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7-Eleven among 4 Keys businesses busted after selling alcohol to minors, deputies say
MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Division conducted an operation Thursday targeting businesses selling alcohol in the Upper Keys. Out of 18 businesses checked, four were found to have served alcohol to a minor, according to MCSO spokesperson Adam Linhardt. Vandals hit Jewish-owned...
OUTGOING KEY WEST MAYOR TERI JOHNSTON WANTS THE TDC PRESIDENT/CEO JOB: ‘WE NEED TO BUILD TRUST’
Teri Johnston, the outgoing mayor of Key West is among the applicants for the newly devised Monroe County Tourist Development Council president/CEO position, saying she has the skills and experience for the leadership position created after the TDC failed a series of financial audits and fired its top marketing director.
Stolen fishing rod case expands
A 20-year-old Homestead man arrested earlier this month in a wide-ranging Sheriff’s Office investigation into fishing rod thefts in Monroe County has been additionally charged with more thefts. Ryan Alexander Oliu faces a litany of additional grand theft and burglary charges for his role in multiple boat burglaries since...
Citizens' Voice
“Saying that the city manager’s firing was a ‘Conch’ thing is just a lazy narrative. Those who supported him may have been shocked to hear how he behaved behind closed doors. Or maybe not. As long as he was on your team, you seem to forgive bad behavior.”
DOH-Monroe Issues Mosquito-Borne Illness Alert
The Florida Department of Health in Monroe County (DOH-Monroe) is informing residents of two confirmed cases of locally-acquired dengue fever. DOH-Monroe and Florida Keys Mosquito Control District are coordinating surveillance and prevention efforts that include:. Intensified door to door mosquito inspections. Enhanced mosquito surveillance (trapping/monitoring) Aerial larvicide and adulticide mosquito...
Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe counties under a heat advisory for much of the day
MIAMI - A heat advisory was issued Friday for Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Afternoon temperatures will be in the low 90s. However, combined with the humidity, the heat indices could reach up to 109 degrees. NEXT Weather meteorologist Dave Warren said the heat index will peak before showers and storms develop.A Heat Advisory is issued by the National Weather Service when a heat index of 105 degrees or higher is expected for at least two hours in Miami-Dade. That is below Broward and the Florida Key's heat index of 107 degrees for two...
Restaurant of the Year winner
Mayor Teri Johnston and the Key West City Commission teamed up with the Florida Small Business Development Center at Florida International University to recognize Cupcake Sushi as the winner of the 2024 Restaurant of the Year for Monroe County. Cupcake Sushi was founded by Lori Shubert in Key West in...
STATE REVERSES REJECTION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE FOR TAVERNIER PUBLIX-WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT
FloridaCommerce has reversed its decision to reject a county-approved ordinance on an overlay district in Tavernier, which would allow for developers to proceed with their supermarket and workforce housing project. The state department’s decision paves the way for construction of a Publix grocery store, liquor store and more than 80...
65-year-old man dies after passing out while snorkeling in the Florida Keys, officials say
KEY WEST, Florida (KTRK) — A 65-year-old man from Houston died while snorkeling off the Florida Keys on Tuesday. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Florida, Beau Alan Follis was snorkeling when he lost consciousness. CPR was performed and the U.S. Coast Guard brought the man...
Expect triple digit heat index again — another heat advisory is issued for South Florida
For the second consecutive day, the National Weather Service issued a heat advisory on Saturday for the Miami and Fort Lauderdale areas, Collier County and the mainland part of Monroe County.
Monroe County Fire Rescue captain retires
After 30 years of serving the Florida Keys community as a firefighter/paramedic and certified training instructor, long-standing Monroe County employee Capt. David Sebben will retire from Monroe County Fire Rescue at the end of June. “My career was inspired by friendship and has been full of many firsts,” he said. “I was in one of the department’s first fire academies, completed the flight medic programs, was one of the first paid flight medics on Trauma Star, and in the first group of promotions to Lieutenant.” ...
Who is Jeremy Macauley and where is he now?
A DOUBLE homicide shocked Florida’s Key West community in 2015. A suspect was convicted twice for each of the murders. Who is Jeremy Macauley? Jeremy Macauley is a convicted criminal based in Florida. During the summer of 2015, he was working as a mate on a charter fishing boat, according to the Miami Herald. Macauley […]
Boca Raton Teen Faces DUI, Multiple Charges After High-Speed Chase in Upper Keys
In an incident that unfolded in the early hours of Sunday, a teenager from Boca Raton engaged in a dangerous and reckless flight from law enforcement in the Upper Keys, according to authorities. WPTV reports that 19-year-old Maxwell Daniel Burgan was initially observed by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office speeding in a Chevrolet pickup truck through a construction zone on U.S. Highway 1.
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