Author: Rick Neale, Florida Today

The stabbing and officer-involved shooting took place at or near Fern and Prospect Community Park.

The $137,000-plus traffic enforcement plan comes on the heels of the Dec. 22 crosswalk crash that killed Surfside Elementary sixth grader Sofia Nelson.

Valet service will begin about 5 p.m. Friday. Cost is $10, and downtown businesses can participate in a validation program.

The bill would require all flashing-yellow crosswalks not located at an intersection to be equipped with pedestrian-activated red lights by 2024.

Brevard Zoo officials will spend the first quarter of this year defining the scope — and costs — of the aquarium’s opening construction phase.

Mark Cuban of “Shark Tank” visited Nohbo production facility in Melbourne to film a Jan. 19 update on the success of Viera High graduate Ben Stern.

Sophia Nelson’s funeral Mass featured Christmas carols “Angels We Have Heard On High,” “O Come, All Ye Faithful” and “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.”

Friday, Satellite Beach Mayor Frank Catino sent a letter to FDOT and a variety of Space Coast officials, lobbying for SR A1A safety improvements.
       

Police received a report of gunshots at 2:26 a.m. Witnesses said the suspect ran away after firing shots during a fight involving several people.
       

Florida Sen. Debbie Mayfield said FDOT will deliver a crosswalk presentation to the Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization governing board

Eastbound lanes of U.S. 192 were blocked for hours after the crash. The victim was pronounced dead at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne.
       

Brevard Zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center is treating Finn, a juvenile green sea turtle found entangled in braided fishing line.

The Dec. 22 crosswalk crash has ignited social media criticism of the Florida Department of Transportation’s new SR A1A mid-block crosswalks.

Formerly called All Aboard Florida and Brightline, Virgin Trains is building Phase 2 of its privately owned passenger rail line.

Tim Kendrick, 52, of Palm Bay suffered fatal injuries when he fell from the second-story roof of Greater Allen Chapel AME Church in Melbourne.

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Firefighters from nearby Fire Station 2, located just east of Minton Road, rushed to the scene.

Both reptiles logged recuperation stints at Brevard Zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center, receiving nutritional support, fluids and medication.

The suspect vehicle was also used during a Sunday attempted burglary in West Melbourne and the Tuesday burglary of an archery-gun store in Ocala.

Terrell Isom is wanted for first-degree premeditated murder with a firearm, two counts of attempted premeditated murder with a firearm.