Deputy injured in traffic crash Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Enforcement Deputy Andrew Leird, 49, was injured Tuesday morning while on patrol in a Marathon, …

AUDITIONS ANNOUNCED FOR RED BARN THEATRE’S BIG 45TH SEASON! Key West’s Red Barn Theatre has announced Auditions for its next big season of professional theater, …

Tobacco-Free Florida Keys Partnership Announces Quarterly Partnership Meeting for June 13th, 2024   Have you seen the positive changes surrounding tobacco free spaces in Monroe …

CFK graduates 94 at 68th Commencement Ceremony KEY WEST, FL, May 8, 2024— The College of the Florida Keys held its sixty-eighth Commencement Exercises for the spring …

Celebrating the Team during National Hospital Week By David Clay, CEO, Lower Keys Medical Center National Hospital Week is May 13 – 18 this year. …

KEY WEST LOU / CATHY INTRODUCED TO DATE & THYME I introduced Cathy to a smoothie at Date & Thyme yesterday. She enjoyed. Last night, …

US’s largest public utility ignores warnings in moving forward with new natural gas plant BY TRAVIS LOLLER NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility …

Two men arrested for marine burglaries/thefts Two Stock Island, Florida men were arrested Tuesday following a Sheriff’s Office investigation into multiple marine-related GPS thefts in …

COMMISSIONER CATES THANKS FLORIDA DEPT. OF HEALTH MONROE COUNTY FOR REFRIGERATION DONATION AT BERNSTEIN PARK STOCK ISLAND, FL — Last week, Monroe County Commissioner Craig Cates …

May Sands Montessori School Presents the 3rd Annual Poker Classic Fundraiser Key West, FL – May Sands Montessori School is excited to announce its highly …

DanceWorks 21! May 18 @7p & May 19 @ 3p at Tennessee Williams Theatre! The CoffeeMill Dance Studio celebrates 41 years of dance in Key …

KEY WEST LOU / YESTERDAY GOOD AND BAD Yesterday…..What a day! Terrible afternoon, wonderful evening. I had a CAT scan angiogram at 3. To possibly …

After deadly Oklahoma tornado, storms bring twisters to the Midwest BY SEAN MURPHY, ED WHITE AND ALEXA ST. JOHN DETROIT (AP) — Severe storms battered the Midwest on Tuesday, …

Tractor Suspect Identified The suspect from Saturday’s incident involving a tractor and an officer-involved shooting has been identified as Ethan Robert Layne, 22. He is …

Tropic Sprockets / The Fall Guy By Ian Brockway David Leitch (Bullet Train) delivers an entertaining hit with “The Fall Guy.” Chock full of thrilling …

A Snowbird’s Farewell By Fred C. Klein Yes, we are “Snowbirds” (northerners who move to a warmer southern state to escape Winter) and we have …

KEY WEST LOU / TWO HAPPIES TODAY Common events can be happy ones. I have two ahead of me today. At 3, I will be …

Tornado causes extensive damage to small Oklahoma town as powerful storms hit central US BY ALEXA ST. JOHN, SEAN MURPHY AND JIM SALTER OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A tornado …

LETTER TO THE EDITOR / DO THE RIGHT THING AND IGNORE PREDICTIONS By Roger C. Kostmayer   A recent Konk contributor submitted a lengthy piece about …

A SNOWBIRD’S FAREWELL By Fred C. Klein Yes, we are “Snowbirds” (northerners who move to a warmer southern state to escape Winter) and we have …