Big Pine Key, FL

KEY WEST, Fla. – A Key West man notorious for vandalizing property all over the lower Florida Keys will spend 30 days in a Monroe County jail, according to a news release from the county’s sheriff’s office. Deputies arrested Brandon Joseph Mims, 31, in February 2020 on...

The family of a woman who died last month while parasailing in the Florida Keys has filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the parasail boat’s operator.

CHICAGO (CBS Chicago) The family of a Schaumburg, Illinois, woman who died in a parasailing accident in South Florida last month is filing a lawsuit. Supraja Alaparthi, her son, and her nephew were in flight off Marathon, Florida when a strong gust of wind “pegged” their parasail – meaning the wind took over control of the parasail from the boat below.

MARATHON, Fla. – The attorneys for the family of an Illinois woman who was killed last month in a parasailing accident off the coast of Marathon announced Tuesday that they are filing a lawsuit against the parasail operator. “The boat captain allowed the group to parasail in terrible weather...

The family was visiting the Florida Keys.

The family of a woman killed in a parasailing accident in the Florida Keys last month is now suing the parasailing company. The family of Supraja Alaparthi filed a wrongful death lawsuit on her behalf Tuesday morning in Monroe County against Lighthouse Parasail Inc. Two other personal injury lawsuits were...

(WSVN) - New details have been released following a deadly parasailing incident that ended in tragedy and the family involved is now taking legal action. An Illinois family has filed a lawsuit against Lighthouse Parasail, a company based out of Key West following a deadly accident on their Florida vacation that resulted in the death of a mother. The victim’s 10-year-old son and 9-year-old nephew were also injured.

A Lower Keys man was wounded by gunfire at his home Sunday night — after the sheriff’s office said his stepson shot him in the abdomen in what appears to be self-defense. But the two men’s stories differ on what happened at the home in the 30000 block of Coconut Highway on Big Pine Key, which is about 30 miles from Key West.

Florida is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States. In fact, did you know that over 130 million people from all over the world visited Florida in 2019 alone? I particularly have been to Key West tons of times and I loved it. That’s why I decided to list seven of the best tourist attractions in Key West that you should visit. Learn everything you need to know about attractions in Key West.

With its 500-year history of Spanish, Bahamian, Cuban, and American influences, Key West’s reputation as a live-and-let-live Conch Republic has long made it a home and travel destination for the LGBTQ+ community. Here, island time and the beach lifestyle take on a new meaning flanked by the Atlantic Ocean...

Bette Zirkelbach, the manager of the Turtle Hospital in Marathon, could not hide her frustration, disappointment and sadness. An endangered adult loggerhead sea turtle had come out of the ocean to nest on Sea Oats Beach. Unfortunately, the female turtle was hit and killed while crossing U.S. 1 in Islamorada.

Seven children were among a group of 25 Cuban migrants who made landfall in the Florida Keys Monday morning, authorities said. The group was taken into custody after they made landfall in Key West in a wooden fishing vessel, Chief Border Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar tweeted. The seven juveniles...

KEY WEST, Fla. — Seven children were part of a total of 25 migrants who came onshore in Key West on Monday, authorities say. The children were reportedly alongside their family members. U.S. Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar for the Miami sector said via Twitter all...

The Keys Weekly Newspapers and Overseas Media Group recently hired Manuela Carrillo Mobley as director of sales, overseeing the locally owned companies’ sales teams spanning three offices in Tavernier, Marathon and Key West. Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Carrillo Mobley moved to the US in 2004. She studied marketing and...

The lineup has been unveiled for the star-studded 2023 edition of the RockIsland Fest, which will take place January 17-21 in Key West, Florida. The artists on the bill include Styx, Loverboy, Tesla, 38 Special, Queensrÿche, Quiet Riot, Extreme, Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy, Stryper, ex-Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler, Enuff Z'Nuff, Honeymoon Suite and Autograph.

Styx, Tesla and Loverboy will headline January 2023's RokIsland Fest in Key West, Florida, the trio of bands leading an extended lineup up of classic hard rock acts at the second annual RokIsland, to be hosted by Sirius XM rock radio personality Eddie Trunk. Other artists scheduled for the festival...

KEY WEST, Fla. — One thousand meters from the shore, combat divers with 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), approached the beach beneath undulations of waves. This was only one of several training missions conducted by 10th SFG(A) Green Berets as part of a dive requalification held near Key West, Florida, from April 24, 2022 to May 15, 2022.