Author: WENG Newsroom

The North Port Police Department this week is starting training on body cameras. For the next month, selected officers will begin their training and evaluation. Once that one month trial is up, police will... Read More.

If you're hitting the roads -or taking to the skies- this long holiday weekend, expect plenty of company. AAA South says more than 48 million people across the country will be taking a trip of... Read More.

15 people have been arrested by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office in a theft sting. In a recent three-day operation, 15 arrests were made with 31 total charges being levied. Police say 13 of... Read More.

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office arrested 15 people in a three-day operation targeting retail theft in Sarasota County. Local retail stores sparked a public-private partnership with the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office in 2013 to... Read More.

Trump-allied Republican Ron DeSantis was formally elected governor of Florida and outgoing Gov. Rick Scott elected U.S. senator today when the state certified election results two weeks after tight margins prompted tumultuous recounts. The... Read More.

Though he described disputed emails as “disgusting,” a federal judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit in which the National Rifle Association’s Florida lobbyist alleged she received harassing and threatening emails after the February... Read More.

Police arrested a woman on Saturday accused of stealing a big screen TV from a Walmart in Cape Coral. Surveillance photos of two people who allegedly took off with a 55-inch television from the... Read More.

The city of North Port welcomed in new leadership this week when Pete Emrich and Jill Luke were sworn in for their terms as city commissioners. Luke won a special election runoff last year... Read More.

A Port Charlotte mother has been arrested and faces charges after police found her three kids living in deplorable conditions inside their home. Officials say the home on MacLellan Avenue was covered in trash,... Read More.

Lido Beach's massive renourishment project is now officially underway. More than 185,000 cubic yards of sand is being brought in to fix erosion problems. The sand is being dredged from Big Pass and brought in.... Read More.