Palm Bay News

Expect the unexpected with the Women's Center South Guild "A Gourmet's Kitchen Tour," which delights the eyes, as well as the palate and the ears.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, Brevard! Here's a roundup of things to do and places to go to celebrate all things Irish.

A Palm Bay High School teacher is accused of taking part in a child abuse case that involved forcing a young girl to undress in front of adult men while they forced her to consume alcohol, police say.

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Odyssey Preparatory Academy, a charter school in Palm Bay, recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark its opening in August with 185 students in grades K-5, and plans to add sixth grade.

Registration will be at 9 a.m., with lecture from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Five nationally recognized guest speakers will present.

Here are your things to do in Brevard on Thursday, March 6, 2014: Want to be in this calendar? Submit events at least two weeks in advance to tgif@floridatoday.com.

Proceeds benefit the Freedom 7 Senior Community Center. Call 321-783-9505 or visit freedom7seniors.org.

The Melbourne man who was shot to death by deputies after a 3-hour standoff outside the Brevard County courthouse was armed with an airsoft pistol, Sheriff Wayne Ivey said in a press briefing.

Palm Bay police arrested a woman on child abuse charges after they say she was doing drugs when a baby under her watch almost drowned in a pool, according to FLORIDA TODAY news partner WKMG Local 6 News.

Traffic nightmares could begin soon for commuters in the Palm Bay and West Melbourne area.

A gardener and his cousin grew 190 marijuana plants - worth about $600,000 - in a home at 410 Truman Street in Palm Bay, according to police.

Marcia Weinstein will take to the stage this week to offer an acoustic tribute to Debbie Friedman, one of the soul-stirring giants of Jewish, folk-infused music that helped inspire the sounds of modern worship for many American Jews.

Frequently, those efforts are directed at picking up litter, landscaping medians and encouraging folks to improve the appearance of their front yards.

The courthouse in Viera has been locked down while a swarm of armed sheriff's deputies try to negotiate with a man with a gun.

Here are your things to do in Brevard on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014: Want to be in this calendar? Submit events at least two weeks in advance to tgif@floridatoday.com.

Palm Bay leaders will host a workshop tonight to brainstorm ways to bring a large special event venue to the city, and where such a venue would go.

Three men face criminal charges resulting from a shooting incident last month in the parking lot at Eastern Florida State College in Palm Bay.

Here are your things to do in Brevard on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014: Want to be in this calendar? Submit events at least two weeks in advance to tgif@floridatoday.com.

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