As families scramble to repair their homes and replace what they’ve lost in the flood, Brevard County Emergency Management issued an urgent warning Friday about another potential threat: predatory contractors looking to take advantage of disaster victims.

The city held two flood recovery information sessions on Friday to address questions about insurance and cleanup. Insurance adjusters and several city departments were available to assist homeowners.

The only road connecting dozens of Palm Bay Estates residents to the rest of their neighborhood washed away during Monday’s historic flooding. Three days later, they’re still relying on outside help just to get dinner.

After severe flooding swept the region, a couple of cities in Brevard County have now lifted their boil water notices — with a few exceptions still in place.

One Palm Bay woman has lived in the same house for more than 30 years; everything is water-soaked and ruined after historic flooding swamped her home. Brevard County is opening up an assistance portal to connect flood victims with volunteers to clean up homes.

A Palm Bay homeowner is facing thousands of dollars in repairs after a 350-gallon graywater tank popped out of the ground during this week’s flooding, even though most of his yard was not underwater.

In Palm Bay, piles of mattresses, couches and personal belongings lined neighborhood streets as residents spent the day pulling waterlogged items from their homes after this week's flooding. For some families, it was the first time they were able to see the extent of the damage.

Brevard Public Schools will reopen all campuses Thursday, Nov. 5, after days of flash flooding shut down classrooms and triggered a state of emergency across the county.

As floodwaters begin to recede in Brevard County, the scale of the damage is becoming clearer: massive sinkholes, damaged homes, washed-out roads and entire neighborhoods cut off.

As floodwater rose inside Brittany Grant’s Palm Bay home, she and her son climbed onto the kitchen counter with their three dogs and waited for help.

A Palm Bay man and his family were forced to swim to safety after a nearby canal overflowed, sending floodwaters rushing into their home and causing part of Fallon Boulevard to collapse.

Flooding across Brevard County triggered rescues and evacuations Monday, shutting down roads and leaving some neighborhoods underwater as officials warned conditions were still dangerous heading into Election Day on Tuesday.

A review of Promethean video boards conducted after one fell on a Brevard County elementary school student and killed him shows “no pattern of improper installations.” District superintendent Dr. Mark Rendell told school board members Tuesday that the district finished its review of the more than 3,000 video display boards at the county’s schools.

Newly-released 911 calls from the city of Palm Bay detail what school employees say led up to a video screen falling and killing an elementary school student last week. The caller tells a dispatcher that the boy was kicking the video screen. They had noticed the screen attachment was loose a week before and asked to have it repaired.

The family of a 5-year-old boy who died after an interactive display board fell on him at a Brevard County elementary school has hired an attorney and is considering legal action as questions surround what happened.

Brevard County deputies are searching for a woman they say shot a storage facility manager during a dispute over a unit Saturday morning in Palm Bay.

Deputies in Brevard County say one person is injured, but no suspect is arrested after a shooting at a storage unit Saturday. Deputies say it all happened at Stor All Management off Babcock Street in Palm Bay.

Parents and families at Riviera Elementary School in Palm Bay are grieving and demanding answers after a young boy was killed when a Promethean board fell from a wall onto him Wednesday. At pickup Thursday, many parents were emotional. Some said they were uncomfortable speaking on camera but shared the same concerns: How did the board fall, who is responsible and are other boards in the district safe?

Brevard Public Schools launched immediate inspections of Promethean display boards across all of its campuses following the death of a 5-year-old student at Riviera Elementary School in Palm Bay.

A 5-year-old boy died Wednesday after a video monitor fell on him at a Brevard County elementary school, according to the school district.

Police in Palm Bay are stepping up their patrols around the city’s schools after a phoned-in threat.

A man was seriously injured in a crash with a Palm Bay Police vehicle Friday, the Palm Bay Police Department says. Officers say the crash happened on Palm Bay Road near Arlington Lane around 9 p.m.

Two years after police say she shot and stabbed her mother and her mother’s boyfriend inside their Palm Bay home, Julia Egler has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Orange County deputies arrested a Palm Bay Universal theme park employee they say tried to meet a 14-year-old for sex after contacting the “teen” online — but investigators say the child was actually an undercover deputy. Deputies arrested 30-year-old Tyler Exline Tuesday at his place of employment, Universal’s Epic Universe. He now faces two counts of solicitation of a minor, according to an arrest affidavit. He faces another count of unlawful use of a two-way communication device, also a third-degree felony.

