Key Largo resident Derek Williams, 19, was sentenced Monday to 180 days in county jail and will be registered as a sex offender after he pleaded no contest to charges stemming from a video tape showing him having sex with a 16-year-old girl.
Posted - Friday, November 06, 2009 11:00 AM EST
The prospect of treating Islamorada sewage in Key Largo inched closer to reality on Tuesday, as the Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District board reaffirmed its desire to work towards a written agreement.
Posted - Friday, November 06, 2009 11:00 AM EST
Circuit Court Judge Mark Jones on Thursday continued the third of Monique Acevedo's arraignments after the disgraced former Monroe County School District official didn't show up to enter a plea.
Posted - Thursday, November 05, 2009 01:04 PM EST
Don't expect to see any high-end resorts popping up on Knights Key in the near future.
Posted - Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:55 AM EST
Larry Tyree starts at Florida Keys Community College on Nov. 16.
Starting Nov. 16, Florida Keys Community College will have a new interim president. Larry Tyree of Sarasota will take the helm five weeks after the dramatic departure of Jill Landesberg-Boyle, who negotiated an early release Oct. 21.
Posted - Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:57 AM EST
Norma Jean Sawyer has been a contoversial leader of the Land Trust. She's been laid off.
Amid a bleak financial outlook, the board of the Bahama Conch Community Land Trust has laid off Executive Director Norma Jean Sawyer.
Posted - Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:58 AM EST
So much for all those Hickory House bar and restaurant bidders that supposedly missed out on Monroe County's August request for proposals to take the place over.
Posted - Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:55 AM EST
The first pole-and-troll zone proposed for Florida Bay waters of Everglades National Park will be explained in public-comment sessions Nov. 9 and 10.
Posted - Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:56 AM EST
Two people, including one man who apparently came down for Fantasy Fest, died in Florida Keys crashes over the weekend. One was a scooter crash in Key West, the other an auto crash at mile marker 21.
Posted - Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:58 AM EST
Rafael Castellanos faces 15 felonies for allegedly molesting a young disabled girl.
A Tavernier man arrested in Polk County on Sept. 21 for allegedly molesting a young girl in the Keys was officially charged Thursday with 15 felonies.
Posted - Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:59 AM EST
