BREAKING: DUSTIN HUFF TO WITHDRAW FROM MARATHON CITY COUNCIL RACE
The 2024 Marathon City Council race will now come down to four candidates, as longtime local Dustin Huff confirmed to the Weekly that he plans to withdraw...
HELICOPTER PILOT INTERCEPTS BOAT SPEEDING TOWARD ALLIGATOR LIGHTHOUSE SWIMMERS
Quick thinking by a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) helicopter pilot is credited with preventing tragedy in Islamorada.
On Sept. 7, officials with the U.S. Coast...
FEDS BUST 22 FLORIDA KEYS SUSPECTS IN COCAINE TRAFFICKING CASE
On Sept. 5, the United States unsealed an indictment charging 27 defendants, including Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority employees, commercial charter boat operators and a former City of...
BREAKING: GRAND JURY BLASTS COUNTY LEADERS IN DRUG THEFT SCANDAL
By Alex Rickert and Mandy Miles
The following is a summary of statements taken directly from the report of a 15-member grand jury that recently indicted former County...
COMMISSIONER CATES SEEKS OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION INTO COUNTY FIRE RESCUE DRUG THEFT SCANDAL
At least one county commissioner wants to take a harder look at the fentanyl and narcotic theft scandal within Monroe County Fire Rescue.
Commissioner Craig Cates wants the...
LOWER KEYS MEDICAL CENTER TO LOSE ITS CEO NEXT MONTH
David Clay, who has been CEO of Lower Keys Medical Center since 2016, on Thursday announced that he will retire and leave the Florida Keys at the...
KEYS PR CHIEF ANDY NEWMAN CHARGED WITH PERJURY, FALSE STATEMENTS
The Florida Keys’ longtime public relations director, Andy Newman, is facing charges of perjury and making false official statements, the Monroe County State Attorney’s Office announced on...
SQUIRREL SPOTTED WITH BLOW DART THROUGH ITS BODY IN ISLAMORADA
Islamorada resident Glenda Soler was beside herself when she spotted a squirrel with a blow dart through its body some eight months ago.
Fast forward to Sunday, Aug....
MCSO DEPUTY WARNED BOYFRIEND OF DRUG RAIDS, ARREST WARRANT SAYS
By Mandy Miles & Alex Rickert
Last updated: Aug. 8, 8:30 a.m.
A Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputy will face 19 felony charges after allegedly using police computer systems...
WOMAN AIRLIFTED AFTER SHE WAS ELECTROCUTED AT ROWELL’S PARK IN KEY LARGO
A woman was airlifted to a hospital on July 8 following a reported electrocution at Rowell’s Waterfront Park in Key Largo.
The person was situated near a light...
