Author: Rick Neale, Florida Today

Melbourne Light Parade, Inc., a small nonprofit, organizes the nighttime Yuletide event that historically drew 25,000 to 30,000 spectators.

Indian Riverkeeper officials have noted dead stingrays, skates, shrimp, pinfish, trout, whiting, croakers, saltwater catfish and juvenile flounder.

The child was flown via medical helicopter to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando with partial loss of sensation to lower extremities.
       

Brevard recorded a positivity rate of 9.12% for Nov. 27. That sum reflects 1,007 negative tests and 101 positive tests.

Crew members aboard the 225-foot container ship Angeles spotted Bee and rescued him, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class David Micallef said.

Since July, the northern Indian River Lagoon and southern Mosquito Lagoon have been impaired by an intense bloom of a tiny nanoplankton.

Roughly 10,000 spectators now attend each year, and a record 837 surfing Santas hit the waves in 2017 in downtown Cocoa Beach.

In Titusville and northern Brevard County, the Tuesday night low may dip to 41, the National Weather Service reports.

For every $100 spent at a local business, about $68 stays within the local economy — compared with only $43 at a national chain retailer.

Medina and new City Council Members Donny Felix and Randy Foster were sworn amid inspirational speeches and applause from relatives and supporters.

Company officials have said a Cocoa station may be built in the near future, depending on ridership study results.

Kelly Benninger hopes to open the renamed County Line Bar and Grill by New Year’s Day inside the former Grimaldi Candies candy factory.

iHeartMedia reported a 47% year-over-year plunge in revenue in the second quarter amid the pandemic, followed by a 22% drop in the third quarter.
       

Next, the Melbourne City Council will cast decisive votes on the Melbourne Last Mile site plan on Dec. 8.

Seefried Industrial Properties is an Atlanta-based firm that has constructed Amazon warehouses across Florida and the nation.

Regular testing has shown that the water has been and remains safe to drink, said Cheryl Mall, city spokesperson.

The fast-casual chicken chain opened its first Brevard County location in Suntree in July 2016 on Wickham Road at the Pineda Landings shopping plaza.
       

The flight team’s 2021 show season kicks off Feb. 14 with a Daytona 500 flyover. The Cocoa Beach Air Show is the second date on the schedule.

Monday, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that their vaccine candidate was more than 90% effective in preventing the coronavirus in a clinical study.

Cloudy skies prevailed Sunday afternoon, and a slow stream of spectators started converging on Titusville viewing sites along the U.S. 1 corridor.