HOMETOWN KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN SEASON WITH 1ST CANDIDATES EVENT
A 20-year local election tradition continued Feb. 26, when Hometown!, a nonpartisan voter education group, presented its first Call for Candidates event at Salute restaurant on Higgs...
BAPTIST PASTOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTED UNCONSCIOUS MINOR, MCSO
A 62-year-old Marathon pastor was arrested March 4 after Monroe County deputies said he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl after serving her alcohol.
Monte Lavelle Chitty, the pastor...
FIERY CRASH ON US 1 KILLS POPULAR SOUTH FLORIDA TRUCK DRIVER. ‘HE WAS A...
Monroe County Fire Rescue works to extinguish a burning semi-trailer truck after a fatl crash Dec. 5, 2023, on U.S. 1 at mile marker 21. MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE/contributed
SPECIAL MONROE COUNTY WORKSHOP ON ROGO SET FOR MARCH 20 IN KEY LARGO
Florida Keys leaders have 10 months to respond to the state on which hurricane evacuation model is best for the island chain, a decision linked to the...
FLORIDA KEYS BRACE FOR POTENTIAL MASS MIGRATION FOLLOWING DISARRAY IN HAITI
Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered a wave of state officers and guardsmen to the Florida Keys in preparation for possibly more maritime voyages among migrants from two Caribbean...
REEF THE FOX CHATS WITH MONROE COUNTY MAYOR HOLLY RASCHEIN
Hi friends! Reef the fox here with your weekly “Reef’s Report.” So, if this doesn’t make the front page of the Keys Weekly, I am going on...
ROGO REALITY CHECK: COUNTY SAYS ONLY 3K LEFT KEYSWIDE
For years, the number of remaining vacant, buildable lots floating across the Florida Keys was just under 8,000.
People across the island chain would ballpark the number of...
DRUNK DRIVER WHO SLAMMED INTO MCSO DEPUTY’S CRUISER ON US 1 HAD .310 BLOOD-ALCOHOL...
A Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was seriously injured April 9 while he was handling a traffic stop on U.S. 1, after a drunk driver struck his patrol cruiser...
TRASH YOUR OLD TIRES — RESPONSIBLY — DURING COUNTY’S 3 FREE TIRE DISPOSAL DAYS
Monroe County County Solid Waste, partnering with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, will host three free Earth Day Tire Amnesty events for Monroe County residents with...
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Mote Marine Laboratory’s Ocean Fest, April 20
This community celebration of the Florida Keys’ marine environment takes place Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m....
