James Sparvero

5 days ago | clickorlando.com | James Sparvero

SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. - Supporters of a popular teacher losing her job for using a student's 'preferred' name without a parent's permission held another rally Friday to protest Brevard Public Schools' decision not to renew Melissa Calhoun's contract. The school district said the Satellite High AP teacher called a student by another name without a written permission slip from the student's parents, as required now by Florida law. Students demonstrated against the move at dismissal last week.

6 days ago | clickorlando.com | James Sparvero

MELBOURNE, Fla. - As fire threats remain high in Central Florida, one family is feeling thankful that firefighters stopped a 30-acre brush fire that came within feet of their mobile home. News 6 reporter James Sparvero was on the scene Wednesday on John Rodes Boulevard as it took crews from multiple fire departments six hours to contain the fire. Sparvero went back to the neighborhood Wednesday to meet a brave woman who helped evacuate her mother while, for a moment, fighting the fire herself.

1 week ago | clickorlando.com | James Sparvero

SOUTH PATRICK SHORES, Fla. - This week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will start digging in the yards of a neighborhood that's been at the center of a possible cancer cluster. For decades, some have blamed military chemicals and waste for a higher than average number of people getting cancer. Two years ago, the Corps scanned yards with radars. Then, at last week's county commission meeting, the Corps said it will now dig in yards where its ground-penetrating radars may have detected old junk.

1 week ago | clickorlando.com | Jacob Langston |James Sparvero

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - Three months after a teen party got out of control at a principal's house, the state attorney's office provided the first look on video of the criminal allegations against two former Roosevelt Elementary employees. Monday, former third grade teacher Karly Anderson started a new job at Saturn Elementary School in Cocoa.

1 week ago | clickorlando.com | James Sparvero

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - In a county struggling to pay firefighters a better starting wage than just $15/hour, millions to help find solutions could suddenly become available. It doesn't come without controversy, though. A Brevard County commissioner who campaigned on helping firefighters is against the move because it directly affects her district.