Author: WENG Newsroom

A Punta Gorda nurse is in jail following his arrest on child pornography charges. 25-year-old John Casey, Jr., was taken into custody by the state's cyber-crime task force after a search warrant of his... Read More.

Bill Nelson has made a vow. The senator has promised to fight legislation that would end a ban on some oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. A Senate committee last week passed a bill that... Read More.

Here's where CCSO deputies will be doing stepped up traffic enforcement this week.... http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-080315-Jennings-CCSO Traffic VO.mp3 They'll be doing traffic signal enforcement at the intersections of US 41 and Midway Blvd., and Veterans Blvd. and Atwater... Read More.

Gov. Rick Scott is not happy with three Florida hospitals, including Venice Regional Bayfront Health, for being ranked among the nation's worst for infection prevention. Scott said in a press release that the designation... Read More.

An Englewood man was arrested yesterday morning for what Sarasota sheriff's deputies are calling a vicious attack. 10 News reports that after a night out, 29-year-old Charles Evans choked his girlfriend until she lost... Read More.

Detectives want to identify a man who they say took a white Samsung Galaxy S6. They claim he grabbed it from the Spring Store at the Town Center Mall nearly two months ago. The sheriff's office... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office is accepting applications for its August Teen Driver Challenge. http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-073115-Jennings-CCSO Teen Drivers VO.mp3 CCSO's offering the free program to Charlotte County teens in cooperation with the Florida Sheriffs... Read More.

North Port is one of six Florida cities named to Forbes Magazine's top 10 cities for job growth this year. Gov. Rick Scott celebrated the announcement in a press release, praising the state for... Read More.

An Englewood man has turned himself in for a robbery in New Jersey back in April. 24-year-old Barris Simpson walked in to the Cocoa Police Department and told the desk officer that he was... Read More.

A traffic stop yesterday evening turned up some stolen property and drug paraphernalia. Charlotte County deputies pulled over 24-year-old Dustin Ryan Badke, who only last week was cited for driving on a suspended license.... Read More.