Cuba, Florida Keys and Drones
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On May 18, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the arrest of 21-year-old Jacob Rookey, of Cudjoe Key, who faces a slew of sex abuse charges. The investigation into Rookey was launched when the Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BSO) received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that Rookey was possessing,
If you’ve lived in South Florida long enough, you’ve either been to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park or you’ve pretended you’d go “soon.” Tucked in Key Largo, in the upper Florida Keys, Pennekamp is less than 75 minutes from Miami — on a non-heinous traffic day — but feels like a different place entirely.
A new Florida law requires Monroe County to stop funding tourism promotions for LGBTQ+ events in the Keys.
State authorities continue to investigate a boat strike that claimed the life of a Florida Keys diver on May 8 near Little Palm Island off Big Pine Key. Summerland Key resident Jocelyn Brown, 27, was freediving off the Lower Keys island from an anchored vessel when a 24-foot Twin Vee catamaran struck her around 11
Local reporting from WXII confirmed that Florida Fish and Wildlife officers brought Stills ashore and that he was taken to Lower Keys Medical Center, where he later died. WXII reported that authorities do not suspect foul play and that an autopsy is pending.
An Asheboro man died Saturday after he was found unresponsive following a dive into shallow water in the Florida Keys, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Edward Eugene Stills, 50, of Asheboro,
A Florida woman was arrested over the weekend after the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said she grabbed and hit a deputy during a drug arrest. According to the MCSO, a deputy was patrolling Pine Channel Park on Big Pine Key jin the Florida Keys just before 10:30 p.
A brush fire caused major traffic delays Sunday evening for drivers leaving the Florida Keys as thick black smoke filled the sky near Florida City.
It’s a confectionery cause for celebration! July 1 marks the 20th anniversary of Florida designating Key lime pie as the official state pie. But we’ve been enjoying every bite of the decadent dessert