Author: WENG Newsroom

The University of Florida's extension campus is officially open in Sarasota. http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-082715-Jennings-CityLab VO.mp3 It's at CityLab Sarasota, and seven students working on their masters degrees in architecture started classes there Monday. According to... Read More.

Edison Collegiate High School in Punta Gorda was one of three southwest Florida high schools to make Newsweek's "Beating the Odds" list, which identifies schools that succeed in preparing students for college despite holding... Read More.

The Venice City Council voted yesterday to spend $995,000 to purchase a vacant office building on Tamiami Trail and the Intracoastal Waterway to provide more, if temporary, parking space for the island. The purchase... Read More.

Tropical Storm Erika continues to move slowly westward about at 17 miles-per-hour with maximum sustained winds at around 45 miles-per-hour, according to the National Weather Service. Much of the Leeward Islands along with Puerto... Read More.

The state plans on auditing five more hospitals in the area. It all happens under the governor's investigation of contracts between hospitals and insurance companies that cover Medicaid recipients. The Herald-Tribune has identified the local hospitals... Read More.

CCSO sheriff's deputies have shut down two pot grow houses, and arrested two people on drug charges. http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-082615-Jennings-CCSO Grow Houses VO.mp3 A sheriff's department spokesperson says members of the Narcotics, Street Crimes and Warrants Unit had... Read More.

A man accused of robbing a Bank of America in Punta Gorda last summer has been sentenced to 17 years behind bars. 31-year-old John Robert Haldermann of Naples stole over $14,000 from three banks... Read More.

Tropical Storm Erika continued moving west today at about 20 miles-per-hour with maximum sustained winds of about 40 miles-per-hour. The National Weather Service has issued tropical storm watches for much of the Lesser Antilles,... Read More.

A new deadline has been set in the ongoing battle to redraw Florida's congressional districts. The Florida Supreme Court has given state Democrats until noon on Friday to respond to a motion filed yesterday... Read More.

The governor has appointed Charlotte County's sheriff to the Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission. The appointment for Bill Prummell runs four years. The sheriff's office says this commission ensures the state has ethical, qualified,... Read More.