Author: WENG Newsroom

A jailbird from Ohio was arrested by police in Venice earlier today. This morning, police were investigating a vehicle theft when the four suspects tried to run on foot. Three of the four were... Read More.

A Florida surgeon removed a woman's healthy kidney while she was undergoing back surgery because he believed the vital organ was a cancerous tumor. Maureen Pacheco has sued Ramon Vazquez and two other surgeons... Read More.

In another razor-thin election, Florida voters on Tuesday continued a two-decade streak of Republican dominance by electing former U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis as governor over Andrew Gillum. Eight years after shocking the political establishment... Read More.

Lines at a few polling locations in Sarasota County have been steady . Much of the rush happened early this morning as people stopped by polls before heading to work. Much of the rush... Read More.

Two women were rushed to the hospital after using a broken coffee mug as a weapon during a fight in front of dozens of children at a school bus stop in North Port on... Read More.

A meeting later this afternoon will mark the first chance that the public will have to opine on Sarasota County Schools' new gender guidelines. Reaction to the non-discrimination policy has been mixed. Some say... Read More.

Protesters from six different cities as well as a local cycling club took to the streets yesterday morning. Protestors lined the intersection of Center Road and East Village Drive in Venice, asking for change in... Read More.

A Venice-based priest is on administrative leave because of an investigation into alleged sexual abuse. Father Nicholas McLoughlin served as the pastor of Corpus Christi Parish in Temple Terrace from 1973-1982. Recently, a person came forward,claiming... Read More.

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper and one other person are in the hospital after a crash on I-75 southbound this morning. The trooper had stopped at mile marker 134 to help someone with... Read More.

A Charlotte County woman is in custody this afternoon for murder after she and her boyfriend were involved in a domestic dispute on Sunday evening, Ashley Britto, 33, is charged with second-degree murder. The... Read More.