Author: WENG Newsroom

Just ahead of Christmas, gas prices in Florida are at a 16-month low according to AAA. Prices have dropped daily for nearly two straight months, and Florida’s average of $2.34 is the lowest since... Read More.

Law enforcement arrested a Florida man with five outstanding felony warrants after he led a pursuit in a U-Haul moving truck. It began around 2:00 a.m. this morning after 55-year-old Jeffrey Hugh Thompson allegedly... Read More.

Election officials from across the state are in Sarasota County this week for the annual Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections Mid-Winter Conference. The conference got underway yesterday with a closed-to-the-public meeting of... Read More.

The grand opening of Venice's new public library is now less than two weeks away. A ribbon cutting celebration is set for next Saturday, the 15th. Crews are spending much of this week moving materials... Read More.

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a bizarre accident scene in Port Charlotte. Yesterday morning, troopers and emergency vehicles spotted a car that was rolled over on its side near a canal near the... Read More.

A man was arrested by deputies for shooting into a room of his home during a domestic dispute in Charlotte County. Deputies responded to the scene Thursday evening looking for Nickolas Kovtuschenko, 70, who... Read More.

A man was found unconscious in a truck that hit a power pole Thursday night in Fort Myers and knocked out power to a portion of the area near Cranford and Guava Streets. Police... Read More.

A 15-year-old girl is in custody for stealing eight guns from her grandfather, whom she lives within Cape Coral. Sierra Arredondo allegedly took two semiautomatic handguns and six revolvers from her grandpa's bedroom in... Read More.

The body of a motorcyclist has been found along I-275 in Pinellas County and reports say it is a missing man from Lakewood Ranch. Highway workers found a man’s body this morning while picking... Read More.

Brightline got the green light Wednesday from the state to negotiate for land to add high-speed passenger rail service from Orlando to Tampa --- a link envisioned to eventually connect with Brightline’s existing service... Read More.