An owner of a mortgage title company with offices in Homestead and Key Largo is facing up to 90 years in prison for allegedly stealing money from one of her client's escrow accounts.
Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 09:55 AM EDT
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The trial of a Key Largo man accused of severely beating his dog two years ago is expected to get underway Tuesday.
Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 09:53 AM EDT
Jonathan Gueverra, tapped in April to become the sixth Florida Keys Community College president, is "very close" to signing a contract to make his new post official.
Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 09:47 AM EDT
Monroe County officials will pay a visit to Orlando Sanford International Airport May 23 to discuss the pros and cons of privately managed airports.
Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 09:45 AM EDT
In the wake of a letter writing campaign meant to preserve The Studios of Key West at its current home at the Key West Armory, there hasn't been any progress toward a compromise between the nonprofit and their landlord.
Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 09:42 AM EDT
- School Board split over superintendent qualifications
In the run-up to a Thursday meeting of Monroe County School District's superintendent search committee, opinions are split regarding Superintendent Jesus Jara and minimum qualifications to be considered.
Posted - Wednesday, May 16, 2012 09:38 AM EDT
OUR SCHOOLS
State Board of Education reverses FCAT standFaced with plummeting scores on the latest, most rigorous state-mandated standardized writing test, the state Board of Education on Tuesday lowered
Posted - Wednesday, May 16, 2012 11:01 AM EDT
- Keys chicken nugget shaped like a boot is on eBay
This is the nugget.
Back in March, a Cheeto shaped like a seahorse sold on eBay for $100, with the money going to Reef Relief in Key West.
Now you have a chance to buy a chicken nugget shaped like a cowboy boot to benefit Keys Kops for Kids, a program of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.Posted - Monday, May 14, 2012 03:18 PM EDT
- Key West lawyer tries again for seat on appeals court
Key West attorney Ed Scales once again is trying for a spot on the Third District Court of Appeal.
Posted - Saturday, May 12, 2012 11:27 AM EDT
- Tennessee doctor dies diving the 'Vandenberg'
Dr. Ollie Smithwick from Tennessee was diving off Key West when he died. He has family that lives in Marathon.
A doctor from Tennessee died in a diving accident Thursday, apparently while fighting a speared fish on the Vandenberg shipwreck.
Ollie Smithwick, 39, an anesthesiologist at the Cookeville (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center, was diving off a private boat with two friends on a spearfishing trip off Key West.Posted - Saturday, May 12, 2012 11:27 AM EDT
