It was a first place weekend for senior competition cheerleader Lindsey Vinson and her teammates on the Varsity cheerleading squad. The group took first place at the Palm Beach Classic regional... read more Full Story »
Outraged Key West city commissioners on Monday heard from an auditor about the myriad financial missteps taken by a Bahama Village affordable housing nonprofit that operated with grant funding and... read more Full Story »
FLORIDA KEYS Census hiring locals today The U.S. Census Bureau is hiring Florida Keys residents today and Wednesday to conduct various census operations. The bureau is actively... read more Full Story »
20 YEARS AGO The South Florida Water Management District voted to buy the Big Pine wetlands slough that affected 605 acres. The Greater Key West Chamber of Commerce was the sponsor of the... read more Full Story »
The Monroe County School Board is expected to approve a ballot initiative today that once again asks Florida Keys voters whether their schools superintendent should be appointed rather than... read more Full Story »
Federal wildlife refuge managers say they need more information before they issue an opinion on bringing commercial power to No Name Key, which is at the heart of the National Key Deer Refuge and... read more Full Story »
KEY WEST -- A 29-year-old Key West man is accused of beating and raping a woman after pushing her down a flight of stairs twice during a fight at her Truman Avenue apartment. Hugh Warwick Morgan,... read more Full Story »
Health care shouldn't be all about profit A democratic system of government is based on everyone contributing to the common good. If we don't support and care for each other, if we only consider... read more Full Story »
"To the two people who walked in earlier this week with a couple of Kmart bags of toys and filled the Toys for Tots boxes: Thank you from the management at the Regal Cinema. We greatly appreciate... read more Full Story »
"Thank you very much, Monroe County Sheriff's Office, for the increased patrols on Boca Chica Road. Those of us who live here truly appreciate you. Please come again and let's see some more patrols... read more Full Story »
As the winter seasons hit full stride, many of the Keys teams are beginning to get all the pieces together. The Marathon and Key West High soccer teams now have their full complement of players on... read more Full Story »
KEY WEST Local homes featured on HGTV Key West will be featured on Home & Garden Television's popular series "National Open House" during an episode airing at 9:30 a.m.... read more Full Story »
SIDNEY ARMAS Sidney Armas, 74, of Key West, Fla., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, at Mariners Hospital in Tavernier, Fla. He was born Feb. 6, 1935, in Key West, the son of the late Julio and... read more Full Story »
TOLEDO, Ohio -- A book has been mailed back to an Ohio library after six decades, accompanied by an anonymous letter of remorse. The biography "Napoleon" by Emil Ludwig recently arrived at Toledo's... read more Full Story »
20 YEARS AGO The Navy was conducting shock tests to determine the structural soundness of ships under combat conditions. The test area was 30 miles off Key West in 2,000 to 4,000 feet of... read more Full Story »
Florida municipalities spend millions of taxpayer dollars a year to restore beaches and protect coastal property that is so critical to the state's tourism economy. But a case pending before the U.S.... read more Full Story »
A former Key West police officer will fight for his job back in court today, claiming his rights were violated when the department fired him last year for allegedly misrepresenting himself as a... read more Full Story »
The Monroe County Commission on Wednesday will decide whether to continue taxing certain property owners to help fund state-mandated wastewater upgrades. The county has proposed extending the... read more Full Story »
The key witness in an arson case has recanted statements police say implicate a former city commissioner's son, claiming Spanish translators erred and misinterpreted his words. What that means to... read more Full Story »
Barraza-King Melissa Joy King, daughter of Jan and Mark Howell and John King of Key West, married Jerry Barraza, son of Esther Barraza of San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday, Nov. 21. The sunset... read more Full Story »
The historic Harris School, flanked by two enormous kapok trees, has stood vacant for nearly 10 years, its beige paint peeling and high interior walls cracking further with each passing year. Most... read more Full Story »
Lower Keys chamber welcomes new board The Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce recently elected six new directors to serve on the board for the 2010/2011 term. They include: Alison Sloat, Key West Key... read more Full Story »
Chris Hensen took his pre-kindergarten classes on a tour of the North Pole. He was joined by the classes of Maggie Jones, Jeanne Morris, Lisa Morris and Mauriah Pepper. The students arrived at the... read more Full Story »
When it comes to the sport of fishing, there are a wide variety of unique and pungent smells that one may encounter. Some of them are good, some bad, and a few are really bad! Smell is one of our... read more Full Story »
Florida Keys marine sanctuary and wildlife refuge managers liken the illegal lobster habitat in the backcountry -- more than a thousand pieces of debris -- to an iron curtain that is blocking the n read more Full Story »
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