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Once-respected Realtor getting 15 years for molesting girl
Once a high-flying, prominent Key West Realtor, Troy Henson is now heading to state prison for what looks to be 15 years after pleading guilty Monday to two counts of molesting a child.Henson, 38, admitted to one count each of lewd and lascivious molestation and sexual activity with a child.
It has taken more than 15 years and about $600,000, but the sirens and bells once again will reverberate through historic Fire Station No.
Sigsbee school details taking shape
Representatives of the proposed Sigsbee Charter School are to meet with Superintendent Joe Burke and other district officials this week to iron out details that could lead to a marine science-based charter school in Key West.
Hunt is on for new city manager
Interim City Manager Peter Rosasco will look at something old and something new as he prepares the Marathon City Council to pick a new full-time city manager.
Woman's body found floating in Jewfish Creek wrapped in plastic
A woman's body was found wrapped in plastic among mangroves along Jewfish Creek on Tuesday, Oct.
Police: Body Of Palm Beach County Woman Found In The Keys
The body of a 48-year-old Palm Beach County woman has been found in Key Largo, according to Monroe County Sheriff's deputies.
Look out, gnome: Manatee plans to fight online travel bookers:...
Look out, gnome: Manatee plans to fight online travel bookers: Tourist development, aka bed, taxes focus of suit vs.
Tourist dies while diving off Islamorada
A 67-year-old Tennessee man died Tuesday while diving the Benwood wreck off Islamorada.U.S. Coast Guard Sector Key West says Larry Reeves, from Marysville, Tenn., was at the wreck, four miles east of Rodriguez Key, in the afternoon.Coast Guard search-and-rescue coordinators received the initial report of Reeves missing at 2:30 p.m. from the Coral ...
County's top planner-select declines job
The man tapped to fill one of Monroe County government's most important positions has turned down the job, two days after the County Commission chose him and he accepted.
Boy Attacks Others With Needle
An 11-year-old boy has been turned over to the Department of Juvenile Justice after authorities charged him with stabbing two nine-year-olds with a hypodermic needle and threatening a third one.
'Practicaljoke' maylead to charges
Suspended Marathon City Manager Clyde Burnett was busy characterizing the central event in harassment allegations against him as a "practical joke" in an e-mail Monday morning as council members were being brought up to speed by city legal staff.
Keys' Boy Arrested For Stabbing Kids With Needle
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Marathon boy, 11, charged with stabbing classmates with hypodermic needle
An 11-year-old Marathon boy is being charged with chasing and stabbing two classmates with a hypodermic needle at his school, authorities said.
County to pick its top planner
The Monroe County Commission today is expected to select a new Growth Management Division director, one of the most important positions in county government.
Diver dies after losing grasp on bridge piling
A Key West man died after letting loose of a bridge piling he was clinging to on a dive trip in Boca Chica Channel Thursday morning.Edward Brown, 44, was diving with his friend, Francis Wright, 42, of Sugarloaf Key.
Judge fines owner of attacking pit bull $500
An owner of one of the two pit bull terriers that mauled to death a miniature schnauzer last month was fined a total of $500 for not having his dog on a leash and for the dog biting another animal.Jonathan Kuperus told Monroe County Judge W. Reagan Ptomey at an Oct.
in the Spotlight: FL Keys 1st Motorcycle Riding School
Marathon resident Rupert Staudner found himself with a new career after a state law requiring safety training to earn a motorcycle endorsement was passed last year.
A Key Largo teenager, one of three prosecuted as an adult in a child pornography case that began in spring, has pleaded guilty, according to his mother.
Commissioner Di Gennaro says he'll run again
Monroe County Commissioner Mario Di Gennaro announced Thursday he will seek another term as the Middle Keys representative.
3 spend night in Gulf after small plane crash
Officials say three people were rescued off the coast of Monroe County after their plane went down in the Gulf of Mexico while flying from Tampa to Marathon.
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