Melbourne News

Brevard County next year will reduce by 15 percent the amount of money it collects from annual assessments that fund most of its fire department.

Two men and a 14-year-old girl who were caught in a rip current are fine after being rescued today by the Ocean Lifeguard Division of Brevard County Fire-Rescue between Shepard and Fischer parks in Cocoa Beach.

A Melbourne police dog is being credited with helping to nab a man in connection with an early morning armed robbery of a 7-Eleven, Melbourne Police said.

Two Brevard County men indicted by a grand jury on murder charges in separate cases are expected to make their first appearance today before a judge.

Retirement is a lot easier for Joann Fisher to finance these days. Finding money tight last year, Fisher took out a reverse mortgage on her home and now receives monthly payments.

Titusville police officers now will be required to get out of their patrol cars and mingle more with the citizenry -- thanks to rising fuel costs.

Firefighters quickly extinguished flames today at a residence in Melbourne. Melbourne Fire Department got the call at 12:04 p.m. Firefighters arrived at the scene at 12:06 p.m. and had the fire out by 12:11 ...

Capitalizing on consumers' penchant for convenience and using mapping technology to minimize gas costs, a West Melbourne-based laundry service has seen its business surge even as it eyes expanding beyond the ...

A line of thunderstorms pushing south from Cape Canaveral is likely to bring heavy rain to most parts of the county till 5 p.m., the National Weather Service in Melbourne said.

Charter operator and aircraft management company Baer Air will break ground next week on a 29,000-square-foot facility at Melbourne International Airport.

Customers are already lining up to buy the Apple iPhone at a AT&T store here. About 12 people are camped out as of 8 tonight and the buzz began around lunchtime, said a store employee at AT&T Wireless, 4450 W. ...

Scheduling conflicts have postponed sentencing again for a former Melbourne truck driving school owner charged with improperly passing hundreds of students seeking commercial driver's licenses.

Sgt. Derek Jaffe stood confidently as he talked about the war in Afghanistan. At 22, the Melbourne resident is already a veteran of a previous deployment to the war zone.

Readers express a variety of opinions in their letters to FLORIDA TODAY. Overuse of plastics is a giant waste In all the talk about energy conservation, why is no one talking about the wasteful use of plastics? ...

Staff Sgt. Ruth Koehler has been trying to get back to Melbourne for a week. She's put up with sandstorms, holiday travelers and whatever else could stand in her way between Afghanistan and her Florida home.

Brevard County Fire-Rescue crews doused a small brush fire - possibly sparked by lightning - that burned within 40 feet of a home.

A Melbourne-brewed beer is going Hollywood -- sort of. The Florida Beer Co.'s La Tropical pilsner beer will be the beverage of choice for a character in the upcoming season of Showtime's "Dexter." The ...

A 16-year-old Melbourne boy was arrested and charged with several vehicle burglaries near Aurora and Turtlemound roads in Melbourne, according to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.

Facing fees from Visa and others that erode already small profits on gas sales, some stations have started charging customers extra for using credit cards.

Members of the Melbourne -based 2nd Platoon, 715th Military Police Company will be saluted this morning in advance of the unit's second deployment to Afghanistan.