods, cash or other property, police reported.
       

Florida Forest Service crews will be monitoring a 25-acre controlled burn in the Malabar Scrub Sanctuary just east of Palm Bay.

Warm weather pattern set records across Central Florida and knocked temperatures into the low 80s along the Space Coast on Sunday

FIT to honor former Melbourne City Councilman Julius Montgomery with an honorary doctorate for his work
       

Augustus Invictus will face a judge in South Carolina just over a week after the 36-year-old was arrested in Melbourne on a domestic violence and kidnapping warrant
       

Cocoa police net nine arrests in a detail aimed at reducing prostitution along some neighborhood streets.
       

Ex-offenders leaving prison can go to Reentry Center of Brevard, 825 Temple St. in Cocoa for help readjusting to society.
       

Brevard County residents are monitoring the situation in Puerto Rico to see what may be needed after a series of strong earthquakes rattled the island.

National Weather Service officials say cold weather should linger in Brevard through the middle of the week before racing back up to above-normal highs.

Protesters in Cocoa raise concern about Trump Adminstration buildup of troops in the Middle East and increased tensions with Iran.
       

Two children were in the vehicle when an unidentified assailant opened fire, shooting their mother multiple times.
       

Dogs abandoned at a Cocoa animal shelter were recovering after being treated to hair cuts, medical care by volunteers with the SPCA of North Brevard

A 19-year-old man remains unconscious after being beaten and abandoned in a undeveloped stretch of Palm Bay. So far no arrests have been made
       

Augustus Sol Invictus has been identified as a promoter of white supremacist notions on race and as someone who questioned whether the Holocaust happened.
       

About 200 people lined a beach crossover Sunday at Pelican Park in Satellite Beach just after sundown to remember Sophia Nelson, the 12-year-old girl struck by a vehicle in a State Road A1A mid-block crosswalk last week.

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Family members and friends planned to recall the life of a 12-year-old child killed after attempting to use a crosswalk in Satellite Beach

Former Astronaut Winston Scott says partnership between Israel and U.S. is bolstered by space camp attended by Israeli and Brevard students this week
       

Former astronaut Winston Scott talks with Israeli teen Maya Ayalew about space program during Hanukkah celebration