Cudjoe Key News

The husband of onetime Monroe County sheriff candidate Sandra Downs was booked into the county jail Monday morning -- after his wife helped deputies locate rooms in her husband's alleged marijuana grow house.Nicholas Downs, 42, is charged with two felony counts of cultivating marijuana.

Julie Logsdon and Olivier Etrillard were married April 25 in Cudjoe Key. The bride is the daughter of Gary and June Young of Lantana and John and Susan Logsdon of Palm Beach.

A private group of wastewater consultants told Monroe County commissioners Wednesday that they could give the commission "101 million reasons" why they should take over the Cudjoe Regional wastewater project, referring to the dollars county residents could save over 20 years.

HopeCuts Fundraiser: Services at reduced rates to benefit breast cancer, pediatric cancer and HIV-AIDS research at City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute.

A day after a renowned charter fishing captain was convicted of a federal conspiracy charge for his involvement in the largest Florida Keys lobster poaching case ever, one of his five co-defendants was sentenced to a year of probation.Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Jose Martinez spared John Niles, 50, of LaBelle, who earlier pleaded guilty to ...

A Cudjoe Key couple convicted in one of the largest lobster poaching cases in Monroe County history will sell their two Florida Keys homes and turn over some $1.1 million to the government as part of their plea agreement.

Michael Delph and five others were caught with 922 spiny lobsters aboard their boat when they returned to Cudjoe Key in August.

In one of the largest lobster poaching cases in the Florida Keys, all the defendants pleaded guilty except one: Michael Delph, son of legendary charter boat captain Ralph Delph.

A Cudjoe Key couple accused of spearheading the Florida Keys' largest lobster poaching operation are due in a Miami court today, ostensibly to hammer out a plea agreement.

The Monroe County Commission has decided to spend $3.7 million on much-needed sewer projects instead of building a new Public Works facility on Rockland Key, a project now in limbo.

The Medical Examiner's Office is conducting an autopsy to determine the cause of death of a kayaker whose body was found face down in the mud off Cudjoe Key Monday evening.

Near-hurricane-force winds reported in Marathon Monday night downed two wooden power poles and damaged a restaurant, sending patrons running for cover.

There were 60 mph winds at the Marathon airport on Monday night, and winds whipping as fast as 80 mph moving over Fred's Beds, near mile marker 54 in Marathon.

One of six people indicted in a federal investigation dubbed Operation: Freezer Burn was expected to enter a guilty plea to lobster poaching charges Thursday afternoon in Miami federal court.John Niles of ...

When it came to running for an hour on Jan 10, no one could beat Martin Sykut of Marathon.In the third annual One Hour Run at the Key West High School track, Sykut covered more than 37 laps and totaled 9.3 ...

Monroe County Sheriff-elect Bob Peryam this week announced some department changes, and residents can expect to see new faces leading substations up and down U.S. 1 in the Florida Keys.

Florida Keys property owners could face $20,000 fees to connect to central sewer systems if Monroe County cannot secure federal and state subsidies, which are becoming increasingly harder to come by in this ...

A Cudjoe Key father and son have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges they illegally imported undersize lobsters from Brazil and the Bahamas.Milton L. Mecozzi Sr.

A Cudjoe Key resident arrested in August on charges of illegally confiscating thousands of lobsters is scheduled to appear in federal court today.

A Cudjoe Key man accused of conducting one of the largest illegal lobster harvests in the Florida Keys pleaded not guilty via teleconference from a Fort Lauderdale courtroom Friday.