Cocoa Beach News

Some beachgoers had a different danger to deal with, besides strong rip currents, when they hit the Brevard County shore Sunday.

The Valiant Air Command in Titusville received a bit of national attention in March, when its TiCo Warbird Airshow featured the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds' final performances before the famed performance air team suspended operations as part of the fallout from the federal budget stalemate.

Cocoa Beach detectives are interviewing potential witnesses to investigate a stabbing that left a 24-year-old man with serious injuries.

COCOA BEACH, Fla., Nov. 6, 2012, 12:37am ET -- Today is Obama Day. In the distant future, when the history books present their record of this time, this nation may be judged by the decision we make at the polls today .

THE DETAILS WHAT: Fourth annual Space Coast Super Boat Grand Prix aka Thunder on the Beach WHEN: Wednesday through Sunday WHERE: Lori Wilson Park, Cocoa Beach Pier and Port Canaveral COST: Some events have a fee, some are free.

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COCOA BEACH, Fla., Nov. 6, 2012, 12:37am ET -- Today is Obama Day. In the distant future, when the history books present their record of this time, this nation may be judged by the decision we make at the polls today .

From left, Charlie Lopez, 10; Leah Greiner, 9; teacher Melissa Hardesty; and Ethan Ovella, 9, hold up a map marking where their bottles were found.

Though the green-painted curbs remain, the confusing, unpopular pay-by-smart-phone parking program won't return to the downtown shopping district.

Paul Pope , 45, son of Florida socialite and heiress Lois Pope, was arrested Saturday at a Cocoa Beach motel, records show.

A recent visit to Walt Disney World may have changed the life of Merritt Island High School student Tyler Perez.

For information on how to get in the TgIF calendar, call Luann Manderville at 321-242-3613. The following listings are for events today, May 10, through Thursday, May 16.

Here are your entertainment best bets for Friday, May 10, 2013: Comedy, magic and a ribbon-cutting: Titusville Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon-cutting for the Comedy & Magic show presented by Todd Bogue at 7p.m. Friday at River Lane Family Entertainment Center, 800 SR 50, Titusville.

Here's what's coming up in TgIF next week. "The Heiress" opens at Melbourne Civic Theatre, 817 E. Strawbridge Ave., with performances at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 17 through June 23.

Five Brevard County students earned the distinction of being a National Merit Scholar, among 2,500 students from across the nation who earned the prestigious $2,500 scholarship.

There was something epic about seeing a full moon on a clear night over Cape Canaveral.

Fans of the fields-to-forks concept will lose a favorite hangout when Laura Farrelly and Chris Bolton pack up Merritt's Table on May 18 after more than two years in the Merritt Island location.

Engineers in Brevard County and Tallahassee continue investigating the April 1 collapse of a concrete balcony at the Villa Verde condominium building, which remains bracketed and braced with metal scaffolding.

COCOA BEACH, Fla., Nov. 6, 2012, 12:37am ET -- Today is Obama Day. In the distant future, when the history books present their record of this time, this nation may be judged by the decision we make at the polls today .

Melbourne Motorsports Park, 835 Paw Prints Ave., off of Interstate 95 and Eau Gallie Boulevard, will host a clay drag racing event from noon to midnight Saturday.