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Conchs baseball set to host; Lady Conchs, Lady 'FIns both garner postseason berths
By claiming a third consecutive District 16-4A Championship, the Key West High baseball team knew there would be a place for them in the 4A state bracket — it was just a matter of where they would land. On the other side of things, the Key West High softball team was waiting to see if they did enough to garner an at-large bid after losing in the District 16-4A Championship game. The 2024 campaigns continue into the postseason for both of the Key West hardball...
TAKE ME HOME: ADORABLE FACES ARE WAITING AT THE FKSPCA
Keys Weekly is thrilled each week to showcase some “furever” friends that are ready, waiting and available for their perfect adoption “match” at the Florida Keys SPCA’s Marathon campus – complete with their best qualities, preferences and turnoffs to ensure the best fit. From...
Key West City Commission to vote on bond language
The Key West City Commission, on Thursday May 9, will hold its first of two required votes on approving the wording of four separate ballot questions regarding roughly $300 million in bonds that will go before voters in November. The commission had planned to also vote on a development plan for the Casa Marina resort that would allow for the possible redevelopment of nearly two dozen units of existing affordable housing and the development of two dozen market rate houses that could possibly be converted...
Hotter Stretch Late Week
Quiet to start in South Florida with temperatures will get much hotter late week. In fact, this will be the hottest stretch so far of 2024. Thursday- 90, Friday- 91 and Saturday- 93. Some records especially in Key West will be in jeopardy. National Outlook. Today a MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER...
Florida police find man on tractor ‘destroying vehicles and a building’ at college
Key West police fired at a suspect who was wielding a tractor Saturday at The College of the Florida Keys, a police spokesperson said. When officers got to 5901 College Rd. Saturday, they found a man on a tractor “destroying vehicles and a building,” Keys police public information officer Alyson Crean said in an email. A Facebook post by Keys Weekly Newspapers showed a car on its side and the Lagoon Landing dorm lobby entrance smashed through.
KEY WEST RALLIES FOR POPULAR CAB DRIVER HIT BY DRUNK DRIVER
Michael Olanoff has seen it all. Sex, drugs, black-out drunks, brides, grooms, bitter divorcees, exhausted workers and sunburned tourists who can’t remember their name, much less their hotel. A Key West cab driver for 27 years, “Oly” has watched unimaginable drama unfold in the backseat of his cab. But...
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