Grant News

When Brevard County bought the historic Couch Manufacturing Co. site to build a much-needed boat ramp and park along the Indian River Lagoon, it got a 5-acre brownfield contaminated with asbestos-filled buildings and decades of accumulated solvents, lubricants and fuels.

The National Weather Service let a tornado warning for southern Brevard County expire at 4 p.m. Formerly affected areas: Palm Bay, Melbourne, Malabar, Indialantic, Grant, Barefoot Bay, Sebastian and northern Indian River County.

Following a two-hour debate and passionate arguments from dozens of people on both sides of the issue, the Grant-Valkaria Planning and Zoning Board voted 5-1 against a measure that would have prohibited flight training schools from being based at the Valkaria Airport.

For the second time this year, the Grant-Valkaria Town Council is attempting to restrict aviation activities at Grant-Valkaria airport, including the end of all flight instruction.

State Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant applications due 6-12-09. Program Strategy and Purposes Justice Assistance Grant funds can be used for state and local initiatives, technical assistance, training, personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, public information, and information systems for criminal justice for any one or ...

The busiest fishing tournament weekend of the year on the Treasure Coast brought out the anglers, but Saturday's the full moon and low tides put a damper on the fishing.

Spanning from Jupiter to Grant, there will be eight saltwater fishing tournaments this weekend.

Funding should be cut for Brevard County's 12 redevelopment districts because of the budget crunch, Clerk of the Court Scott Ellis says.

For some students, this mid-afternoon snack might be the only fresh food they eat until returning to school the next day.

The Palm Bay City Council is set to vote on a resolution Thursday night that would demand justification for the proposed closing of the Brevard County Clerk of Courts' Palm Bay office, and request that the Brevard County Commission conduct an audit of the clerk's office.

Kim Frodge can't spill the words out fast enough about Nana's House, a nonprofit, private Christian home she has started in Palm Bay for neglected, abused, needy or abandoned children.

Voters decided 14 years with Mayor Anthony Grant was enough. On Saturday, longtime political opponent Vice Mayor Bruce Mount squeaked by Grant with 51 percent of the vote, ushering in a new era for one of the ...

Brevard County may get stuck paying $2 million for a boat ramp on the Indian River in Grant.

A man sought in the stabbing death of another man outside a Riviera Beach sports club last week has been arrested.

Police are looking for a suspected killer on the run. A second-degree murder warrant has been issued for Deron Grant, 28.

Preston Perrone, left, chief financial officer for Kennedy Holdings, LLC, speaks with Vivian Garfein, the district director of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, while taking a tour of ...

Paperwork is the only thing standing between 22-thousand college students and 24 million federal dollars.

At the Donkey Love Ranch, Joyce Paris maintains a simple code for dozens of miniature donkeys, cattle, dogs, goats, guinea fowl and other exotic animals that prowl the 21/2-acre enclosure: "Everybody has to ...

A man who called 9-1-1 to report an argument with a roommate ended up stabbing him to death Tuesday afternoon, Melbourne police said.

Even in my wildest dreams, I never could have foreseen the astounding examples of Christmas Decoration Obsession Disorder that we received last night.