ROADWAY RESURFACING BEGINS IN JUNE ON THIS SECTION OF THE 18-MILE STRETCH
Resurfacing work will begin later this summer on a rough stretch of highway between Jewfish Creek Bridge in Key Largo and the Miami-Dade County line.
Between the growing...
FUGITIVE MARATHON PASTOR WANTED FOR ASSAULTING 15-YEAR-OLD CAUGHT IN TEXAS
A Marathon pastor facing charges for molesting a 15-year-old girl has been apprehended in Texas just four days after skipping his April 1 arraignment, Monroe County Sheriff...
FRED THE TREE GOES HOLLYWOOD IN NEW ‘ROAD HOUSE’ MOVIE
“Road House,” the new release from Amazon Prime starring a shredded Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor, purportedly takes place in the Florida Keys.
But the movie doesn’t resemble...
KEYS TOURISM BOARD FIRES TOP MARKETING DIRECTOR IN UNANIMOUS DECISION
The Monroe County Tourism Development Council Board fired its top employee, marketing director Stacey Mitchell, in a unanimous vote Tuesday, five months after a county audit questioned...
DO YOU HAVE A DRIVER’S LICENSE? ARE YOU SURE?
This might shock those who know me, but on the first day of March … I was officially the bad boy of Marathon.
The last thing I expected...
NEW RULES AFFECT REALTORS’ COMMISSION STRUCTURE
By Mandy Miles, Jim McCarthy and Alex Rickert
Realtors nationwide are facing new rules pertaining to their commissions following a legal settlement that affects both real estate professionals...
ARMED GIRL FATALLY SHOT BY MONROE COUNTY DEPUTY; SHERIFF CALLS IT SELF-DEFENSE
A Monroe County Sheriff's Office deputy fatally shot a girl who was armed with a stolen handgun early Monday morning on Stock Island.
She was shot after pointing...
DeSANTIS SENDING NATIONAL GUARD TO THE KEYS FOR POTENTIAL HAITIAN MIGRANT ARRIVALS
Gov. Ron DeSantis is ordering additional state assets to the Florida Keys and Florida’s southern waters in anticipation of a potential influx of illegal immigrants from Haiti,...
FLORIDA GOVERNOR VETOES BILL BANNING MINORS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a bill that would ban minors from accessing certain social media platforms. The announcement came on March 1 as the governor said...
NEW COUNTY AUDIT SAYS TDC INCREASED ADVERTISING BUDGET TO $36M WITH NO EXPLANATION
The Monroe County Clerk's Office dropped a third audit of the Florida Keys' multimillion-dollar tourism marketing agency on Wednesday, this time reviewing the advertising services outsourced to...
