A 15-year-old boy says he's still shaken up over a fishing incident in a Florida woman's backyard.

Someone had a pie-in-the-sky idea to have a festival based on one of the tastiest desserts with a Florida connection, and we’re all here for it.

The police officer prosecutors said held his a woman against her will while shooting hundreds of rounds through their home was sentenced to seven years in prison.

A Brevard County sheriff's deputy was involved in a fatal shooting.

Topgolf, the restaurant, sport and entertainment venue, is investing $28 million to open its first venue in Brevard County, according to city records.

California based Fatburger, dubbed ‘The Last Great Hamburger Stand’ is expanding its presence in Central Florida.

From markets to festivals to drive-through displays, the options are endless when it comes to holiday fun.

A Brevard County school board meeting gets a little heated between board members and those who spoke out against the district's removal of books from libraries.

One of Central Florida’s fastest-growing communities finally has its first middle school. Brevard Public Schools cut the ribbon Tuesday on the new Viera Middle School which broke ground last year.

Grab your hat and cowboy boots because the 3rd annual Viera Country Fest is returning to Central Florida this month.

Rich Abbruscato and his team have officially opened Venezia Wine Veranda in Viera.

School board hears presentation on OPENGATE concealed weapons detection system

The Space Coast State Fair is setting up for its springtime return this weekend.

Looking for a “berry” good time? Look no further.

Over 150 art exhibitors, activities, food and live animals will be at the Space Coast Key Lime Pie Festival.

The mother of the victim of a hazing incident at Viera High School has filed paperwork to run against Brevard Public Schools board member Matt Susin in November's election.

Brevard County’s school board members will discuss a proposed pilot program Tuesday that could lead to year-round classes for some schools in the county.

Six years ago, Sean Dennin started his own fitness journey – little did he know that this would lead to him opening up a smoothie shop.

Check out the Player of the Week featuring the Viera volleyball team and seniors Kasey Morgan and Izzy Starck.

A presentation Tuesday on Brevard County student discipline reported 13,000 more total referrals following last year’s policy discussions.

The Space Coast State Fair is back in town.

The Brevard Public Schools board is considering arming staff, including teachers.

Ride along with Trooper Steve in Brevard County.

Prepare for daring sword fights, live performances and all things pirates this weekend at the Space Coast Pirate & Seafood Festival.

Local and national artists will descend on Brevard County in October for the 58th annual Space Coast Art Festival.

In a district where addressing student discipline has been a top priority for its school board, Brevard Public Schools is now taking a look at some new school safety recommendations.

Viera High School varsity and junior varsity football teams are cleared to return to competition this week, according to Brevard County Schools.

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office announced on Monday that it is conducting a criminal investigation into the hazing incident involving the Viera High School football team.

The head coach of the Viera High School football team has been relieved of his duties, and all varsity and junior varsity team activities have been suspended amid a “hazing incident” investigation, Brevard County Superintendent Dr. Mark Rendell said in a statement on Sunday.

The head coach of the Viera High School football team has been relieved of his duties, and all varsity and junior varsity team activities have been suspended amid a “hazing incident” investigation, Brevard County Superintendent Dr. Mark Rendell said in a statement on Sunday.

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey took to social media Monday to announce his intention to run for a fourth term as the county’s top law enforcement officer, according to our news partners at Florida Today.

Brevard County’s public school teachers are back at work ahead of another school year, but the district is once again grappling with instructional vacancies — around 200 of them.

A mother faces charges in Brevard County after deputies said she used her children to help her shoplift from a Walmart and then abandoned them to run from law enforcement when they were caught.

A raise for bus drivers in Brevard County has some other school district employees feeling left out.

In his first weeks as Brevard County's superintendent, Dr. Mark Rendell, who was most recently the principal of Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School, is addressing another summer the district is challenged to fill vacancies.

Looks like the Soup Shop's roller coaster ride to Viera will stop at Addison Square, a new plaza at the southwest corner of Lake Andrew and Ivanhoe drives.

Leaders with Brevard Public Schools announced a pay increase for teachers and staff for the upcoming school year.

New rules being proposed by Brevard County would push a segment of public commenting to the end of county commission meetings and cut the public video broadcast before speakers took to the podium.

The rumors are true: Brevard is getting a Whole Foods Market.

Brevard County’s school board held a special meeting Tuesday to narrow down the finalists to be the district’s new superintendent.

Brevard County’s school board held a special meeting to narrow down the finalists to be the district’s new superintendent.

