Residents in Brevard County had the chance to clean up their yards while helping reduce mosquito populations during the county’s second annual Tire Amnesty Days event.
How should Brevard County pay for lifeguards on every beach? The recent drowning of two people in Cocoa Beach is sparking a conversation, and pushback from one city mayor who says lifeguards can't be funded everywhere.
After two drownings this week, a Brevard commissioner says he’d be willing to raise taxes to put lifeguards on every beach in the county. The reality on most of the Brevard County coastline is there aren’t lifeguards to save someone in an emergency.
The Artemis II astronauts who ignited a lunar renaissance are giving high marks to their moonship for its performance during reentry — especially the heat shield.
Rip currents occur all year round in Florida, but they become more noticeable in the summer when more people venture out into the warmer water.
A new documentary about NASA astronaut Eileen Collins, titled Spacewoman, recently had a major screening event in Melbourne, Florida. Anchor Ginger Gadsden sat down with Collins to talk about her journey from food stamps to the final frontier.
For a second day in a row, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is digging a huge hole, but what exactly are they looking for? Here's what the sheriff's office will say -- and won't say.
Two visitors to Central Florida were killed due to a rip current off Cocoa Beach on Tuesday afternoon, according to the fire department.
When every second counts, one of Central Florida’s largest communities was dangerously falling behind.
The 16-year-old stepbrother of Anna Kepner, the Brevard County teenager who was found dead during a Carnival cruise last year, has been indicted on murder charges in her death.
Brevard County sheriff’s agents arrested Cocoa Beach Junior/Senior High School math teacher Kirsten Rose on allegations of sexual misconduct involving a student, officials said.
Two months after a 74-year-old ran in his 31st and tragically final half-marathon, the driver police say drove into the runner’s lane on US-1 and killed Albert ‘AJ’ Swann is now behind bars.
After three years, there’s finally an update to what happened to a father the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office says was murdered. Deputies say they arrested a man in connection with the 2023 killing of Frank Orwig this week.
The Nikon D5’s durability and simple, familiar controls matter when astronauts must shoot fast and adjust settings manually.
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels return to the Space Coast for a weekend of flyovers and aerial demonstrations at the Cocoa Beach Air Show. Performances begin at noon both days, with the Blue Angels scheduled for 3 p.m.
A slow-moving, nearly stationary front combined with an area of low pressure brought days of soaking rain from April 6–9 2026, likely putting a decent dent in the ongoing rainfall deficit. The highest impacts being felt along the coast.
As the record-breaking Artemis II mission inspires millions around the world, some of Central Florida’s little space enthusiasts are getting some well-deserved recognition too.
The Space Coast is getting some Broadway premieres for the upcoming season at The King Center for the Performing Arts, which is celebrating its 38th anniversary.
A Mims man was taken into custody after deputies said he threw hot grease at a woman and took of with her car, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.
A man is behind bars after allegedly strangling his ex-girlfriend, hitting a BCSO unit, fleeing the scene, then driving himself and his ex into the Barge Canal.
In just about 48 hours, the four grave souls who’ve now flown farther away from the Earth than anyone are set to splash down capping off a human spaceflight mission for the ages.
Katie Delaney, the North Brevard County commissioner who championed pay increases for Brevard County firefighters and increasing accountability in county government, is leaving office before her first term ends.
A manatee’s journey from a storm drain to the open water captivated a community. And for one Melbourne Beach family, it became something even more personal.
The Broadway tour of Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man” will be performed at the King Center on April 12-13. The musical follows Harold Hill, a traveling salesman who tries to con the people of River City, Iowa, by promising to form a boys’ band, but his plans are foiled when he falls for the town librarian, Marian. The show features well-known songs such as “Seventy-Six Trombones,” “Ya Got Trouble,” and “‘Till There Was You.”
The pair told officers they covered the animal with the sheet after learning that possessing an alligator is illegal in Florida, FWC said.
The young woman who police said told them her boyfriend dismembered a man, stuffed him in suitcases, and dumped his remains in the Compound, told police she was afraid she could be next.
Police said Jones told his girlfriend he wanted to kill sex offenders, and he even printed a listed of registered sex offenders who lived nearby.
The Artemis II astronauts have captured Earth's brilliant blue beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon.
The young man police say dumped two suitcases stuffed with human remains in the tall grass at the Compound is now facing a murder charge, too.
Clifford Owen Long, 37, was indicted by a Brevard County grand jury for the 2025 shooting death of 2-year-old Bles’syn Lightner and the attempted murders of her grandparents in South Melbourne.
The Artemis II mission is set to launch from Florida’s coast, and experts say it will be the furthest a crewed mission has ever gone into space before.
On this episode of Are We There Yet? with the News 6 Insiders, Kara heads to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex with a look at the excitement around Artemis II, Joey captures the famous monkeys at Silver Springs, and Kaia stops at The Wharf in Kissimmee to try their epic Tomahawk Steak. Drop your Central Florida picks in the comments—we might just take your suggestion and head there next.
With the charge of “for all of humanity,” the four astronauts launched toward the moon Wednesday in a historic launch for the 32-story Space Launch System rocket and the Artemis II mission.
