Key West News

The annual "drag queen drop" is an offbeat warm-weather take-off on the traditional New Year's Eve "ball drop" in New York's Times Square.

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In this photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, dachshunds Goodman, left, and Winston, dressed as Gilligan and Skipper respectively from the 1964-67 television series Gilligani 1 2s Island, ride on a rolling boat during the annual Key West Dachshund Walk Thursday, Dec.

Share + Dec 31, 2009 8:39 am US/Eastern KEY WEST A parade of 'wiener' dogs down Key West's famed Duval Street will kick off the New Year's Eve festivities in the Southernmost City.

The mother of Key West political and civic activist and college professor Henry Woods was en route to Miami on Tuesday as Woods' health took a grave turn for the worse.

Street-level drug dealing at local bars in Key West, Fla., is coming under scrutiny from local Navy officials after an undercover sting operation led to the arrest of 25 street-level dealers who were charged with selling cocaine and marijuana.

Wisteria Island soon could be developed and have a pay mooring field in Key West Harbor if the government approves the owners' most recent request.

In the next few months, customers of Chef Lupe's restaurants in the Florida Keys won't be able to order his signature sandwich: local crunchy grouper made with corn flakes.

Share + Dec 26, 2009 3:01 am US/Eastern KEY WEST, Fla. More than 200 buildings, fences, archaeological sites and other Key West locations are getting historical markers.

Key Wester Mary Ambroise, 39, has claimed the Dec. 19 Florida Lotto jackpot of $13 million, lottery officials say.Ambroise chose the one-time, lump-sum payment for her winnings of $7,830,450.33.The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased at the Tom Thumb convenience store at U.S. 1 and Sombrero Beach Road in Marathon.

Grammy-winning Cuban band Los Van Van are celebrating 40 years of salsa revolution with a long-awaited return to the United States next month.

22-24. The angler who weighs in the heaviest mackerel, also known as kingfish, is to go home with $10,000. The second- and third-place finishers receive $5,000 and $4,000, respectively, and cash prizes are to be awarded through 10th place.

The old-fashioned water cooler with its huge heavy blue bottle is going the way of the dodo, and the folks at Island Water on Big Pine Key are helping it along.Bottleless water coolers are turning up in more and more businesses, and James Margolles, owner of Island Water, says that it not only benefits the environment, but business owners are ...

The Key West Pops Orchestra presents a Home for the Holidays concert Wednesday, Dec.

After hearing more than two hours of testimony, it took City Commissioners the better part of a minute to unanimously deny a variance request to build a 145-foot-tall cell phone tower.

The key witness in an arson case has recanted statements police say implicate a former city commissioner's son, claiming Spanish translators erred and misinterpreted his words.

A 28-year-old man was jailed Thursday afternoon on two felony counts of vehicular manslaughter stemming from a Nov.

An oceanfront site believed to be the only African refugee cemetery in the United States is to be the setting for a highlight of Key West's Kwanzaa celebrations.

"Our Own Beach," 8-by-12 inches, pastel on board. "Sunset Over Sunset Key," 20-by-24 inches, oil on canvas.

Much of the recent pre-occupation of foreign policy wonks in Washington has been on whether the preeminent geo-strategic status of the United States will be challenged by China, India and other emerging economies and by assertive and antagonistic regional powers like Russia and Iran.