Author: WENG Newsroom

Charlotte County students headed back to the classroom today and found some new security measures in place. The most obvious is that every school now has only one point of entry, making it easier... Read More.

We know where Charlotte County Sheriff's deputies will be doing stepped up traffic enforcement this week.... http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-081015-Jennings-Traffic Enforcement VO.mp3 Deputies will be looking for speeders along US 17 between Bermont Road and the County Line in... Read More.

A North Port man touched off a chain-reaction wreck on I-75 in Sarasota County yesterday afternoon. 52-year-old Ronald Steele failed to stop for slowed traffic near River Road. Two other drivers, including a motorcyclist,... Read More.

Chef Jeanie Roland, owner of The Perfect Caper restaurant in Punta Gorda, took down Bobby Flay on his own Food Network show last night. Roland is hopeful that her victory will help shine a... Read More.

Venice Regional Bayfront Health opened its doors to the media yesterday to showcase progress in cleaning up from a late-May sewage spill. It was also an attempt to start repairing the damage to its... Read More.

You'll have more time to do the back to school shopping for your children. http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-080715-Jennings-Sales Tax Holiday VO.mp3 Florida's school tax holiday is 10-days this year. It starts today and ending... Read More.

A quick update on bear hunting permits: nearly 1,200 have been sold so far this week, including one to rock star and gun advocate Ted Nugent. Hunters have until October 23 to purchase a... Read More.

Investigators have identified the Charlotte Correctional Institution inmate who died earlier this week. 35-year-old Quonta Howard was found unresponsive aroung 6am Tuesday morning. Florida's Department of Law Enforcement says it is opening its seventh... Read More.

A vehicle hit a bicyclist in Port Charlotte this morning. The highway patrol says it happened on Route 41. It has identified the man on the bike as 25-year-old Andrew Toner. The troopers say he drove a... Read More.

With the new school year, kids in Charlotte County elementary schools will be getting back into the gym on a weekly basis..... http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-080615-Jennings-Charlotte Schools VO.mp3 Five years ago, the school district cut physical education and media... Read More.