Families, coaches and swimmers say losing the Palm Bay Aquatic Center would affect everything from Special Olympics programs to swim lessons and physical rehabilitation. However, the city says closing the facility would save about $700,000 in operating costs.

A Palm Bay councilman at the center of a controversy earlier this year came out on social media on Thursday to respond to alleged claims that he was a “Neo-Nazi.”

Two people facing charges in the shooting death of a man at a Palm Bay park will stay in jail without bond.

Police in Palm Bay have arrested two people in connection with a homicide and robbery at Patrick Woodard Memorial Park last month.

A driver was killed on southbound Interstate 95 in Brevard County after an alligator on the road triggered a chain-reaction crash that ended in a hit-and-run.

A building partially collapsed in Palm Bay on Wednesday, leading to the building’s evacuation. According to Palm Bay Fire Rescue, heavy rain caused water to pool on the building’s roof, leading to the collapse.

The incident happened near the park’s location at 490 Koutnik Road, and the call came in around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to police.

3 people are dead following a fatal Brevard County crash Tuesday morning, says Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers say the crash happened around 10 a.m. on I-95 in Palm Bay.

The city of Palm Bay has announced that it will begin returning its Flock automated license plate readers back to service after they were suspended earlier this month.

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A 13-year-old was arrested after the FBI received a tip of a “mass casualty incident” that was set to take place this month, according to the Palm Bay Police Department.

FLOCK automated license plate readers in Palm Bay are going offline for a while as the city investigates their placement and construction. The city says the company may not have properly permitted or installed the cameras around the city.

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After a 2-year-old girl died earlier this year, her father is now facing charges of manslaughter and child neglect, according to the West Melbourne Police Department.

Palm Bay commissioners voted to lower the proposed millage rate for next year while discussing how a proposed property tax amendment on the November ballot could affect city services and future budgets.

A Palm Bay man will spend 38 years in prison for the beating death of his 12-year-old son in 2021. Jason Godleski, 38, was sentenced this week in Brevard County after pleading no contest to charges of second-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, and neglect of a child with great bodily harm.

Palm Bay Police say Degroodt Road is closed down right now after a serious vehicle crash.

A Palm Bay woman was arrested over the weekend after she was caught with cocaine in her “lower region” after a traffic stop, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.

Palm Bay police said Michelle Lynn Hancock was found with a 17-year-old former student in a parked vehicle, and both admitted to engaging in sexual activity.

A potentially hazardous situation at a business in Palm Bay is forcing evacuations and a large police and fire rescue presence in the area, while others nearby are being told to shelter in place.

Deputies said he showed up to the traffic stop dressed in a suit and tie, claiming to be the driver's lawyer.

The family of a Florida man claims he was paralyzed after being tasered by police and falling from a fence announced Tuesday that they plan to file a federal civil rights and wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Palm Bay and several police officers.

The threat was reported at the Walmart on Malabar Road. Police confirmed the store has been evacuated and remains closed as officers secure the surrounding area.

Indian River Drive is back open in Palm Bay Estates after an overnight road collapse left a large hole, raising questions about an aging pipe and who is responsible for repairs.

A large hole opened along a roadway inside Palm Bay Estates after heavy rain Wednesday, prompting emergency repairs and reigniting a yearslong dispute between residents and the city of Palm Bay over who is responsible for maintaining an aging drainage pipe.

Last week, another three Central Florida restaurants were forced to shut their doors after a visit from a health inspector, according to state records.

Palm Bay leaders approved an ordinance that blocks any new medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.

A Brevard County grand jury indicted Lucas Jones, 19, on one count of first-degree murder, along with charges of abuse of a dead human body. Investigators say Jones targeted Colie Lee Daniel, 28, after finding him on the registry of local sex offenders.

A new brush fire burning in Palm Bay’s ‘Compound’ area is prompting evacuations as a precaution. According to Palm Bay Fire Rescue, crews are battling a 100-acre fire in the Compound right now in the area of Madden and Olivia roads. It’s about 50% contained.

