Cedar Key News

The Union Navy, intent on further tightening the blockade on the South and seizing Confederate outposts all along its coast, dispatches the USS Hatteras to Cedar Key, Fla., this week 150 years ago in the Civil War.

The isA the third time the man has been arrested for public intoxication, in three days.

Good news for travelers looking for something off the beaten path: one of the country's coolest small towns is just a short drive from the First Coast.

If you're headed to Silver Springs, Florida, for this weekend's Ford and Mustang Round-Up hosted by National Parts Depot, then this is your invite to join Mustang Monthly on Friday for the Pony Trail cruise to the scenic fishing village Cedar Key on the Gulf Coast.

The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies has discovered a couple of amazing facts about endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtles: Their sense of navigation appears more refined than anyone realized and the north central Gulf of Mexico serves as a nursery for juveniles.