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Another cockfighting ring busted

Key West Citizen - Friday, May 25, 2012

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office arrested two people and seized cocaine, weapons and 250 roosters -- 169 bearing injuries indicative of cockfighting -- during a raid on a Rockland Key compound...

Jury convicts Bubba beater

Key West Citizen - Friday, May 25, 2012
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A Key Largo resident was convicted Wednesday for beating and seriously injuring Bubba, his black Labrador, during a small get-together at his home in October 2010. Noah Mitchell, 35, faces a...

Anti-bullying movie premieres tonight at the Tropic Cinema

Key West Citizen - Friday, May 25, 2012
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Bullies certainly walk the halls at Monroe County schools, Key West High freshman Morgan Denhart knows. She easily recalls some firsthand bullying as an elementary and middle school kid, and says...
Developing Stories

Lawman who entered plea in homestead case hired by sheriff

Key West Citizen - Friday, May 25, 2012 @ 12:15 PM
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The Monroe County Sheriff's Office has hired a former Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent who quit the state agency this month after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor petty theft...
Citizen's Voice

"We got trees today on Virginia Street! Things are looking up." "OK, summer is here and I must address the dog 'walkers' again: Dragging your dog around from your bicycle is insane. Get off your...
Crime Report

MARATHON - Two Marathon parents got a scare Wednesday when a man called to say he'd kidnapped their two children, but it turned out to be a scam for ransom -- purportedly in exchange for their...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Accord struck on land use rules
Sunday, May 20, 2012
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Middle & Upper Keys News
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Contracttweaks or more?

Islamorada/KL Free Press - Wednesday, May 23, 2012

UPPER KEYS -- Concerned about state requirements for open contract negotiations, the village announced in late February that future talks with the Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District, as well as those between the village and presumptive sewer contractor Veolia Water North America, would take place in a public forum.

Ship’s decade on bottom has buoyed tourism, reef

Islamorada/KL Free Press - Wednesday, May 23, 2012

KEY LARGO -- What seemed like a failure when it prematurely sank upside down 10 years ago has turned out to be the economic boon envisioned for the local scuba diving industry. In its decade on the bottom, the Spiegel Grove has also served a critical ecological role.

New chamber leader seeks 'wow factor'

Islamorada/KL Free Press - Wednesday, May 23, 2012
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KEY LARGO -- The new president of the Key Largo Chamber of Commerce, Randy E. King, 52, spent five days visiting from Arizona before accepting the organization's top administrative position....
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