Several large brush fires broke out in an infamous portion of Palm Bay known as “The Compound” on Tuesday night, according to fire officials.

A 5-acre brush fire which took helicopters dropping water to put out and closed businesses and a major road was set intentionally, police now say.

Chadwick Willacy was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison in Starke for the 1990 murder of his Palm Bay neighbor who found him burglarizing her home.

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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 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.

Over the years, “The Compound” has become a magnet for crime.

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.

Some neighbors are sickened to hear human remains were found in suitcases in an abandoned area where dead bodies have been found before.

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.

A Brevard County jury awarded over $14 million to a woman who ate ice cream contaminated with metal, according to law firm Alpizar Law.

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.

There was a heavy police presence in Palm Bay on Monday evening after reports of gunfire in the area, according to the department.

Police said the drunk driver nearly killed the pedestrian and then got upset over the damage to his car.

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Several Brevard County cities are accelerating a long-term push to move properties off septic systems and onto central sewer to reduce nitrogen pollution in the Indian River Lagoon.

A stolen car rammed into an officer after fleeing from police in Palm Bay on Friday afternoon, according to the department.

The city of Palm Bay is voting to approve a settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed by one of its own councilmen.

A 1-year-old almost drowned, according to police, and now, for the second time in just the last few months, a mother is back in jail.

On Thursday, Florida House lawmakers finally approved a new bill that would completely remove non-school property taxes from homes across the state.

After chucking a cinderblock through someone’s car, a handcuffed Palm Bay woman was caught eating cocaine that was concealed inside her pants, the sheriff said.

A man arrested in a major drug bust in Brevard County is set to take a plea deal Tuesday in federal court.

Police in Palm Bay are awaiting confirmation from the medical examiner after human remains were discovered in a wooded area, a development investigators say could be connected to a missing person who has not been seen alive for about a year.

With the discussion around property tax cuts hitting a fever pitch in Florida, a new report shows which counties have imposed the highest levies statewide.

Police said that the missing person case led them to two places, though it's unclear at this time how it all ties together.

For the first time through the lens of police body cameras, we’re seeing the teenager accused of killing her mother and her mother’s young boyfriend.

Rep. Monique Miller, R-Palm Bay, sponsored a proposal (HB 339), which would give someone who was harmed after receiving a vaccine up to three years to sue the manufacturer in civil court if that manufacturer advertised the drug in Florida.

The Palm Bay Police Department is searching for a man wanted on outstanding charges of attempted murder and armed burglary.

A large brush fire again prompts the closure of Interstate 95 in Brevard County.

Three people were injured in a shooting at a park in Palm Bay, according to police.

According to a police report, the child was reportedly confined with limited access to bathroom facilities and was brought food while locked inside.

A 25-year-old man was arrested early Monday after police say he intentionally crashed into a Palm Bay police vehicle, led officers on a high‑speed pursuit with his headlights off and later resisted arrest before being taken into custody on multiple charges.

The two were trapped inside a home on Janus Road when a fast-moving fire broke out, officials said.

A music director who worked at Bayside High School has been arrested after he was accused of molesting an underage student, according to the Palm Bay Police Department.

A 10-year-old boy and an elderly woman die in a Palm Bay house fire.

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The city of Palm Bay is not ready to go to trial against one of its own councilmen.

A 22-year-old man is considered endangered after being reported missing Thursday morning in Palm Bay, according to police.

Palm Bay police announced on Tuesday evening that they’re looking for a man who disappeared near a local nature preserve.

With the discussion around property tax cuts hitting a fever pitch in Florida, a new report shows which counties have imposed the highest levies statewide.

A new search for any trace of a young mother missing since two days before Christmas two years ago.

A Palm Bay man died after a single-vehicle SUV crash along U.S. 1 in Grant-Valkaria late Saturday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Stefan Eide, 32, has been arrested in connection with the 2023 disappearance of 25-year-old Marissa Garcia in Palm Bay.

An 84-year-old Palm Bay man is accused of shooting one of his relatives in the face after becoming upset over how often the relative visited him, according to police.

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey details the seizure of 92,000 pounds of 7-OH and an arsenal of weapons and explosives.