Author: WENG Newsroom

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.

Charlotte County deputies said they shot and killed an armed man in a parking lot early this morning in Charlotte Harbor. Deputies said a man pulled into the McDonald's located at 4695 Tamiami Trail... Read More.

A shoplifter is on the loose after winning his first standoff with police. Officials say a man took some things from the 7-Eleven on Tamiami Trial. Charlotte County deputies responded and caught up to... Read More.

Police say when they pulled over a Sarasota man, they found marijuana and a stolen firearm. Around 2:30pm on October 26, officers pulled over 20-year-old Dariente Singletary on Leon Avenue after they say he... Read More.

If you haven’t voted yet, you still have some time to head to the polls for early voting. The last day to cast your ballot is tomorrow before election day on November 6th. Ron Turner, the... Read More.

Hundreds camped out in Gray last night, hoping to be the first to get free medical care. The Remote Area Medical, or RAM Clinic, is once again back at the fairgrounds in Gray this... Read More.