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Sheriff has new mobile app SPECIAL TO KONK LIFE The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has a new way to communicate with the public. A new …

 Vietnam Memorial Plan gets OK at cost of $150,000  BY PRU SOWERS NEWS WRITER  Many of the remaining pieces of an effort to build a …

Theft of parts slows down N. Roosevelt Project   BY RALPH MORROW MANAGING EDITOR Work will continue on the North Roosevelt Boulevard Project this week …

  Too many panhandlers for Mallory Square   BY PRU SOWERS NEWS WRITER Further restricting where the local homeless population can legally ask strangers for …

‘Clean’ bus grant purchase gets nod for $2 million  BY PRU SOWERS NEWS WRITER The Key West City Commission gave the go-ahead at its March …

Front Street flooding project OK’d BY PRU SOWERS NEWS WRITER Residents living along the Front Street waterfront corridor need to get ready. The bulldozers are …

 Fantasy Fest body paint still allowed  Commission keeps abreast over anatomy  BY PRU SOWERS NEWS WRITER “Breasts are not a sexual organ!” So said Key …

Police: Attack not tied to serial burglaries; Kansas couple ‘spooked’ by attack   BY JOHN L. GUERRA Key West Police Officer Robert G. Currul, one …

Man eats money he stole  A Marathon man was arrested Thursday for battering and robbing his girlfriend. On the way to jail, he then ate …

Police nab man inside Fleming Street home  BY JOHN L GUERRA NEWS WRITER Key West Police say there is no indication that the man arrested …

News Stories / The Eighth Annual Woman’s Hope Concert By Special To Konk Life The eighth annual Woman’s Hope Concert on Friday, March 14, at 8 …

Sheriff’s Office: County crime down 12.5% SPECIAL TO KONK LIFE Although the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has not publicly released its Major Index Crimes …

News Stories / Police Attack Not Tied To Serial Burglaries Kansas Couple ‘Spooked’ By Attack   By John Guerra   Key West Police Officer Robert …

News Stories / Tourists Swart Invasion Of Rental Home; Police Refuse To Take Incident Report   By John Guerra   A Kansas City couple say …

News Stories / Conchette Capers 40-Year Tradition Lives Again   By C.S Gilbert   After an absence of 15 years, the Key West High School …

Elena Spottswood succeeds Scales as member of FKCC Board of Trustees SPECIAL TO KONK LIFE Gov. Rick Scott appointed Elena Spottswood to the District Board …

WPA murals are history via art; they’ll stay at new City Hall By C S GILBERT The recent report that the entire interior of the …

A night on the town in old Key West   BY RALPH MORROW MANAGING EDITOR This is not how you want to spend a night …

Tourists swart invasion of rental home; Police refuse to take incident report   BY JOHN L. GUERRA A Kansas City couple say they were lucky …

It’s going to be a bumpy ride With N. Roosevelt detours BY RALPH MORROW MANAGING EDITOR Work on the North Roosevelt Boulevard seems to be …