Cocoa Beach

Protests, rallies and demonstrations against the Trump administration are taking place in cities across the country this weekend, including in Central Florida.

Two days after being reassigned to a new school, a Florida teacher has been placed on administrative leave pending multiple investigations into her apparent attendance at a large house party in Cocoa Beach, where some 200 underage kids also attended and some were drinking, officials said.

Cocoa Beach leaders are considering a resolution that would invite the newly-created Florida State Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) task force to get involved in the local government’s affairs.

A Winn-Dixie grocery store in Cocoa Beach, Florida, was the apparent target of a hoax bomb threat, officials said Sunday. A second location in Sebring, Florida, also received a false threat on Sunday, officials said.

A priceless heirloom that was swept out to sea on a family vacation in Central Florida has been recovered in Cocoa Beach. Two men were able to recover the missing necklace using metal detectors, and it has now been returned to its rightful owners.

A Titusville man was arrested on Wednesday, accused of exposing himself in a public park earlier this month.

Property owners looking to operate vacation rentals in Cocoa Beach are going to have to shell out thousands more dollars now that the city is increasing fees.

Huge fee hikes could be coming to short-term rental owners in Cocoa Beach as the city tries to keep tourists from taking over the town.

A student attempting to bring a handgun onto Cocoa High School’s campus was apprehended Monday morning after being detected by the school’s OPENGATE Weapons Detection system, school officials confirmed.

Former Cocoa Beach Police officer, Patrick Kelly, was sentenced to seven years in prison after he pleaded no-contest in court Monday. 

The elementary school teacher accused of berating officers and being present at a drunken house party with kids resigned from teaching at Brevard Public Schools on Friday.

The principal of a Florida elementary school and a third-grade teacher have been arrested, facing multiple charges stemming from an open house party where more than 100 kids attended and some of whom consumed alcohol, police say.

Troopers have reported a vehicle fire has caused traffic backup on I-95 southbound in the Brevard County area, with two lanes expected to remain closed through the evening.