Brevard County News
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Brevard County news from The Florida Press: the county commission, the sheriff's office, schools, courts, development and storms and weather across Brevard County, including Melbourne, Palm Bay, Cocoa Beach and Titusville, newest first.

Hurricane & WeatherCentral Florida
St. Johns River Hits Major Flood Stage Near Cocoa as Seminole County Braces for Weeks of High Water and a Late-November Crest
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Hurricane & Weather
Florida Requests Federal Major Disaster Declaration for Fall Flooding as Martin County Counts 25 Homes Destroyed
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Business & Real EstateCentral Florida
Port Canaveral Casino Ship Victory I Seized in South Carolina Shipyard Over Nearly $800,000 Unpaid Bill
5 min

National NewsCentral Florida
Mike Haridopolos Wins Second Term Over Jennifer Jenkins in Redrawn Space Coast District as Democrats Take the House
6 min

Crime & CourtsTampa Bay
Five Brevard County men sentenced to 13 to 18 years in federal prison for armed robbery of Ybor City nightclub
5 min
Hurricane & Weather
Flash Flood Emergency Swamps Palm Bay and West Melbourne; Brevard Schools and Courts Close as Flood Watches Cover Florida
8 min

National NewsCentral Florida
Blue Origin Seeks FAA Approval for Up to 50 New Glenn Launches a Year From Cape Canaveral
8 min

National NewsCentral Florida
Second Kennedy Space Center Contractor Plans Layoffs as NASA Brings Work In-House
6 min
Technology & ScienceCentral Florida
Neil Armstrong Apollo 11 Training Jacket Found in a Closet Goes Up for Auction at Titusville's American Space Museum
5 min

Crime & CourtsCentral Florida
Florida Supreme Court tosses Henry Lee Jones's death sentence in 2003 Melbourne motel killing, orders new trial
5 min
More Brevard County news
Brevard Sheriff's Homicide Agent Kevin Morris Killed by Wrong-Way Driver on I-95 While Heading to Mims Shooting Scene
11th Circuit voids septic permit ban in Indian River Lagoon manatee case after federal 'harm' rule rollback
Boy dies after 120-pound display board falls on him at Palm Bay's Riviera Elementary
FAA draft review finds no significant impact from Blue Origin's plan for 50 New Glenn launches a year at Cape Canaveral
Port Canaveral Pushes Toward 9 Million Cruise Passengers as Florida's Ports Keep Setting Records
Space Force Training Command Builds Out Its Headquarters on the Space Coast
Cape Canaveral Launch Cadence Keeps Climbing as Starlink Missions Dominate
State Pulls $1.4 Million Transit Grant, Leaving Brevard's Beachside Workers Without a Ride
SpaceX Flies Its 700th Falcon Rocket From the Space Coast
Falcon 9 Set to Close Out the O3b mPOWER Constellation From Cape Canaveral
The Space Coast Keeps a Record Launch Pace as Cape Canaveral Adds Drone Defenses
Blue Origin Expands Across Cape Canaveral as It Rebuilds From a Pad Explosion
DeSantis Awards Nearly $23 Million to Florida's Defense and Aerospace Base
West Nile Virus Detected in Brevard County as Mosquito Alerts Spread
Brevard County Buries Lagoon Muck Under Sand in a $41 Million Water Quality Test
Blue Origin Breaks Ground on $80 Million Cape Canaveral Payload Facility
Port Canaveral Holds Its Title as the World's Busiest Cruise Port
NASA Launches Roman Space Telescope From Kennedy Space Center on Falcon Heavy
SpaceX Ends Falcon 9 Starlink Launches From Florida
SpaceX Hits 100 Falcon 9 Flights of 2026 With a Record 37th Booster Reuse
Record Launch Cadence Reshapes Brevard County's Economy on the Space Coast
SpaceX Clears Another Starlink Launch From Cape Canaveral After a Scrub
Port Canaveral Tops Off 13-Story Garage as Cruise Capacity Keeps Climbing
SpaceX Sets a Turnaround Record on Florida's Space Coast
SpaceX Launches Globalstar Replenishment Mission From Cape Canaveral
SpaceX Adds Another Starlink Launch to a Record Year on the Space Coast
Cape Canaveral's Launch Cadence Keeps Climbing With Another Starlink Mission Set for Tuesday
Falcon 9 Lofts Three AST SpaceMobile BlueBird Satellites From Cape Canaveral in Predawn Launch
NASA Joins Artemis III Orion Modules at Kennedy Space Center
SpaceX Set to Launch AST SpaceMobile's Largest Satellites From Cape Canaveral