Author: Rick Neale, Florida Today

Heavy equipment operators are carving the footprint of Hotel Melby, an 11-story Tapestry Collection by Hilton boutique hotel.

An 11-story boutique hotel will replace the former city-owned parking lot at the southeast corner of Strawbridge Avenue and Waverly Place.

A Miami development team plans to create 61 “neo-urban” buildings with offices, retail, hotels and up to 2,445 multi-family homes across 171 acres.

Cairo was a 12-year-old Belgian Malinois who served on the Cocoa Police Department SWAT team and helped conduct high-risk arrest warrants.

Titusville firefighters and Brevard County Fire Rescue personnel responded to the scene before 10 a.m. Thursday.

A Florida Power & Light worker noticed smoke coming from the house at 2:10 p.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of Altamira Street.

Travius Roberts was released Wednesday from the Brevard County Jail Complex, and will be arraigned Aug. 13 at the Moore Justice Center in Viera.

A white Chevrolet sedan had just struck a fire hydrant, flipped over and crashed upside-down into a watery ditch on Knox McRae Drive in Titusville

National Weather Service meteorologists advised people who spent time outdoors to take frequent rest breaks and hydrate often.

Darren Sternberg, 21, remains incarcerated without bond at the Brevard County Jail Complex.

Melbourne’s police Special Investigations Unit seized two revolvers, a 12-gauge shotgun and a .25-caliber semiautomatic pistol.

       

A detective posed as a “john” who was seeking a prostitute — and both suspects offered to perform a sexual act for $40, arrest affidavits showed.

The $2.2 million FDOT intersection improvement project kicked off Monday, and nighttime single-lane closures will occur through July 27.

City Council last met at the Melbourne Auditorium 11 years ago — in May 2008 — to discuss Daily Bread’s controversial expansion plan on Fee Avenue.

       

The parade featured Harley-Davidsons decked out with flags, convertibles, golf carts, floats, horses, dune buggies and an array of patriotic displays.

Kevin Greene, a staff sergeant with the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick AFB, won nine medals — six gold, two silver and one bronze — for Team Air Force.

Department operates 39 parks, Crane Creek Reserve and Mallards Landing golf courses, and high-profile facilities such as the Melbourne Auditorium

A First Flight medical helicopter flew to the scene, Brevard County Fire Rescue officials reported.

Antonio Anderson, 22, faces charges of first-degree murder and robbery with a firearm in the Dec. 18 shooting death of D’Chaun Green

       

Officers arrived at the scene about 11 p.m. The 46-year-old victim was airlifted to the hospital, where he was listed in stable condition