Author: WENG Newsroom

A former detective with the Manatee County Sheriff's Office has been arrested after being accused of stealing money from their investigative fund. Deputies began investigating 31-year-old Christopher Gallagher in late August after his supervisors... Read More.

Rescue and power crews from the Suncoast are heading northeast this week, on their way to the Carolinas to help out once Hurricane Florence makes landfall. Early yesterday afternoon, Sarasota County Fire Department sent... Read More.

City leaders in Venice last night approved a resolution encouraging residents to avoid using fertilizer 12 months per year. The amount of fertilizer going into the Gulf has been top of mind in recent... Read More.

Lee County EMS is sending a strike team to North Carolina to help with the Hurricane Florence response. First responders came to Southwest Florida one year ago to help with Hurricane Irma relief, and... Read More.

The operator of a Tampa-based animal sanctuary says she was the target of an Oklahoma zookeeper who was indicted last week on federal murder-for-hire charges. Carole Baskin of Big Cat Rescue in Tampa said she's... Read More.

Sarasota GOP leaders began the process Monday of trying to remove Peter Gemma from the party’s executive committee following reports that have come out, linking him to groups with racist and anti-Semitic views. The... Read More.

A North Port man is facing felony animal neglect charges after deputies found two malnourished dogs at his home that were infected with parasites. Police went to the home of 40-year old Brian Eichmann... Read More.

A weekend fire at the Charlotte County Sports Park caused minor damage, but ended up burning through a water line that would wind up extinguishing the fire. Fire officials in Port Charlotte were called... Read More.

Republican U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis resigned from Congress on today to focus on his bid to become Florida’s next governor. DeSantis sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan and asked that his resignation... Read More.

Hurrican Florence rapidly strengthened into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane on today as it closed in on North and South Carolina, carrying winds and water that could wreak havoc over a wide stretch... Read More.