Upper Keys students return for first day of school 

Sounds of student chatter filled the halls of the Upper Keys schools, as teachers awaited their pupils for the first day on Aug. 12....

In Pictures: Stand-up paddlers take to Florida Bay for the Special Olympics State Invitational

Roughly 80 athletes from 11 Florida counties jumped on their paddleboards, setting out on the bayside waters of Islamorada for the Florida Special Olympics...

In pictures: Marathon cheerleaders take over Miami Dolphins halftime show

The Miami Dolphins may have left the field at halftime at Hard Rock Stadium on Aug. 28, but another school of Dolphins was there...

150-pound loggerhead turtle ‘Hope’ returns home on 9/11

On Sept. 11, the Florida Keys community celebrated as Hope, a 150-pound adult female loggerhead sea turtle, swam back into her ocean home from...

In pictures: Swimmers set their sights on Alligator Reef Lighthouse

Some 350 participants donned swim caps, goggles and sunscreen for the 8-mile roundtrip around Alligator Reef Lighthouse on Sept. 12. The annual Swim for...

Islamorada’s Peter Frezza runs away with the annual Old Highway 5K

A breathtaking Florida Keys sunrise graced the roughly 150 runners and walkers as they took their marks for the annual Old Highway Run on...

MCSO enjoys coffee and community conversations at National Coffee with a Cop Day

Wednesday morning found a sea of green at LJ’s Cafe in Marathon as more than a dozen members of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office...