Genaro Ferro cries as his English interpreter tells him the jury's verdict at the Plantation Key Courthouse on Friday. (Photo by David Ball)
An Upper Keys man faces life in prison after a jury found him guilty Friday of assaulting and molesting his 6- and 8-year-old nieces while they were under his care in 2007.
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 03:56 PM EST
Miami Sequarium personnel treat the manatee calf after it was removed from an Upper Keys canal on Nov. 5. (Photo by David Ball)
An orphaned young manatee that had been found several weeks ago beside its injured mother in Upper Keys waters has died at the Miami Seaquarium.
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:20 PM EST
An Aedes aegypti mosquito, the species that can spread the dengue fever virus, draws blood as it bites a human. (USDA photo)
Dengue fever has not spread beyond Key West, but health officials say residents in all the Keys should be vigilant to limit breeding of mosquitoes, which carry the fever-causing virus.
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 09:37 AM EST
Travelers to and from the Keys should check their flight status to see if their connecting flights on the mainland are experiencing delays.
Posted - Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:57 AM EST
Mary Kay Reich was an eight-year Keys county commissioner.
Mary Kay Reich, a force in Monroe County politics throughout the 1990s, passed away Tuesday night after lapsing into a coma at a Palm Beach County hospital, according to friends.
Posted - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 06:36 AM EST
The Monroe County School District could pursue legal action against a company that might have changed minimum job requirements for several school administrators, including former Adult Education Coordinator Monique Acevedo.
Posted - Tuesday, November 17, 2009 06:22 PM EST
Politics and questions about support from state Rep. Ron Saunders led Monroe County Mayor George Neugent to pull an agenda item proposing a Middle Keys hospital taxing district from today's County Commission meeting in Key Largo.
Posted - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 06:37 AM EST
It’s now two tourists who died Friday while diving Florida Keys waters.
Posted - Sunday, November 15, 2009 12:49 PM EST
