Tim O'Hara

Deputy Managing Editor and Reporter at Key West Citizen

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Articles

Reef Relief needs volunteers

Sep 28, 2024 | keysnews.com | Tim O'Hara

Reef Relief will be holding a storm drain stenciling event from 9-11 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8, and is looking for volunteers. This event serves to inform the public that storm drains lead directly to the ocean, and to encourage the responsible disposal of waste products. This is accomplished by stenciling “No Dumping, Drains to Ocean” on the storm drains throughout the city.
Woman arrested on fentanyl charges

Sep 7, 2024 | keysnews.com | Tim O'Hara

Authorities have arrested a 29-year-old Key West woman on various felony drug sale charges after reportedly selling fentanyl to undercover operatives on multiple occasions. Authorities arrested Jessica Wonderful Leatherwood, 29, this month following a search of her residence several months ago uncovered 4.1 grams of fentanyl, cocaine, and drug paraphernalia.
FBI conducts operations on Cudjoe

Sep 6, 2024 | keysnews.com | Tim O'Hara

The FBI had agents operating on Cudjoe Key on Thursday, Sept. 5, but the federal law enforcement agency did not disclose the nature of the activity. “I can confirm that the FBI, in collaboration with our partners, is conducting court authorized activity at multiple locations in Miami Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach counties,” FBI Special Agent Willie Creech said in an email to The Keys Citizen.
Person injured in PWC crash

Jul 24, 2024 | keysnews.com | Tim O'Hara

By Tim O'Hara A man was injured and flown by air ambulance to a Miami hospital on Monday, July 22, after two personal watercraft collided off of Key West. The collision occurred at about 12:30 p.m. north of Wisteria Island, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Capt. Dave Dipre.
CFK to host 'Fast Track' event

Jul 18, 2024 | keysnews.com | Tim O'Hara

MONROE COUNTY - The College of the Florida Keys will hold "Fast Track to Fall" events from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 24, at the Upper Keys Center in Key Largo and the Key West campus on Stock Island to help prospective students get on a path toward their academic and career training goals for the fall semester. New student applications are due Aug. 1 and classes begin Aug. 19.
Leadership Monroe holds summer socials

Jul 17, 2024 | keysnews.com | Tim O'Hara

Leadership Monroe County will hold upcoming summer socials to acquaint interested individuals with the program and its components and introduce candidates to some of the program's alumni. The socials will each take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The next is Wednesday, July 17, at Key Colony Inn Restaurant and Lounge at 700 W. Ocean Drive in Key Colony Beach. The third is Thursday, July 18, at the Key West Woman's Club, 319 Duval St., in Key West.
College to host 'Fast Track' event

Jul 13, 2024 | keysnews.com | Tim O'Hara

The College of the Florida Keys will hold "Fast Track to Fall" events from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 24, at the Upper Keys Center in Key Largo and the Key West campus on Stock Island to help prospective students get on a path toward their academic and career training goals for the fall semester. New student applications are due Aug. 1 and classes begin Aug. 19.
San Carlos threatened to be sold

May 25, 2024 | keysnews.com | Tim O'Hara

The epicenter for Cuban culture in Key West, the San Carlos Institute, is at the center of a legal battle about ownership and is threatened to be sold to pay part of a $63 million legal judgement against the Republic of Cuba. The legal battle stems from a lawsuit filed in the death of a Cuban soldier who was detained, tortured and killed by a group of Cuban revolutionaries in the Sierra Maestra mountains during the Cuban Revolution.
NOAA predicts record hurricane season

May 24, 2024 | keysnews.com | Tim O'Hara

By Tim O'Hara NOAA National Weather Service forecasters at the Climate Prediction Center say the United States is in for a record year when it comes to the number of storms this hurricane season. The agency's outlook for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which spans from June 1 to Nov. 30, predicts an 85% chance of an above-normal season, a 10% chance of a near-normal season and a 5% chance of a below-normal season.
Residents push for bike path in Seven-Mile Bridge project

May 24, 2024 | keysnews.com | Tim O'Hara

Creating a designated bike and pedestrian path with a barrier was the top issue discussed when state transportation representatives held a public meeting recently in Marathon to start the process to replace or conduct a major renovation of the Seven-Mile Bridge.