Monroe County News

July 1 marks exactly one year until the state-mandated deadline for sewering all of the Florida Keys to achieve advanced wastewater standards.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is expected to shutter its Key West office today, as state budget cuts are forcing agents to share space at the Florida Highway Patrol office in Marathon.

Prosecutors say they're going to announce Thursday whether a Utah man charged with first-degree murder in the death of a Stock Island man will face the death penalty.

The husband of onetime Monroe County sheriff candidate Sandra Downs was booked into the county jail Monday morning -- after his wife helped deputies locate rooms in her husband's alleged marijuana grow house.Nicholas Downs, 42, is charged with two felony counts of cultivating marijuana.

A plan to convert Layton's fire department from a volunteer agency to a paid one could add another $450,000 to Monroe County's already cash-strapped budget.

A plan to convert Layton's fire department from a volunteer agency to a paid one could add another $450,000 to Monroe County's already cash-strapped budget.

Clayton Link, 26, sold pot. He may pay for his crime with his life. Link lies in a coma in a Miami hospital after being pulled from a bathtub in the sick bay at the Stock Island jail after his recent arrest.

Simon Sherrill was on his way home from work Tuesday night when an allegedly drunk and gun-toting convicted felon crashed into the back of his Jeep on U.S. 1, ending a five-mile chase with authorities who discovered he was wanted in another state.

A Florida Key might be headed for a name change. A Boy Scout leader is heading a charge to rename West Summerland Key.

A new county sign ordinance will go before the Monroe County Planning Commission on Wednesday in Marathon.

One boy was attending church camp in Fort Lauderdale and three are attending sleep away camp in Georgia.

Million-dollar heists usually take place in banks, jewelry stores or tony mansions.

Health officials have confirmed the first case of swine flu in the Florida Keys.

Taking a cue from Paul Newman's character in "Cool Hand Luke," the Village Council last Thursday lopped off -- for now -- a parking meter proposal suggested by its police chief.

A former Monroe County mayor and four-time state representative said he has retired from politics.

More red tape and project delays would result if Monroe County let Marathon review airport planning proposals and then appeal disputes to a state or federal agency, county staff said in recommending against it.

Questions surrounding a state Department of Community Affairs memo have led Monroe County Commissioner Heather Carruthers to request a second look at plans for a controversial 300-plus-room hotel on Stock Island.Carruthers says she plans to ask for reconsideration of the matter, which involves a proposed amendment to the county land-use plan that ...

The Monroe County schools finance director testified before a grand jury in Key West on Wednesday.

Highway fatalities through the end of May were down 50 percent from last year, though the reason remains unclear, according to local law enforcement and rescue officers.

An 18-year-old Marathon man is facing 21 counts of having sex with underage girls after a monthslong investigation by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.