At least four people were taken to the hospital after a boat hit a channel marker in the Florida Keys Friday afternoon, according to local media. Emergency responders were called out to the crash around 4:45 p.m. of Tavernier where a boat had hit a channel marker and ejected at…
A Florida Keys family that narrowly escaped a Jan. 19 fire and lost their home in the blaze is being bolstered by their community. “We’re just glad we were there and we and all the other neighbors did what anyone would,” one neighbor, also a principal at a local school,…
The story of Leesfield & Partners, a Florida personal injury law firm, is nearly inseparable from Monroe County and the Florida Keys. “I was sort of thrust into the law by an eviction notice on my mom’s apartment when I was about 12 years old,” said Ira Leesfield, the firm’s…
At least three people died over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend after a boat capsized on the Caloosahatchee River, according to reporting from News-Press. At least one other person involved in the accident remained in “critical but stable condition” as of Monday morning. The incident happened around 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov.…
A 50-year-old man has died after losing consciousness following a scuba dive at a Key West shipwreck over the weekend, according to local media. Nicholas James Strazzulla, a certified diving instructor of Inverness, Florida, lost consciousness following the 150-to-200-foot dive to the USNS Hoyt S. Vanderberg. The former missile tracking…
At least two people were injured over the weekend when the boat they were on hit a channel marker in the Florida Keys, according to reporting from ABC Channel 7 News. The incident happened Sunday, Nov. 16, when the boat hit the 74A channel marker in Cowpens Cut, west of…
As e-bike regulations in Florida continue to evolve, riders face a patchwork of questions concerning liability and fault, especially in the Florida Keys. Thanks to the provisions already in effect with Senate Bill 462, which took effect in July 2025, local governments may create minimum age limits, among other regulations.…
At least two children were hospitalized, one with life-threatening injuries, after a man accused of being under the influence slammed into them on a WaveRunner along Florida’s Gulf Coast this week, according to reporting from local media. The incident happened around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 12, near Madeira Beach…
Monroe County, a cluster of islands off Florida’s southern coast, is accustomed to an influx of tourists during events like Halloween, but, this year, the sheriff is emphasizing one priority above all — public safety. In an advisory posted Monday, Oct. 20, to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office official Facebook…
Loved ones of a man, 20, who died in a personal watercraft incident in a Kendall canal spoke with local media to remember him. The body of Name, of place, was found around Saturday morning in a canal in southwest Miami-Dade County, according to reporting from Channel 10 News. Name…