Palm Bay News

Drivers in Palm Bay should be aware of a new red light camera that is up and running Thursday morning.

The 19-year-old victim called 911 when two men began baning on her front door. She then watched as a white van backed into her driveway on the 700 block of Lynbrook Street about 12:30 PM Friday.

Before they see him, many of the patients of Dr. Frank Filiberto share one thing in common: they're not happy with the person they see in the mirror.

In early November, to little fanfare, the Palm Bay City Council did something relatively amazing.

The beige concrete building that sits empty on Florida Avenue could once again be bustling with activity as neighborhood leaders move forward with a plan to turn it into a community-run, nonprofit grocery store.

Red-light cameras at one of three test-site intersections in Palm Bay were switched on early Wednesday as the city begins testing the cameras.

Law enforcement shut down a Walmart in Palm Bay on Malabar Road after a suspected acid bomb was found at the stores entrance Wednesday morning.

Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 8:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 8:02 a.m. PALM BAY A Palm Bay man surrendered to police nearly seven hours after reportedly taking his wife and two children hostage.

A Palm Bay man surrendered to police this morning close to seven hours after he had allegedly taken his wife and two children hostage overnight.

A standoff involving police and a man with his two children came to an end Tuesday morning.

Angelia Arthur woke to an inferno outside her apartment Sunday. "Nothing but flames," Arthur said as she held her dog, "Swiper," in her arms.

Palm Bay City Attorney Jim Stokes said officials might not have notified code violators of hearings from 2004 through spring 2008 -- a mistake at least one city council member says should nullify hundreds of pending liens, "When I came here, I found out they weren't being done," said Stokes, who started his job as city attorney in March 2008.

The plot was foiled when the victim convinced 44-year-old Tony Green to release her from his house in Brevard County.

A Florida woman was killed this morning in a one-vehicle wreck in Butler County, according to Alabama State Troopers.

At least three people were injured after a pickup truck plowed into the back of a SCAT bus as it stopped to pick up passengers, officials said.

Palm Bay utility crews have issued a boil-water notice after a break in a 12-inch water main on Community College Parkway.

Carlos and Virginia Ramirez of Palm Bay's La Estancia de Luisa Restaurant recently returned from mission work in Colombia.

Grief counselors met with students at Bayside High School today after an accident claimed the life of a 16-year-old classmate this past weekend, officials said.

Palm Bay Fire-Rescue crews have contained a small brush fire in a wooded area of a southeast neighborhood.

Dozens spoke out at Tuesday's Brevard County Commission meeting about whether a Palm Bay deputy city manager should be allowed to serve on a volunteer board that identifies environmentally sensitive land for preservation.