Crews Put Out Catamaran Fire In Key West
Monroe County Fire Rescue responded to a burning catamaran on Stock Island in Key West on Saturday.
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Monroe County Fire Rescue responded to a burning catamaran on Stock Island in Key West on Saturday.
A day after the issue appeared dead, Florida lawmakers late Wednesday approved a measure aimed at overturning a 2020 vote by Key West residents restricting cruise ship operations.
A controversial effort to overturn a vote by Key West residents restricting cruise ship operations is taking on water with the end of the legislative session on the horizon.
A legislative effort to overturn a 2020 vote by Key West residents to limit cruise-ship operations continues to be narrowed to the Monroe County tourism community.
As cruise companies demand to go back to business, some of them are also seeking to overturn a decision made by voters in Key West to limit the size of ships docking at their port.
On this Sunday's edition of Facing South Florida, Jim DeFede focused on the cruise industry's efforts to undermine voters in Key West, who overwhelmingly supported three referendums to limit the size of cruise ships docking in Key West to protect the environment.
Visitors of Florida's only presidential museum in Key West can now choose to ride around the island in Harry S. Truman's presidential limousine.
Authorities said they have found the body of a missing diver off Key West on Wednesday morning.
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching the waters off Key West for nearly a dozen people after their homemade boat was found.
A coronavirus-fighting robot that disinfects interior spaces of Key West International Airport now has a name.
Wild chickens, known for roaming the streets of Key West, won't get any more free meals from friends who enjoy feeding the feral fowl.
Ernest Hemingway look-alikes are being used by the Florida Keys tourism council to encourage visitors and residents to wear masks to protect against COVID-19.
A female impersonator "dropped" in a giant replica of a high-heel shoe at a Key West entertainment and hotel complex Thursday night to mark the beginning of 2021.
Despite a mandated 10 p.m. New Year's Eve curfew in Key West to help guard against coronavirus transmission, a local entertainment and lodging complex is continuing plans for a scaled-down version of a traditional "drop" of a female impersonator in a super-sized replica of a woman's red high heel.
A holiday tree made of festively decorated lobster traps is greeting patrons of the Key West Historic Seaport, celebrating the holiday season and Florida Keys commercial fishing heritage.
Key West Mayor Teri Johnston signed an emergency order Friday that sets an island-wide curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 p.m., running Thursday, Dec. 31, through Sunday, Jan. 3.
Some Florida Keys residents staged a ceremonial burning of hurricane warning flags Monday evening to mark the official Nov. 30 end of the record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
A $5 million grant has been awarded to help protect a coral reef about seven miles southeast of Key West that is part of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
The City of Key West amended its mask ordinance on Thursday in an effort to combat the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the Keys.
One of Key West's most iconic bars is once again welcoming customers after being closed for six months due to the pandemic.
Join CBS4 photojournalist Rafael Murciano on his musical journey to Mile 0, as in mile marker zero in Key West.
The mother of a boy who was arrested at his Key West elementary school is now filing a civil lawsuit.
There should be a 2020 Hemingway Look-Alike winner walking the streets of Key West today. But the global coronavirus pandemic has prevented that.
To avoid the risk of potential COVID-19 transmission, organizers of Key West's annual Fantasy Fest announced Thursday that they're canceling the 2020 festival.
Key West workers installed four permanent rainbow crosswalks Monday at the intersection of Duval and Petronia streets, in the heart of the island's LGBTQ entertainment district.
Authorities say the posts crossed the line from online outrage to federal charges.
A proposed 245-acre project outside an urban development boundary is drawing environmental concerns and political pushback.
Police released surveillance video after nine vehicles were burglarized at Pembroke Villas Apartments, urging residents to help identify the suspects.
Broward County School Board has approved a plan to allocate nearly $300 million from a proposed 2026 operating referendum to help raise teacher and staff salaries.
After Spirit Airlines shutters operations, other discount airlines move quickly to add new routes from Fort Lauderdale.
Authorities say the posts crossed the line from online outrage to federal charges.
A proposed 245-acre project outside an urban development boundary is drawing environmental concerns and political pushback.
Police released surveillance video after nine vehicles were burglarized at Pembroke Villas Apartments, urging residents to help identify the suspects.
Broward County School Board has approved a plan to allocate nearly $300 million from a proposed 2026 operating referendum to help raise teacher and staff salaries.
After Spirit Airlines shutters operations, other discount airlines move quickly to add new routes from Fort Lauderdale.
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.
Iranian vessels fired on U.S. ships guiding vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in the U.S. sinking several small Iranian boats.
The U.S. military says it launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing two people, as the number of recent strikes continues to ramp up.
Two U.S. Navy destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz and entered the Persian Gulf after navigating an Iranian barrage, according to defense officials.
A federal appeals court blocked a FDA rule that allowed the abortion pill mifepristone to be dispensed through the mail.
The incident occurred one week after shots were fired during the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, D.C., and Mr. Trump was rushed off the dais.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
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.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.