Palm Bay News

Lightning sparked five small brush fires in Palm Bay this evening. Palm Bay spokeswoman Yvonne Martinez said firefighters are responding and rain is helping to keep the fires under control.

Saint Joseph Catholic School is a Pre-Kindergarten through Eighth Grade School with an enrollment of approximately 200 students in the city of Palm Bay, Florida.

A Palm Bay woman is in jail after police said they found a child in her care in such poor health the child couldn't even stand up.

When Robert Bowser says his man cave is floor to ceiling filled with Transformers action figures, he's not kidding.

Here are your entertainment best bets for Wednesday, June 19, 2013: To have your event listed, send a description of the event with time, day, location, cost and contact information to tgif@floridatoday.com at least two weeks before the event.

The event will be from 5:30 to 9 p.m. today at the Holiday Inn Express on Malabar Road in Palm Bay.

With five years as the county seat's top administrator, Armando Martinez is one of the longest-serving city managers in the city's recent history.

Saturday afternoon, a model rocket designed and built by Titusville Civil Air Patrol cadets broke the sound barrier by hitting 780 mph.

The Palm Shores company is one of nearly 80 Florida-based aviation, aerospace and defense companies, educational institutions and economic development agencies to the 50th International Paris Air Show.

Here is the story of a lovely lady, who was bringing up four boys on her own. Here is the story of a man named Brady, who was busy with one boy of his own.

He was born July 3, 1950, in Huntington, W.Va., a son of James Frank Porter, Jr., and the late Virginia Holton Porter.

Tichets are $20. Admission includes hors d'oeuvres, a laser light show, raffles, a silent auction and a drink ticket.

To the Rev. Glenn Dames, Trayvon Martin's death has revived a necessary conversation that reaches back to the civil-rights movement.

A 35-year-old man faces a second-degree murder charge today after Palm Bay police said a lingering annoyance with his roommate turned into a deadly fistfight in front of their girlfriends.

Palm Bay Academy Charter School is behind on its bond payments by hundreds of thousands of dollars -- prompting questions about whether the school is financially healthy enough to continue serving students.

Volatile gases have been blamed in a pair of incidents since Sunday that sent three men to hospitals with serious burns.

Brevard County Property Appraiser Dana Blickley announced Monday her plans to re-open the Merritt Island office at 2575 North Courtenay Parkway.

A 30-year-old Palm Bay man faces another round of charges after police said he was caught on camera stripping the copper pipes and wiring from air conditioning units belonging to several businesses - including an animal clinic.

A man was burned over 60 percent of his body Sunday night when his fume-filled garage exploded so violently his neighbors said it sounded like "a train wreck" or "a car accident."

Malabar Road remains closed near Palm Bay Hospital after two vehicles collided about noon, the Florida Highway Patrol reports.