LOWER KEYS MEDICAL CENTER NAMES DREW BIGBY NEW CEO
Lower Keys Medical Center recently named Felix “Drew” Bigby as its new chief executive officer, effective April 28. Bigby is a 29-year Navy veteran with more than...
FORMER KEY WEST FIREFIGHTER ARRESTED WITH GUNS, BOMB-MAKING MATERIALS & DIAGRAMS OF CITY INFRASTRUCTURE
A traffic stop in Key West on March 14 led to the arrest of Vincent Vega, 39, who was found with a significant cache of firearms, ammunition...
BREWER GETS $3M BOND PENDING MURDER TRIAL; GARRETT HUGHES’ SHOOTER NOW ON HOUSE ARREST
Judge Mark Jones on March 7 granted a $3 million bond to Preston Brewer, who police say shot and killed Garrett Hughes in a bar parking lot...
SHOULD KEY WEST MAYORS SERVE 4-YEAR TERMS? VOTERS WILL DECIDE IN NOVEMBER
Key West’s city commissioners are elected to four-year terms, but the mayor’s term is only two years — as of now.
That could change on Nov. 4, when...
BAHAMA VILLAGE HAILS NEW ADDITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Funding for the new Frederick Douglass Community Center took nearly a decade to finalize. But construction took just 17 months.
Bahama Village residents on March 6 celebrated the...
KEY WEST POLICE FEATURED ON ‘COPS’ SPRING BREAK EPISODES STARTING FRIDAY
As Key West Police Chief Sean Brandenburg said this week, "Spring break has sprung."
A special spring break edition of the crime show “COPS” features Key West police...
U.S. CONGRESSMAN CARLOS GIMENEZ MEETS WITH KEY WEST OFFICIALS
U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, whose South Florida district includes the Keys, visited Key West last week for a day-long meeting,
Mayor Dee Dee Henriquez, city manager Brian L....
JURY CONVICTS WOMAN OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER FOR 2023 BIG COPPITT SHOOTING
A Key West jury deliberated for less than an hour before finding a 35-year-old Big Coppitt woman guilty of second-degree murder for the June 2023 shooting death...
E-BIKE BATTERY MAY HAVE CAUSED KEY WEST FIRE THAT DESTROYED A GARAGE
Key West fire and police departments responded to a house fire the afternoon of Feb. 25 on Patricia Street. A garage was engulfed when firefighters arrived and...
NAVY OFFICIALS SURVEY SIGSBEE RESIDENTS ABOUT MOLD ISSUES
On Feb. 10 and 11, representatives from the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) hosted a meeting with military families and civilians living in...
