Coronavirus Impact: Monroe County Sheriff's Office Implementing Southbound Stops Into Florida Keys
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office announced it will be implementing southbound stops into the Florida Keys.
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The Monroe County Sheriff's Office announced it will be implementing southbound stops into the Florida Keys.
Monroe County is officially closed to all visitors and tourists during the coronavirus pandemic.
On Friday, about a dozen residents of Key Largo gathered near the Welcome sign and Visitors Center to tell people the opposite: Please go home!
While coronavirus cases continue to climb in Broward and Miami-Dade, there are no confirmed cases in Monroe County.
Monroe County officials announced plans to close all hotels, guest houses, short-term rentals in RV parks and vacation rentals in response to the coronavirus beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday.
The Florida Keys has a confirmed case of dengue fever.
The United Arab Emirates government has granted a $3.5 million gift to help kick off a major coral reef restoration program in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
A Hialeah Gardens man trying to kill "demons' he believed were tormenting him went on a sledgehammer spree that did thousands of dollars in damages to cars and residences.
Westminster Christian School announced Monday that one of their students had died in a boat crash near the Florida Keys over the weekend.
A wanted Key West graffiti vandal who loved to boast about his crimes on social media is now under arrest.
A rehabilitated juvenile green sea turtle was released late Sunday afternoon above a coral reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
A reported machete attack in the Florida Keys Christmas morning left several people injured and two others behind bars.
NOAA and its Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Monday announced an intent to raise almost $100 million to restore seven iconic coral reef sites off the Florida Keys.
There are troubled waters on the horizon for the Florida Keys. Monroe County made a shocking announcement Wednesday that some roads and homes may be surrendered to the sea. It's all because of sea level rise.
A Miami man was crowned the 2019 champion the Keys Fisheries Stone Crab Claw Eating Contest in Marathon on Saturday.
A dramatic accident highlighted the first of three racing days Wednesday at the Race World Offshore Key West Championships when two boats flipped simultaneously.
Costumed witches and warlocks celebrated the October full moon in offbeat Florida Keys style by staging the Full Moon Witches' Paddle late Sunday afternoon off Marathon.
A creative group of scuba divers submerged 30 feet beneath the Atlantic Ocean's surface in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary to pare subsea jack-o-lanterns during a weekend Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest off Key Largo.
Two years after Hurricane Irma destroyed it, a Keys hospital is finally getting rebuilt.
Country music star Billy Currington, who filmed the video for his hit song "People Are Crazy" on Green Turtle Cay, helped load relief supplies Sunday for the northwest Bahamian island hard-hit by Hurricane Dorian.
A Hialeah man has been arrested in the Florida Keys and charged with sexual battery on a minor after deputies found him in a parked pickup truck with a 13-year-old girl.
The two people who died when their small plane crashed in the Gulf Of Mexico after taking off from Florida Keys Marathon International Airport were from Maryland.
If you prefer taking Card Sound Road over US 1 on trips to the Keys, you'll soon be paying a bit more for the trip.
All of the Florida Keys is out of the Hurricane Dorian forecast cone and officials there are welcoming visitors to the island chain.
Officials in the Florida Keys are asking visitors to calmly leave the island chain if they have the means to do so. This is over concerns about potential Hurricane Dorian interruptions to deliveries of fuel, supplies and other goods and services to the Keys from the mainland.
A search is underway in Haiti after an airplane associated with a Florida-based charity was reported missing Thursday.
Luigi Mangione appeared in a Manhattan courtroom Friday in the state's case against him for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The FBI has arrested "one of the key participants" behind the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 that killed four Americans.
It was a chilly start to the day on Friday across South Florida, but some warmer temperatures are on the way starting next week.
Charles "Sonny" Burton was convicted as an accomplice in the shooting death of Doug Battle, a customer who was killed during a robbery of an auto parts store.
A search is underway in Haiti after an airplane associated with a Florida-based charity was reported missing Thursday.
Luigi Mangione appeared in a Manhattan courtroom Friday in the state's case against him for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The FBI has arrested "one of the key participants" behind the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 that killed four Americans.
It was a chilly start to the day on Friday across South Florida, but some warmer temperatures are on the way starting next week.
Charles "Sonny" Burton was convicted as an accomplice in the shooting death of Doug Battle, a customer who was killed during a robbery of an auto parts store.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The FBI has arrested "one of the key participants" behind the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 that killed four Americans.
A new push to pass a GOP elections bill known as the SAVE America Act is underway in Congress, but Democrats warn the proposal could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.
The U.S. military struck an alleged drug-carrying boat in the Pacific on Thursday, marking the 38th vessel to be struck over the last five months and the second this year.
The Trump administration launched its new TrumpRx direct-to-consumer prescription drug listing site late Thursday, part of a push to offer medication at steep discounts.
The petition, filed by Miami-Dade and Broward County residents, also questions DeSantis' directive to Secretary of State Cord Byrd, which included a delay in Congressional qualifying from the week of April 20 to June 8 to June 12.
The bill by State Rep. David Borrero would order a study on moving Miami-Dade's Urban Development Boundary (UDB) line and eliminating longstanding safeguards designed to protect the Everglades, requiring any project outside the UDB to receive a two-thirds vote of the County Commission.
Haitian American advocates, like Miami Dade County Commissioner Marlene Bastien, say the move is both cruel and creates a sense of fear in the community.
For more than a year, Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he wants to do away with all homesteaded property taxes, arguing homeowners should not have to pay rent to the government.
Raquel Pacheco said she has "hope" after seeing the worldwide reaction to the video she posted of two Miami Beach police detectives showing up at her house because she had posted a critical comment on Facebook about Miami Beach Mayor Steve Meiner.
Jim DeFede discusses Governor Ron DeSantis' eighth and final State of the State address with House Speaker Danny Perez.
One patient reports getting stuck with a $2,418 "facility fee" after seeing her doctor. "I didn't even know such a thing existed," she said.
Jimmy Carter made eradicating the Guinea worm a top mission of The Carter Center. Now it could soon become the second disease eradicated in history.
The House's Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee approved the bill which also changes multiple laws and restrictions involving nursing homes, dental hygienists, and registered nurses.
Carlos Migoya announces his retirement as CEO of Jackson Health System after serving the public hospital system for over a decade.
U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 - the highest mark in American history. But the U.S. still ranks below dozens of other countries.
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A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Don't miss the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Here's how to watch live, stream for free and catch replays.
Bad Bunny says he wants to bring his culture to his 2026 Super Bowl halftime show Sunday.
The sheriff says the note was sent to a local Arizona news station, which agreed not to report on it, following the disappearance of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie.
Josh D'Amaro, who oversees Disney theme parks and dozens of resort hotels worldwide, will become the next Disney CEO.
Many Super Bowl 60 ads are already online, along with teasers for commercials that will be unveiled during the NFL championship on Feb. 8.