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The Florida Education Association, the largest teachers’ union in the state, has publicly opposed the rule. “Florida isn’t going to equip students as critical thinkers by hiding facts. Students deserve the best possible education we can provide and the truest and most inclusive picture of their world and our shared history,” association president Andrew Spar said in a statement Wednesday. Brevard Federation of Teachers president Anthony Colucci said he has not been following that polic...

Two smaller stores would be built next to the new Publix store, according to County Planning Director Ryan Sweeney. A separate retail strip of about 20,000-square-feet would be divided into smaller tenant spaces. There also is land for two outparcels along S. R. 60, Sweeney said. A site plan was submitted to the county Planning Department on May 12. Sweeney said he expects the site plan to be reviewed over this summer, and if it is approved, construction could start within four to five months, ...

View Comments JENSEN BEACH — The phone rang, it was 3 a.m. and a sheriffs deputy told George Hart a fire erupted at his restaurant. "I quickly got dressed came down over the hill to see 15 firetrucks, 10 police cars, ambulance, thought maybe the building was a total loss," Hart said Monday. But despite the fire melting the chairs and singeing off the paint outside the restaurant early Monday, Harts restaurant, Mulligans Beach House Bar and Grill, 2019 Northeast Jensen Beach Blvd., opened ...

Another arrest has been made in the drug-related home invasion that left one person dead in March.  Cory Cabaniss is the fourth person to be arrested in connection with the March 3 shooting death of 25-year-old Matthew Nicol at his Hall Road home in Merritt Island, according to the Brevard County Sheriffs Office.  Cabaniss, 25, was tracked down by the U.S. Marshal’s Service Task Force in Franklyn County, Tennessee, where he is being held without bond awaiting extradition to Brevard County....

A head-on collision on Bridge Road in Hobe Sound killed two drivers on early Sunday morning.

The countys historical society, Treasure Coast Sports Commission and the county Cultural Council among those to get money

#JusticeforRed: Friends of Merritt Island piercer seek answers in her death View Comments Support local journalism. An unlimited digital subscription to floridatoday.com is just $1 for 6 months. Click here and subscribe today.  A Merritt Island piercers death has inspired a social media hashtag calling for justice in her case.  Dozens of posts on Facebook have been hashtagged with #JusticeforRed after Alicia "Red" Campitelli was found deceased in her apartment Saturday morning near Schoolh...

An investigation showed that the 16-year-old had a firearm in his waistband that discharged, causing the bullet to travel through his leg before striking Quasheda Pierce and traveling through her leg as well before striking the funeral platform.  Investigators said residue from the gunshot was found inside the pants the teenager was wearing at the time of the incident. Quasheda Pierce asked that the person responsible not be prosecuted.  Sheriffs detectives conducted an investigation, which ...

Recent advances in vaccinations and loosening of COVID-19 guidelines have spurred school boards across the state to renew discussions about policies requiring masks. Anti-mask protesters have flocked to public meetings Broward, Hillsborough and Manatee counties this week, but, so far, most school boards have held strong on their mask requirements at least through the end of the year. The Brevard School Board previously planned to hold a meeting in early June to discuss COVID-19 precautions for...

View Comments Another 1,273 Brevard County residents have been vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, Florida Department of Health data shows.  As of Tuesday, 261,814 residents, or about 43% of Brevards population, have received at least one dose of a vaccine. Of that sum, 213,934 residents, or about 35% of the county population, have completed all recommended doses of their versions of the vaccine. According to the DOH, Brevards population is 611,202 people. The county added 64 new COVID-1...