TRACK FOCUSES ON FLORIDA KEYS

The Keys are expecting a visit by Elsa on Monday evening. The computer models have aligned and there’s a high probability that when it...

MYSTERY SOLVED! MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE SENDER FOUND (SPOILER: SHE’S ALL GROWN UP NOW)

“It was really quick, believe it or not,” said Emma Starr, the Key West woman who tracked down Olivia Brooks after reading the “Message...

KEY WEST MILITARY FAMILY GETS HOME MAKEOVER DONATED

This story is best told by the striking before-and-after photos that accompany it. Key West Realtor Michelle Howerton, who also owns Somewhere South Staging, wanted...

CAPT. LEE ANN HOLROYD IS SHATTERING GLASS CEILINGS AT MCSO

In recognition of her groundbreaking career path in the Florida Keys, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Lee Ann Holroyd received the 2021 Glass Ceiling...

FREEDOM FLOATS: CUBANS RISKING DEATH TO CROSS THE STRAITS ON ‘CHUGS’

They’re called “chugs” — homemade boats made by Cubans under the cover of darkness for a dangerous trip across the Florida Straits — because of...

CASTAWAYS AGAINST CANCER PADDLE & PEDAL FROM MIAMI TO KEY WEST & RAISE $160K

They did it again.  Cancer-fighting kayakers with the Castaways Against Cancer paddled 160 miles over seven days from Miami to Key West. Covering 18 to...

OBITUARY: IN LOVING MEMORY OF CRYSTAL CATES

Crystal Cates, loving daughter, sister and aunt, passed away Thursday, June 24 at Jackson Memorial Hospital. She had fought valiantly since November after being diagnosed with...

OPINION: PRIDE AND PROGRESS — A COMPLICATED RAINBOW

A couple years ago, someone in Boston came up with the idea for a “straight Pride parade.” Thankfully, the internet provides, so the response...

GYMNAST MIA PUIG: KEY WEST’S 11-YR-OLD OLYMPIC HOPEFUL

Who would’ve thought a Key West’s Children’s Day — always held on that hungover Sunday after the Fantasy Fest parade — would produce a...

OBITUARY: CARL GEORGE LINES

A resident of Marathon, Carl George Lines, passed away on April 10, 2021 at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Miami. George had been a...