The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, in consultation with the state Department of Environmental Protection, says it wants to work with city and county governments to find the best way to regulate boats that anchor outside of permitted mooring fields. Full Story »
A day after a Bradenton man was jailed for a bogus Burmese python capture, the question of just how to control the exotic nonnative snakes in Florida went before Congress. Full Story »
Roughly 30 hopefuls applied this week to take the place of Clyde Burnett as Marathon's city manager. Full Story »
A former Keys jail guard will spend the next 16.25 years being guarded himself. Full Story »
It's time for the annual game of musical chairs on the Marathon City Council. Full Story »
Key West city commissioners on Wednesday hammered out three amendments to a proposed ordinance giving preference to local contractors bidding on city projects. Full Story »
Three members of the Monroe County School Board are in line to chair the board when it reorganizes on Nov. 17, but Vice Chairwoman Debra Walker might have the most difficult time winning the position. Full Story »
Veterinarians at the Miami Seaquarium are rehabilitating a young manatee found emaciated near his dead mother in the mangroves near Tavernier Creek on Thursday. Full Story »
The effect of the Bahama Conch Community Land Trust's financial insolvency isn't just affecting its Bahama Village tenants, but extending up the Keys. Full Story »
A Tuesday hearing in Key Largo will outline a federal proposal to prohibit fishing for deepwater grouper species, and review annual catch-limit plans for fish including black grouper and red grouper. Full Story »
Key West city commissioners on Thursday passed the first reading of a template franchise agreement but stopped short of approving a specific agreement with Boston-based City View Trolleys. Full Story »
Key Largo resident Derek Williams, 19, was sentenced Monday to 180 days in county jail and will be registered as a sex offender after he pleaded no contest to charges stemming from a video tape showing him having sex with a 16-year-old girl. Full Story »
The prospect of treating Islamorada sewage in Key Largo inched closer to reality on Tuesday, as the Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District board reaffirmed its desire to work towards a written agreement. Full Story »
Once a high-flying, prominent Key West Realtor, Troy Henson is now heading to state prison for what looks to be 15 years after pleading guilty Monday to two counts of molesting a child. Full Story »
Circuit Court Judge Mark Jones on Thursday continued the third of Monique Acevedo's arraignments after the disgraced former Monroe County School District official didn't show up to enter a plea. Full Story »
Don't expect to see any high-end resorts popping up on Knights Key in the near future. Full Story »
Starting Nov. 16, Florida Keys Community College will have a new interim president. Larry Tyree of Sarasota will take the helm five weeks after the dramatic departure of Jill Landesberg-Boyle, who negotiated an early release Oct. 21. Full Story »
Amid a bleak financial outlook, the board of the Bahama Conch Community Land Trust has laid off Executive Director Norma Jean Sawyer. Full Story »
So much for all those Hickory House bar and restaurant bidders that supposedly missed out on Monroe County's August request for proposals to take the place over. Full Story »
The first pole-and-troll zone proposed for Florida Bay waters of Everglades National Park will be explained in public-comment sessions Nov. 9 and 10. Full Story »
Two people, including one man who apparently came down for Fantasy Fest, died in Florida Keys crashes over the weekend. One was a scooter crash in Key West, the other an auto crash at mile marker 21. Full Story »
A Tavernier man arrested in Polk County on Sept. 21 for allegedly molesting a young girl in the Keys was officially charged Thursday with 15 felonies. Full Story »
The Performing Arts Centers for Key West, which operates the Tennessee Williams Theatre on Stock Island, will no longer be a direct support organization of Florida Keys Community College. Full Story »
Campaigning for Marathon City Council candidates has led three council members to be disqualified from their roles on the city's Canvassing Board. Full Story »
Police reports paint a picture of a "large, angry" crowd battling cops despite 23-year-old Key Wester Marques Butler lying on the sidewalk being treated for a stab wound that would ultimately take his life. Full Story »
A morning moonset peeks through the autumn foliage near Bradfordton, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman
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