Last week, over a dozen more eateries across Central Florida were forced to close after a visit from a health inspector, according to state records.
With the countdown underway for a highly anticipated rocket launch, crowds are already gathering along Florida’s Space Coast, hoping to secure the best possible view.
Some neighbors are sickened to hear human remains were found in suitcases in an abandoned area where dead bodies have been found before.
The Artemis II mission is expected to launch on Wednesday evening at Kennedy Space Center. How do you plan to see the launch? From the Space Coast? From your backyard? We explain how to see the launch.
Astronauts aboard the upcoming Artemis II mission will travel beyond Earth’s protective magnetic field, exposing them to what experts call galactic cosmic radiation, according to experts.
Police found human remains in an abandoned suitcase in Palm Bay’s notorious “Compound” over the weekend and a 19-year-old whose name was found inside was arrested in connection with the case.
As astronaut Christina Koch prepares to become the first woman to orbit the moon on Artemis II, a NASA engineer argues the milestone should spark a broader conversation about representation — and whether “female” should still be part of the headline.
It will be one of the most dangerous parts of Artemis II, and not everyone thinks NASA should trust the astronauts’ lives to a heat shield that was damaged the last time it re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere.
NASA’s shift from Apollo to Artemis signals a new era of moon exploration centered on inclusion, sustainability and a long-term human presence beyond Earth.
The first launch-watching tourists who came here in the ‘60s could, if they were so bold, find the internationally famous astronauts simply hanging out at local motels after their long days of training.
NASA is heading back to the Moon. But despite advances in computing and manufacturing, America’s space agency is still relying – in some key areas – on decades-old hardware and tech.
People are going to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, and to build off the success of the Artemis I uncrewed flight test a few years ago, the program’s first astronauts will have to do a lot more than just enjoying the view.
A Brevard County jury awarded over $14 million to a woman who ate ice cream contaminated with metal, according to law firm Alpizar Law.
A 19-year-old was jailed this week after brandishing a water gun outside a Denny’s Restaurant in Cocoa Beach, according to the police department.
Almost four years after two major hurricanes damaged Brevard County’s coastline, a massive beach renourishment project could finally be close to wrapping up.
A young manatee known as Melby is on the mend at SeaWorld Orlando, capturing the hearts of visitors and the Melbourne Beach community after a dramatic rescue from a storm drain left him in need of critical care.
Last week, eight more eateries across Central Florida were forced to close after a visit from a health inspector, according to state records.
NASA’s Artemis program faces delays and soaring costs, now totaling $93 billion, as the agency pushes its moon mission timeline to 2028. Technical issues and schedule setbacks raise concerns about the future of U.S. space exploration and NASA’s budget management.
We have a new look at the gunfire that came from a house as police took cover in the middle of a deadly standoff. Three hours later Monday, after officers returned fire, police said the barricaded woman inside the house alone was dead.
The next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, potentially heading for the moon on Wednesday for the Artemis II mission, will be the most powerful operational rocket ever to launch by far, on par with the Artemis I launch in 2022.
More fines could be coming for the owner of a condemned house in Indialantic, even though the owner already owes more than $30,000 for code violations. That's because neighbors say they are seeing hundreds of rats at the home.
Brevard County has been looking for solutions to those so-called forever chemicals that are linked to all kinds of health problems, including cancer. County commissioners on Tuesday voted to spend $5 million to buy land next to a current water plant north of Micco Road in order to build new water and wastewater treatment facilities.
Police told your West Melbourne 6 Community Correspondent James Sparvero that inside a hotel room at 9:30 Tuesday morning, something happened between a woman and a teenage girl that led to a shot being fired.
After years of planning, the city of Cocoa says the money it needs to build Brevard County’s first Brightline station, which would be at US-1 and 528, could finally be secured within months.
A month after some high school students left campuses to protest ICE, Brevard County’s school board is considering harsher punishment for students who walk out of class that would extend to anyone affiliated with the district who encourages a disruption to school, not just the kids."
A week after your Port St. John Community Correspondent James Sparvero reported that homeowners on one side of Fay Boulevard could have to spend up to $100,000 to connect to the sewer line on the opposite side of the four-lane divided highway, Brevard County just mailed homeowners a new letter that no longer threatens to fine them or restrict services if they don’t make the long connection in the next year.
NASA has cleared its moon rocket for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs.
According to an arrest affidavit, the Amazon driver stopped on Cepheus Court to make a delivery when Joseph Baldi yelled at the driver, then got into the van and drove while the driver chased and confronted him.
A quick-thinking dad and a beach rental employee helped catch a man police said pulled his pants down at the beach in front of a 7-year-old.
A suspect accused of exposing himself to a child on Cocoa Beach has now been taken into custody, according to the police department.
A former president of the teacher’s union who Brevard Public Schools says didn’t report when two students had sex at school could be fired by the end of the month after 32 years with the district.
Higher gas prices are cutting into the profits of charter fishermen who are now weighing, due to the war in Iran, whether to charge customers more to take a fishing trip.