Brevard County Fire Rescue said they responded to a house fire in Viera that they suspect was caused by a lightning strike.

A man now in his 50s was found guilty Wednesday in Brevard County court of beating a woman to death in 2014 whose body was located in the Indian River, according to the State Attorney’s Office for Brevard and Seminole counties.

Brevard Public Schools has narrowed down its list of candidates to become the next superintendent to 11, and released the list to the public.

The Brevard County School Board met on Thursday for the first time after an unexpected ousting of the district’s interim superintendent.

A Brevard County school board member is revealing more about what was behind a unanimous vote to place the district’s interim superintendent on administrative leave.

The secretary for the misdemeanor division of the public defender’s office in Viera lost a hefty $5,000 lottery prize to pay part of an unemployment overpayment issued by the Department of Economic Opportunity.

As a new Brevard County school board focuses on student discipline, the state released a report on student mental health awareness and training.

As Brevard school board members continued debating the district's student discipline policies, Interim Superintendent Dr. Robert Schiller reported so far this year, there have been more than 200 major misuses of electronic devices resulting in 66 suspensions.

District leaders with Brevard Public School broke ground Wednesday on a long-awaited middle school in Viera.

Brevard County Fire Rescue demonstrated CPR training Tuesday alongside a NFL player and local football star who has a personal connection to cardiac arrest.

Brevard County’s school board is within a few months of selecting its next superintendent.

A Cocoa police officer arrested in December after an hourslong standoff with Brevard County law enforcement at a Viera home was denied bond Thursday.

When most people think of rainbows they think of colorful displays in the sky, but people in Brevard County were recently treated to a different kind of weather phenomenon.

Cocoa Police Officer Patrick Kelly is still trying to get out of jail after deputies said he shot toward a SWAT team responding to Kelly's Viera home on Dec. 28.

Records released Friday provided new details into what led up to the hours-long standoff at a Melbourne home that ended with the arrest of a Cocoa police officer.

Brevard County school leaders are promising a new crackdown on cell phones in the classroom as the district continues to work on a new disciplinary policy.

The Chabad of the Space Coast is hosting a free Hanukkah Festival and Menorah parade, which departs from Chabad in Satellite Beach at 3:30 p.m. and travels to Chabad in Viera, located at 7350 Lake Andrew Drive in Melbourne.

The Brevard County School Board selected Dr. Robert Schiller as the new interim superintendent on Friday.

During a Tuesday afternoon meeting, the Brevard County school board narrowed a list of 12 submissions to become the district's interim superintendent to Mark Rendell, James Larsen and Robert Shiller.

Some kids compete on the soccer pitch or volleyball court. Juliet Karsak of Viera brings her A game in the kitchen.

Brevard County school board members are set to discuss discipline crackdown policies during a meeting.

Now, school board members are meeting Thursday to modify the district’s policy, Susin said, and hopefully, stop teachers from quitting.

If a separation agreement now in writing is approved, Dr. Mark Mullins would resign as Brevard Public Schools’ superintendent on News Year’s Eve.

Rides, shows and, of course, fair food is all returning to Brevard County.

An unlicensed contractor accused of defrauding customers throughout Central Florida pleaded no contest to eight felony charges Thursday including grand theft, organized fraud, and contracting without a license during an emergency.

Brevard Public Schools reached a tentative agreement with the Brevard Federation of Teachers union Friday for a new contract that will raise salaries for district teachers, school officials said.

Brevard Public Schools offered a 4% raise for both teachers and recruitment/retention pay in the district’s priority schools, though union leaders rejected the offer, according to district officials.

Melbourne police spoke publicly Tuesday for the first time about investigating a shooting at the Off The Traxx bar where a man died on the dance floor back in March.

A Palm Bay man accused of beating his 12-year-old son and locking him in the laundry room, where he later died, appeared in court Monday.

Talk with Mike Acosta for a few minutes, and it becomes apparent: The man really, really likes making pizza.

A Brevard County commissioner is stepping down.

With its livestreams ending, the county said it will still update the public through its other social media posts and on its website.

Titusville police arrested two women Friday as they were attempting to rip off an Ulta Beauty store, according to a news release.

This is the first year the Viera Rock Fest will take place this weekend at the USSSA Stadium in Viera, Florida.

First, the flocks of birds didn't arrive. Then omicron did.

Viera is resorting to a lottery system to sell new homes because growth is booming.

Costco plans to open its later Central Florida location on Thursday.

A Brevard County Sheriff’s Office corrections deputy was arrested on charges of robbery with a firearm, false imprisonment and extortion.

