ADVISORY BOARD WANTS MORE MONEY FOR KIDS’ SPORTS
A Key West advisory board is asking the city commission to give six kids’ sports leagues a 73% funding increase, or an extra $53,600.
It...
ENDANGERED KEY DEER SHOT ON SUGARLOAF KEY
Multiple organizations are offering rewards totaling up to $7,000 for information regarding the shooting of a federally protected and endangered Key deer.
On the morning...
KEY WEST POSTPONES CRUISE SHIP MEETING
It’s been a whole two weeks or so since we typed the words “cruise ship,” so here’s the latest on Key West’s ongoing work...
COIN TOSS NEARLY DECIDES NEW MARATHON CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
The next Marathon City Council member was nearly decided by a coin toss at the Jan. 24 meeting. Instead, the seated council members narrowed...
TRAVIS PASTRANA PERFORMS DRIFT STUNTS DURING VIDEO SHOOT IN THE KEYS
Professional motorsports competitor and stuntman Travis Pastrana brought the stunts and action not normally seen on U.S. 1 on Jan. 20.
A portion of U.S....
COUPLE ARRESTED FOR STEALING $2.5M FROM KEYS COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office reported Friday:
A Miami couple was arrested in Miami-Dade County Friday on warrants related to the theft of an estimated...
CANDLEBOX’S KEVIN MARTIN RETURNS TO THE KEYS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1995 VIDEO SHOOT
Raise a hand if you’ve ever held your breath for a minute.
Now keep it raised if, during that minute, you lip synced an entire...
KEY WEST SAYS YES TO WORKFORCE HOUSING AT TRUMAN WATERFRONT
Key West voters answered a resounding yes to the only question on Tuesday’s ballot, paving the way for more than 100 units of workforce...
FAMILY OFFERING $25,000 REWARD FOR MISSING SUGARLOAF BOATER
Heath, last seen on Nov. 22, was wearing a navy blue short sleeve shirt, gray shorts, prescription sunglasses and Keen sandals. He is 5-foot-seven-inches...
FLORIDA KEYS HOSPITALS REPORT 28 COVID PATIENTS AS OF FRIDAY, JAN. 14
By Mandy Miles and Jim McCarthy
As the highly contagious Omicron variant makes positive COVID tests the rule rather than the exception, experts point to...
