Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday appointed Key West attorney Tim Koenig SEAN KINNEY KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday appointed …

Dear Editor: It may be time to reform the reformers. By Andy Griffith School Board Member Education reform has become a very large industry for …

Donation matches locally-raised funds for scholarships for students Photo: Florida College System Chancellor Randy Hanna presents a check for $13,915 for scholarships to the FKCC …

New residential parking program in Old Town By KONK Life News Staff Beginning October 1, the City of Key West will begin a new residential …

HOWELINGS She Ran With Neal Cassady By Mark Howell Aside from Ernest Miller Hemingway who wrote “For Whom the Bell Tolls” between boxing bouts in …

PHOTO From the left: census enumerator Eileen Nolte, First Lady Bess Truman; President Harry S. Truman and their daughter Margaret Truman, on the Little White …

Custom House summer and Black, White and ReAd   By C.S. GILBERT KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   I have been remiss . . . very …

Key West Kitchen Lobster Redux – This Time All Dressed Up For the Evening! BY KERRY SHELBY I know that I just recently wrote about …

Short Answers By Jeff Johnson and Paula Forman   ARTFUL NEGOTIATION Dear Short Answers: My husband is 68 years and in perfect health.  But he …

Thrasher, Stokes advance in FSU president search By JIM TURNER NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Despite vocal opposition from students and faculty, influential Sen. John Thrasher, …

Team Lily Bow still accepting new team members Team Lily Bow, sponsored by Konk Life, is still accepting new members for its 2014 team. There …

BUSINESS LAW 101 Employee/Independent Contractor BY ALBERT L. KELLEY Now that we have touched on principal and agent, let’s look at employment. An employee is …

Key West Lou   SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL…..A FRAUD   By Louis Petrone Amazing how the truth can blow one’s mind! The year 1925. The place …

Letter to the Editor Politics, Jobs and the School District Larry Murray   Mr. Highsmith:   In Wednesday’s edition of the Keynoter, you were interviewed …

BACKROOM BRIEFING: SCOTT KEEPS DISTANCE FROM GAY MARRIAGE FIGHT By DARA KAM AND BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, September 4, …

Skip Bradeen marks 50 years as a Keys charter captain SPECIAL TO KONK LIFE Captain Skip Bradeen is in the cockpit of his beloved Blue …

LOCAL OBSERVATION Pass It On BY CHRISTINA OXENBERG 1000 years ago, as I was sorting through my first divorce, (second happiest day of my life), …

Howelings Tinsel Town Takes on Stony Man BY MARK HOWELL Most people simply don’t believe it when they hear that Harlequin Books, the publishers and …

Nyad honored on anniversary of triumph   By C.S. GILBERT KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   A grateful city and county embraced a grateful hero and …

PHOTO/ Lilly Eppler, who turns 2 on Sept. 6, holds scarves waved about to illustrate rhythm. Music Together in the Keys uses props, games and …