The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the body of the overboard boater in Lake Washington was found after a two-day search. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Around 5:30 p.m., the FWC said they recovered the deceased body of Brian Rodrigues, 52, from Lake Washington. Investigators said Rodrigues went overboard from a private […]
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Body of man found in Brevard County Lake after two-day search
A body was found in Lake Washington Sunday evening around 5:30 p.m. according to Florida Wildlife Conservation. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Saturday a boater was reported missing after they fell out of an airboat on Lake Washington, according to FWC. Dive crews went searching all afternoon Saturday and ended their search at sunset […]
Florida man’s carjack attempt thwarted after beat down from 66-year-old Brevard County man: Deputies
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A 66-year-old man from Brevard County stood his ground after fighting off a carjacking suspect who was trying to break into his truck, deputies said. Around 5 a.m. Thursday, deputies arrived at a home in Brevard County where they found 29-year-old Blake Robinson lying on the ground with blood around his […]
Heat baking Brevard with triple-digit heat index; pattern to continue on Space Coast
A tall, frosty Coke on ice might not do it. Even with the potential for rain Tuesday, weather officials say, the big concern will be dangerously hot, above-normal temperatures that will make it feel like 106 degrees along parts of the Space Coast. That means staying hydrated with water and avoiding the heat of the […]
Brevard County assistant school principal accused of soliciting photos to an underage student
An elementary school assistant principal in Cocoa was accused of being involved in an inappropriate relationship with a former student, police said. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS On June 20, Palm Bay Police Department notified Cocoa Police Dispatch that 25-year-old Devane Nicholi Lonard Clarke, assistant principal at Cambridge Elementary School, was having an inappropriate […]
Best spots in Brevard to watch Falcon 9 lift off
A rush-hour rocket launch? At about the time hundreds of motorists will be heading home from work or dinner out, a SpaceX launch window begins. A Florida rocket launch is on the horizon this week — maybe two — and the Space Coast should get a great view of liftoff, weather permitting and depending on cloud cover. A […]
Term limits lead to lively races for Brevard County Commission as politicians scramble
In a prime example of the political musical chairs sparked by term limits, among those seeking three open County Commission seats is a state representative who is being term-limited out of that office, and who happened to have been a county commissioner decades ago before heading to the Florida House and then the Florida Senate […]
1 dead, 2 injured in Brevard County crash
A 29-year-old woman from Melbourne is dead after at mile marker 161 on Interstate 95 in Brevard County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. A 33-year-old man from Lake Park was stopped in a 2012 Chevrolet Malibu within the inside southbound lane of I-95 at mile marker 161, FHP said. The woman from Melbourne was traveling […]
Woman dies after car overturns on I-95 in Brevard County, troopers say
A 29-year-old woman has died following a crash Friday in Brevard County, Florida Highway Patrol said. Troopers said a Chevrolet Malibu stopped in the southbound lane of Interstate 95 and turned on its hazards. FHP said the crash happened around 1:43 p.m. near mile marker 161. According to the traffic report, a Toyota Corolla tried […]
Wizard of Oz Museum leaving Brevard for another Central Florida county
The Wicked Witch of the West is getting on her broom and flying, well, west of course. The Wizard of Oz Museum, which opened about two and a half years ago, in Cape Canaveral, will be relocating out of the county. Fred Trust, the museum’s owner, told FLORIDA TODAY he had been looking for a […]
Brevard families fight against fentanyl deaths
A group of Brevard County parents are united in their fight against fentanyl. They’ve all lost a child or children to the synthetic opioid. April Smith told us, “I want people to know this drug is like rat poison. It’s not necessarily addicts that are dying, babies are dying. They’re not even knowing their consuming […]
South Carolina man charged with shooting father and another man in Brevard
GRANT-VALKARIA — A South Carolina man is being held on charges related to the shooting and wounding of his father and another man at a Grant-Valkaria home in February. Sean Bigwood, 53, of Rock Hill, S.C., shot more than 30 times into a home Feb. 15 on Puddle Duck Lane in Grant-Valkaria following a property […]