Author: WENG Newsroom

The Atlanta Braves put 2020 Spring Training season tickets on sale over the weekend- the first full season the team will be playing at its new home in North Port. The team estimates more... Read More.

The latest luxury condo project in Siesta Key broke ground Wednesday. The six-unit Oceane Siesta Key will have just a half-dozen massive units, clocking in at around 4500 square feet apiece. The developer told... Read More.

Residents of a mobile home park in Venice have been fighting with the owner of that park about the condition of a damaged home that has been sitting, exposed to the elements and abandoned,... Read More.

The town of Longboat Key can finally go ahead with the demolition of nearly all of the abandoned Colony Beach Resort. A state judge handed down a ruling late Wednesday night in the town's... Read More.

Punta Gorda Airport is now the 11th busiest in the state of Florida, according to a report released yesterday by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Last year, more than 1.29 million passengers went through... Read More.

Repairs on the Venice Fishing Pier won't happen until next spring. City officials told ABC-7 a shortage of wood means the pier will go through another tourist season before it gets a permanent fix.... Read More.

A Lee County Sheriff's Office captain has been named the new Chief of Police in North Port. City Manager Peter Lear told ABC-7 yesterday that Todd Garrison has accepted the position, and will now... Read More.

Sarasota County Schools has named their first Police Chief for the county's school-based police force. Paul Grohowski has been named as the new leader, pending screenings and school board approval. Grohowski had served as... Read More.

Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight is coming under criticism after using his agency’s official Facebook page to support Gov. Rick Scott’s U.S. Senate campaign. The Herald-Tribune reports that the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office page... Read More.

Mote Marine Laboratory plans to ask Sarasota County for help in building and securing the site for its planned science education acquarium at Nathan Benderson Park. Yesterday, Mote officials sent a formal request to... Read More.