Monroe County News

With costs of making a trip to pull traps often higher than the value of claws harvested, many Monroe County stone-crabbers gave up on the poor season months ago.

A loggerhead turtle named Senor Fab was released into the wild after being treated for constipation in the Florida Keys.

Jeff Weiler sat in his office in the Sunloft Center in Punta Gorda recently, all smiles, and said, "I still can't believe it.

The spring 2013 edition of the National Register of Big Trees has 777 national champions.

This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, left, an undated driver's license photo distributed by police in 2002 of Brenda Heist, and right, an April 26, 20013 photo of Heist taken by the Monroe County, Fla.

A man found guilty of beating another man to death on a Keys boat should get the death penalty, a Monroe County recommended Friday by a vote of 11-1. Last week, the same jury found Jonathan Leo LeBaron guilty of premeditated murder in the Feb.

A Pennsylvania woman presumed dead after disappearing in 2002 - only to re-emerge in the Florida Keys in late April - is in the Santa Rosa County Jail for failing to check in with a probation officer.

A Florida Keys man who was arrested for giving false identification to his employer during the hiring process is now facing child pornography possession charges after authorities say they found the images on his work computer.

Lovie Smith told Pensacola resident Sondra Forrester she was a widow. She had no children.

With approval from the state House and Senate, privately owned military housing in Key West and throughout Florida will be exempt from local property taxes pending the signature of Gov.

This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, left, an undated driver's license photo distributed by police in 2002 of Brenda Heist, and right, an April 26, 20013 photo of Heist taken by the Monroe County, Fla.

Today, Governor Rick Scott announced the appointments of Phillip D. Pierce, Dr. Lesley J. Salinero and Dr.

Keys schools Superintendent Mark Porter, having recently wrapped up two meetings of his 45-person strategic planning committee, now is working to define broad goals recommended in those sessions.But don't look for a final report to guide the Monroe County School District anytime soon: Porter says that will come in 15 months -- two years after he ... (more)

A 53-year-old mother of two who went missing from Pennsylvania more than 10 years ago has been found in the Florida Keys living as a homeless person, authorities said Wednesday.

The Florida Legislature's session that winds to a close Friday should end with few surprises for Monroe County, said county Mayor George Neugent.After a trip to Tallahassee this week, County Administrator Roman Gastesi and Neugent said talks with Gov.

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If Jonathan LeBaron is convicted of first-degree murder in the Feb. 10, 2009, killing of Richard Gardner and sentenced to death, he would become the fourth person sent to Death Row for a crime committed in Monroe County.

Freshman state Rep. Holly Raschein could have a direct say on whether Keys governments get another $50 million in sewer construction funding to divvy up this year.