Author: WENG Newsroom

Sarasota County Sheriff's deputies have put a registered sex offender back behind bars.... http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-050815-Jennings-Running Sex Offender VO.mp3 19-year old Jonathan Ranew's week started heading down hill when the father of a 15-year old Venice girl called... Read More.

19-year old Jonathan Ranew's in the Sarasota County Jail without bond. The Herald-Tribune reports he's a registered sex offender who was reportedly caught fleeing a Venice home by the farther of a 15-year... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, working with the Florida Sheriffs Task Force, has ended a month long operation to make sure businesses are following the law when it comes to the sales of booze,... Read More.

North Port High School is getting set to induct 15 people into the Academic Hall of Fame. The ceremony is set for May 15th, at 6 p.m., in the high school cafeteria, and it's... Read More.

CCSO Major Crimes detectives have arrested a suspect in Tuesday's shooting incident near Meehan Avenue and Aaron Street...... http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-050715-Jennings-CCSO Shooting Arrest VO.mp3 The suspect's 30-year old Michael Coley of Port Charlotte. The list of... Read More.

CCSO's District detectives are looking for a man who allegedly stole a scanner from a Port Charlotte Radio Shack store Sunday. Authorities say the man walked into the store around 1:30 that afternoon,... Read More.

CCSO's Major Crimes detectives are charging a Port Charlotte man in a shooting incident yesterday in the area of Meehan Avenue and Aaron Street. Deputies say the gunfire came after a man was... Read More.

Sarasota county residents can take part in early voting for the May 12th city of Sarasota second (runoff) election. Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent is offering the early voting now, through Saturday May 9th.... Read More.

The investigation continues into yesterday's shooting in Port Charlotte. The sheriff's office says it happened near Meehan Avenue and Aaron Street. It received a report of a man knocked off his bicycle by a silver car... Read More.

Sarasota County Commissioners yesterday hit the brake pedal on the privatizing and merging SCAT with Manatee County's bus systems. http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-050615-Jennings-SCAT MCAT Merger VO.mp3 The Commission's decided not to go futher with the proposal... Read More.