J.D. Gallop

2 weeks ago | floridatoday.com | J.D. Gallop

A 16-year-old was struck by a pickup truck while riding an electric scooter in Melbourne, Florida. He was airlifted to a hospital in Orlando and is in stable condition. Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. A 16-year-old continues to recover after being struck by a pickup truck while riding an electric scooter across a major roadway in Melbourne last week.

2 weeks ago | floridatoday.com | J.D. Gallop

Former athletes from Brevard County have formed 321Empowerment to mentor young people on career planning. The first 321Empowerment meeting will be held on April 26th at Eastern Florida State College Melbourne Campus, featuring Ed Orgeron as guest speaker. The program aims to provide guidance on career choices, financial literacy, and other life skills. Anthony Mitchell remembers being a teen at Titusville High School, playing football and being focused on the gridiron. and sneakers.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | J.D. Gallop

Two 9-year-old boys will have to attend a fire safety course after Cocoa police said they admitted to setting fire to an unoccupied apartment. The blaze, reported about 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, was contained by Cocoa Fire Department crews – along with Brevard County firefighters called to the Hilltop Apartment complex at the 1000 block of N. Fiske Boulevard. The fire, which climbed out from the interior and blackened the building's façade, did not spread to any other apartments.

2 weeks ago | eu.floridatoday.com | J.D. Gallop

Multiple brush fires, including a large blaze in the Compound area and one ignited by a police car in a homeless camp, have been contained or extinguished in Palm Bay. Dry conditions and a near-drought status in southern Brevard County raise concerns about further fire risks. A Palm Bay police officer sustained minor injuries while addressing a car fire in a homeless camp; the cause is under investigation.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | J.D. Gallop

All of the brush fires that Palm Bay, state and other agencies fought on Wednesday — including 250-to-300 acres of suspicious wildland blazes in the Compound and another set off in a homeless camp by a burning police car — have been put out or are contained, fire officials said. The big worry, however, is that southern Brevard remains in dry conditions with little relief in sight, said John Ringleb, spokesperson for Palm Bay Fire Rescue told FLORIDA TODAY.