Brevard County

The project, known as the Wickham Road at Pineda Causeway Intersection Improvements, was designed to extend turn lanes and improve drainage to ease heavy congestion in the booming Melbourne area. However, despite being nearly a year behind schedule, the site remained a "halfway finished" mess. On February 13, 2026, the County issued a formal "Notice of Failure to Perform Work," stating the contractor was not carrying out the work in an acceptable manner.

After multiple students' bikes were stolen from school property at Bayside High School in Palm Bay, parents now want a solution. Parents say they've spent hundreds of dollars on new bikes and want the school to solve the problem. 

After thousands of locals and visitors flocked to the Space Coast to watch the historic Artemis II launch in person, the numbers are in.  Florida's Space Coast Office of Tourism reported over 350,000 people traveled to Brevard County during the week of the launch – boosting tourism to businesses in the area. 

Cocoa Beach asks vacation rental managers to post informational flyers about beach safety. This initiative comes after three tourists died in the waters. 

A heated debate is surfacing on the Space Coast as Satellite Beach officials prepare to vote on whether to make dog-friendly beaches a permanent fixture. While pet owners are pushing for more coastal freedom, environmental advocates warn that the expansion could be a recipe for disaster for Florida’s rarest sea turtles.

A courtroom battle is now underway regarding lifesaving beach rings after two people drowned in Cocoa Beach. The flotation devices are at center of a heated ownership dispute between the Rotary Club of Cocoa Beach and company "Drown Zero."

Crews are working to rebuild Brevard County's shoreline in a beach renourishment project. However, some research points to shifts in the surf’s natural flow when new sand is put in. Project sponsors of renourishment argue there are other factors at play, and they don’t see a direct link.

Palm Bay residents are bearing their frustrations after asked to leave their homes on April 30 out of caution when a brush fire threatened nearby homes. The fire comes after the area caught fire twice earlier in the week.

Palm Bay's mayor says developing The Compound, a 200-mile undeveloped area, could prevent the crime on the land. This comes after 10 brush fires occurred in two days. 

Concern is growing after 10 fires affect The Compound in Palm Bay in two days. Fire crews quickly put out the fires, but officials are suspicious about how the fires started. 

Following an hours long attempt to put out nine brush fires at The Compound in Palm Bay, fire crews reached 100% containment just before 11 p.m. on April 28. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. 

Nine separate fires burned in West Palm Bay, at The Compound on April 28, in what officials are calling "suspicious." While the cause of the fire is under investigation, police say they believe the fires were intentionally set. 

Despite fire hotspots at The Compound on April 28, Palm Bay's mayor said the fire is pushing toward the marshes and away from homes. Though the cause of the fires are under investigation, authorities believe they were possibly set on purpose. 

A Brevard County teacher is facing termination after she's accused of having sexual relationship with one of her students. Kirsten Rose, a math teacher at Cocoa Beach Junior/Senior High School, is on administrative leave. 

Rickie is back home at the Brevard Zoo. This comes after she stayed almost 10 months at the zoo, was released and humans fed her in the wild. Now, Rickie is back, and to stay. 

The FBI is investigating the suspicious disappearance of Alejandro Jacomino Gonzalez, 41, after he was last seen on April 17 at a truck stop in Brevard County. Gonzalez became unreachable and the truck was reported missing. The truck was found in Georgia the next day, but Gonzalez was missing.