Congressional House Ethics investigators have obtained text messages allegedly showing that a few months after first joining Congress, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz asked a young woman, who at the time had received payments for sex from Gaetz’s then-close friend Joel Greenberg, to join him and others on a three-day trip to the Florida Keys in […]
A 35-year-old Wisconsin man wanted for kidnapping a 13-year-old girl in South Carolina was caught by Florida Keys deputies early Tuesday morning while hiding along the island chain, Monroe County’s sheriff said. The sheriff’s office ran the license plate of Tyler Michael Berlick soon after he entered Key Largo from the mainland and found him […]
A Florida Keys man was sentenced to life for shooting a deputy in 2015. Police now say he was the gunman behind the cold case killing of a teen. On June 25, 2010, Timothy Thomas, 33, broke into the home of 16-year-old Sebastian Ochsenius in Gainesville, Florida, and shot him to death in the kitchen, […]
Four Florida luxury hotels were named the best romantic getaways in the country — and they’re all in South Florida. Condé Nast Traveler rounded up the best spots around the United States to celebrate Valentine’s Day (or any time of year), and two hotels in Miami Beach, one in the Florida Keys and another in […]
Jihad Anwar Keys, 24, has been convicted of 11 crimes committed between 2017 and 2019, including the first-degree murder in Topeka of Michael Lowry, Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay announced Friday. Sentencing is set to take place April 5, said a news release put out Friday by Katie Garceran, who recently became public information […]
Two restaurants failed four inspections each and an inspector found a mini-cascade of roaches out of a paper towel dispenser on this week’s Sick and Shut Down List. This week’s list highlights diversity and inclusion as we have representation from Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. Hopefully, we’ll provide equity in the humor while […]
This year, Google will continue to support the cybersecurity of the Ukrainian government and will extend efforts to strengthen online security in Ukraine. In particular, it will provide the government of Ukraine with 5,000 security keys. Source: a report by the company’s press service Quote: “The digital world has great potential for transformation but also […]
A man tunneled into an auto business to steal car keys, then told cops he was doing drywall work, Virginia deputies said. A business alarm brought deputies to the scene the morning of Jan. 7, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said in a Jan. 9 news release. They met a 35-year-old man from West Virginia […]
A group of up to 30 people arrived in a migrant boat on a remote island Tuesday afternoon in the Florida Keys, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The people arrived after 3 p.m. in the Marquesas, a chain of uninhabited islands located about 20 miles west of Key West, said Coast Guard Petty Officer […]
Spending New Year’s in the Florida Keys? We have some tips on traffic, beaches, events and medical help. Here’s what to know: New Year’s Eve events The red shoe will drop once again in Key West as the countdown to the new year begins. Monroe County Tourist Development Council/Florida Keys News Bureau Watch for the […]
High school seniors in the Florida Keys will be eligible to participate for the first time in the annual Silver Knights Awards, the Miami Herald and el Nuevo competition that recognizes both academic excellence and commitment to students’ schools and communities. Created in 1959 by John S. Knight, then-publisher of the Miami Herald and founder […]
The 14 restaurants on this week’s Sick and Shut Down List represent all four counties in the Miami metropolitan area and, apparently, represent some of the favorite places to live for local roaches and rodents. So, let’s get to the worst that Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward and Palm Beach have to offer as seen by state […]