Month: July 2022

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Alligator Hunting Season Approaching

Alligator hunting season here in Florida begins soon, and this year hunters will have some new rules. For the first time in decades, daytime alligator hunting will be allowed. The statewide alligator hunting season begins August 15 and it ends November 1. Hunters will need an alligator trapping license, a statewide alligator harvest permit, and […]

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Space Coast News

Cocoa Beach Man Arrested For Attempted Murder

A Cocoa Beach man was arrested Thursday, and now is charged with attempted murder and sexual battery after attacking a victim for hours. 21 year old Isaiah Burrows was taken into custody yesterday, after Cocoa Beach police say they learned that he held someone against their will inside a home on South Orlando Avenue there, […]

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Regional News

Boating Accident In The Keys Claims Life Of Port Orange Man

A man from Port Orange is dead after possibly being hit by a Florida Fish And Wildlife Commission boat while snorkeling in the Keys. Investigators say the 27-year-old snorkeler was taking part in the lobster sport season near Stock Island with another person, who says a Fish And Wildlife vessel approached their boat to check […]

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Space Coast News

Melbourne Shooter Sentenced

A man was in court in Brevard County on Thursday, where he learned that he will spend the next 20 years of his life in prison for a 2018 shooting in Melbourne. It was back in August 2018… just about four years ago… when Reginald Little shot Lemonta Wynn in Wynn’s home on Lipscomb Street […]

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Space Coast News

Spill At Port Canaveral

About 200 gallons of iron sulfate were spilled at Port Canaveral Thursday afternoon. According to a statement released by the Canaveral Port Authority, the spill happened on the dock at South Cargo Berth 3 yesterday afternoon around 3. They also say the spill has been contained and does not present a hazard to the public. […]

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Space Coast News

Trains Are Speeding Up

For the first time ever, a Brightline train hit speeds of up to 79 mph during test runs between Melbourne and Rockledge on Wednesday. The test run actually marked the first time that a train has ever hit a maximum speed of 79 miles per hour along the corridor between Cocoa and West Palm Beach. […]

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Space Coast News

Palm Bay Woman Killed In 3 Vehicle Crash

A 22-year-old woman from Palm Bay was killed in a three vehicle crash Wednesday morning on US-1. It happened yesterday just after 8am near McCormick Way. Police say the 22-year-old was headed north on US-1 in the outside lane and a van was traveling in the same direction in the inside lane. That’s when police […]

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Space Coast News

Crash Claims Melbourne Woman

A crash Wednesday morning claimed the life of a 64 year old Melbourne woman. Police say she was driving south on North Wickham Road just after 9am yesterday, just south of Promenade Drive when she lost control and ran off the road, then crashed into a tree. She was taken to the hospital in Viera, […]

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Space Coast News

Pedestrian Hit And Killed In Sharpes

A 75-year-old man from West Palm Beach was hit by truck in Sharpes early Wednesday morning. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the man was crossing US-1 in an area not marked as a crosswalk, just north of Canaveral Groves Boulevard yesterday just before 5:30am when he walked into the path of a southbound pickup […]

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Space Coast News

Power Outage In Viera

The lights went out for several hours yesterday for about 2,000 Florida Power and Light customers in Viera. The power company said it was due to an equipment failure. Businesses, homes, and traffic lights were all dark for a while just after 5 p.m. By 8 last night, power had been restored to all but […]

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