Costco, the Pacific Northwest-based big box chain, plans to open a new location in Brevard County in early December.

A former Viera High School teacher has pleaded guilty to a charge filed against him as part of the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot.

Results are in for the Nov. 2 election in Brevard County.

Suntree's Tuscany Grill has found a new home, and a 6,000-square-foot restaurant space in Viera that has housed a French-American bistro, a steakhouse and Mexican restaurant is getting an Italian makeover.

A man is accused of shooting a woman in the head at the Hot Shot shooting range in Holly Hilly on Thursday, according to police.

A bicyclist was hit and killed in a crash involving an SUV Thursday, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office found 770 of marijuana in a Viera mini-storage facility, according to a Facebook post from Sheriff Wayne Ivey.

Two people were arrested before board members of Brevard County Public Schools discussed the district’s policy on face coverings on Tuesday night.

Brevard County school board member Jennifer Jenkins said the district's mask mandate and the change in contact tracing from six feet to three feet reduced quarantines by the thousands.

The new testing option opens Wednesday.

It's been a three-year slog, but David Clark is finally ready to introduce Viera to Island IX and it's volcano-inspired burgers.

For the first time in 2021, a Brevard County high school football game has been cancelled due to a COVID-19 quarantine, this time involving Satellite High students.

Hospital emergency rooms in Brevard County are inundated with patients with symptoms of COVID-19.

Gregory Barr entered his competency hearing Tuesday without a wheelchair, a change from how the 26-year-old murder appeared last week at the Brevard County jail.

A former Brevard County deputy charged with killing a man is expected to take the stand in his own defense.

Five years after a former Brevard County sheriff's deputy killed an unarmed Palm Bay man, Yousef Hafza entered a courtroom Tuesday to stand trial for murder.

Nearly a week after a 16-year-old girl walked off a Viera campus and seemingly disappeared, parents and school officials continue to ask questions.

VIERA, Fla. – Two people had difficulty breathing due to an unknown Hazmat situation in a Viera home Wednesday afternoon, according to Brevard County Fire Rescue officials. BCFR Hazmat teams responded to the home on Crane Creek Boulevard around 4 p.m. for a suspicious package. [TRENDING: How to celebrate St. Patty’s Day at theme parks | Florida’s texting-driving law rarely enforced | Massive manta ray photobombs surfer]AdThe people having difficulty breathing refused treatment from paramedics, according to BCFR. Hazmat teams tested a substances found in the home and determined it was non-hazardous, according to officials. Sky 6 video showed multiple fire engines, an ambulance and Hazmat teams on scene.

VIERA, Fla. – Tuesday night’s Brevard County school board meeting drew supporters and opposition who often clashed vocally in the discussion about the district’s guidelines for gay and transgender students and staff. School board member Jennifer Jenkins said a group speaking out against the guidelines for LGBTQ+ displayed, “so much hate towards a group of children.”[TRENDING: Will coronavirus ever go away? AdThe guidelines allow students to use bathrooms and play sports that correspond with their gender identity. “LGBTQ students were brave enough to come here and stand up for their rights,” Jenkins said. AdJenkins reiterated what the district continues to say - the LGBTQ+ guidelines follow the latest laws now.

About 5,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled from a containment area Monday to the ground within and surrounding the headworks building at Brevard County’s South Central Treatment Facility in Viera, News 6 partner Florida Today reports. At about 12:30 p.m., “an unknown event” caused two electrical breakers to trip, resulting in a loss of power to the headworks — the early pretreatment stage of the sewage treatment process, according to a state public notice of the spill. [TRENDING: Video: Arrest of Naked Cowboy at Bike Week | 36,000 Fla. Republicans leave GOP | Man rescued 135 miles off Fla. coast]Ad“No stormwater or surface waters were impacted. Approximately 2,000 gallons were recovered and the affected area was washed down,” according to the public notice from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. “This was some type of electrical fluke, and they are investigating today why the breakers tripped,” Don Walker, a county spokesman, said via email.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Unanimously and without debate, Brevard commissioners believe the county is ready to expand its COVID-19 vaccination sites. This month, the health department in Viera has given 12,000 vaccines to seniors. [TRENDING: Great white shark bites boat in Florida | Orange County deputy’s TikTok videos under investigation | Governor touts vaccine rollout]Health First would administer the vaccine at two sites in Central and South Brevard County. Parrish Medical Center would administer the vaccine at one site in North Brevard County. About getting the second shot, the county said the health department does have those vaccines available.