STATE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE SAYS ‘NO’ TO CIRCUIT COURT CONSOLIDATION
A state committee is preparing to recommend no mergers or consolidations of Florida’s 20 judicial circuits to the state Supreme Court and the Florida Legislature. The decision...
BREAKING: PRESUMED SUICIDE VICTIM DISCOVERED AT MARATHON COMMUNITY PARK
Those arriving for a Halloween costume run at Marathon Community Park on Saturday morning were quickly instructed to head to an alternate location at Sombrero Beach following...
KEYS SHERIFF SAYS OUTLAW BIKER GROUPS BEHIND HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE
The event sounded innocuous enough. Motorcycle enthusiasts cruise the Lower Keys for the End of the Road Toy Run, stopping at local bars, restaurants and veterans groups...
CHINESE MIGRANTS APPREHENDED FOLLOWING ILLEGAL KEYS LANDING
Cases of migrant landings largely dissipated for a number of months in the Florida Keys — until recently, when law enforcement responded to cases two consecutive days...
FLORIDA KEYS OFFICIALS SPEAK LOUD AGAINST COURT CONSOLIDATION IDEA AT TAMPA HEARING
Inside a Hillsborough County courthouse, state attorneys, public defenders, sheriffs and residents provided three hours of testimony to a committee tasked with recommending whether Florida’s 20 circuit...
BREAKING: KEY COLONY BEACH MAYOR PATTI TREFRY RESIGNS
In a surprising move that will undoubtedly add another layer to the city’s already tumultuous year, Key Colony Beach Mayor Patti Trefry submitted her letter of resignation...
LOCAL MEDIA MATTERS — KEYS WEEKLY OWNERS LOOK BACK ON 2 DECADES OF COMMUNITY...
By Jason Koler & Britt Myers
The fact you are reading this paper is nothing short of a miracle. All across the country, locally owned newspapers are closing...
JIMMY BUFFETT, WHO CAPTURED KEY WEST IN HIS SONGS, PASSES AWAY AT 76
Jimmy Buffett, the legendary songwriter who tapped into his 1970s Key West experience to create his own genre of laid-back island rock and roll and build a...
IDALIA ‘SWIPES LEFT’ OF KEY WEST
Packing 125-mph sustained winds and promising catastrophe, Hurricane Idalia made landfall as a dangerous Category 3 storm around 7:45 a.m. Aug. 31 in the Big Bend of...
POLICE BUST MAJOR SOUTH FLORIDA GARMIN GPS THEFT RING
A rash of GPS marine thefts — ranging in the millions of dollars and spanning the Florida Keys and 16 other counties in the state — led...
