Author: WENG Newsroom

Business remains steady in downtown Venice, one week after a major road project shut down the eastbound traffic along Venice Avenue. City Engineer Kathleen Weeden told ABC-7 the businesses in downtown requested to have... Read More.

The way county commissioners are elected in Sarasota County could be changing under a proposed ballot initiative. Currently, voters only elect at-large commissioners, meaning voters choose all five seats regardless of district. Under a... Read More.

North Port will -finally- officially have a new police chief as of tomorrow night. That's when a swearing in ceremony is set for Todd Garrison. The 45-year old had been a captain and district... Read More.

The Sarasota County Commission yesterday passed by a 4-1 vote a special exception for a 32,000-square-foot car dealership. That dealership, according to the Herald-Tribune, would be built at the northeast section of the Jacaranda... Read More.

Residents at one North Port senior living community say they feel trapped inside their buildings because of elevators that have been broken for days at a time. Some of the residents told ABC-7 it... Read More.

The Sarasota County Commission is getting set to hear from area residents before they try and impose a ban on recreational marijuana. The state hasn't even legalized it yet, but at Commissioner Mike Moran’s... Read More.

The only air carrier at Punta Gorda Airport is in the midst of a potential pilot walkout. Pilots working for Allegiant Air yesterday voted to authorize a strike as negotiations continue between the union... Read More.

A big step in the process of creating two new hospitals in south Sarasota County happened Monday, when state regulators issued a final order issuing “certificates of need.” That will -at last- clear the... Read More.

Three teenagers are in connection with a string of burglaries to unlocked vehicles that happened this weekend in the area of Gillot Boulevard in Port Charlotte. In all, nine vehicles were hit on Gillot as... Read More.

A community group that has been opposed to the dredging of Big Pass to rebuild Lido Beach says they will not end their fight to stop the project. Save Our Siesta Sands 2 argues... Read More.