Marathon Mayor Mike Cinque and political newcomer Richard Keating took home the two seats that were up for grabs in Tuesday's Marathon City Council election. Cinque received the most votes of the...

PLANTATION KEY -- The young man who had sex with a 16-year-old girl in a home-made porn movie must register as a sexual offender and serve five years' probation after pleading "no contest" in circuit...

PLANTATION KEY -- Calling Donald Lee Faulkner a "monster," Circuit Judge Luis Garcia on Monday sentenced the 47-year-old Key Largo man to four years in prison and five years' probation for aggravated...

ISLAMORADA -- A sick-leave transfer policy and a road abandonment requested by a potential Village Council candidate will be on the agenda when the council meets for it regular meeting at 5:30 p.m....

KEY LARGO -- An outpouring of generosity in the form of cash has enabled the Florida Keys Wild Bird Center to continue operating at least for another month. The Free Press reported on Oct. 21 that...

PLANTATION KEY -- St. James Children's Center is offering two full and three partial scholarships for its nationally accredited preschool at mile marker 87.5, bayside. The scholarships will...

South Florida's four counties have pledged to work together to adapt to threats posed by climate change. "This is not just a feel-good thing," Monroe County Mayor George Neugent said. "One of the...

ISLAMORADA -- A village code enforcement officer got a talking-to from deputies last week after he was spotted taking down a sign outside Theater of the Sea. Monroe County Sheriff's Deputy Winfred...

KEY LARGO -- The swine flu making the rounds in the Upper Keys has been mild in comparison with recent seasonal flu bugs, according to one local pediatrician. "I've found that H1N1 virus is not as...

HIRSCH, Elaine, 76, died on Oct. 22, 2009 after a lengthy illness. She had lived in Tavernier and Islamorada since 1982 and had been a resident of Highland Park, Ill. She graduated from Lake Erie...

KEY LARGO -- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Officer Jason Rafter kneels down to the grass, focusing raptly on a 6-foot-long Burmese python. As the python coils, wiggles and...