Reported crime in Monroe County increased 3.6 percent in 2012 from 2011, with the driver being the city of Key West, where crimes reported jumped 13 percent.

Posted - Saturday, May 18, 2013 06:00 AM EDT

Police say Ashley Spivey gave the stolen credit-card numbers to someone in Miami.

A Marathon woman working for a travel business in Tavernier stole credit-card information from five customers, a Monroe County Sheriff's Office report says.

Ashley N. Spivey, 24, was charged Tuesday with five counts of credit-card fraud. Spivey remained jailed Friday in lieu of $12,500 bond.

Posted - Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:20 AM EDT

Richard Wiggins told police he was despondent after learning his job would be gone in October.

The supervisor of the Key West Ferry Terminal resigned from his job Friday morning following his arrest Wednesday night for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol.

According to Monroe County Sheriff's Office booking information, this is the third DUI arrest for Richard Wiggins, 60.

Wiggins supervised the terminal since May 2005 and earned $35,454 annually, according to city spokeswoman Alyson Crean.

Posted - Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:45 AM EDT

After months of uncertainty, the U.S. Navy said Thursday that it will start "exclusive negotiations" with the city of Key West for use of the military-owned Outer Mole Pier, a primary cruise-ship berth.

Posted - Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:10 AM EDT

National Hurricane Center Director Rick Knabb will talk about new forecasting tools.

National Hurricane Center Director Rick Knabb is the scheduled keynote speaker at an annual Keys hurricane preparedness workshop for the tourism industry set to begin at 1 p.m. May 21 at the Doubletree Grand Key Resort in Key West.

Entering his second tropical cyclone season as the nation's top hurricane warning official, Knabb plans to provide the hurricane center's 2013 forecast overview.

Posted - Thursday, May 16, 2013 01:35 PM EDT

A female crocodile that set up house in front of a Lower Matecumbe Key home last month was found dead in the mangroves near where she was removed by state wildlife officers.

Posted - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 01:07 PM EDT

The closure of stone-crab season today may be barely noticed by the Florida Keys commercial fleet.

Posted - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 09:27 AM EDT

The decade-long quest to build an assisted- and independent-living facility on the Truman Waterfront in Key West could come to an end if a June 28 deadline is not met -- and it looks like it won't be.

Posted - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 09:25 AM EDT

Landscaping planted to brighten the appearance at Duck Key wastewater stations has run afoul of Monroe County rules, but residents hope a pledge to maintain the sites may keep the plants flowering.

A fuss over flowers festooning Duck Key's visible sewer stations should be resolved peaceably today, a community leader says.

"Those lift stations are not the prettiest things," said David Williamson, president of the Duck Key Property Owners Association. "We're just trying to screen them to soften the view."

Posted - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 09:22 AM EDT

A rule change could allow residents of some environmentally sensitive areas to connect to utility systems, a consultant reports to the Monroe County Commission today in Key Largo.

Posted - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 09:13 AM EDT