Author: WENG Newsroom

A spending disagreement that caused lawmakers to miss their March 9th deadline, resulting in a special session has now been resolved and the 2018 legislative session has come to an end. The approved budget... Read More.

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office is looking for a murder suspect after an altercation from Sunday night. The shooting took place around 10:45pm in the county near Oakwood Estates on 21 Street East. Deputies... Read More.

Less than three months into the new year, a watchdog group says Florida looks to be on pace for another record year for manatee deaths. In just the 70 or so days of 2017,... Read More.

The former FEMA administrator that led the agency under President Obama is set to deliver his report about Sarasota County's response to Hurricane Irma. Craig Fugate was hired to provide an independent review of... Read More.

America's first-ever, all-solar powered town celebrated its grand opening on Saturday. Babcock Ranch in Charlotte County was the brainchild of owner Syd Kitson. Over the weekend, he and FPL officials unveiled a solar facility... Read More.

We're eight days away from the primary election, and early voting has now started for the Mar. 20 elections in Manatee and Sarasota Counties. Voters in both counties will be voting on school district... Read More.

Voters in Sarasota County will head to the polls March 20 and will have a question in front of them having to do with local-option property tax that was fi4st approved in 2002. The... Read More.

A vehicle involving multiple vehicles and a Sarasota County school bus happened this morning on US 301 and 17th Street. Four vehicles were involved in the crash that happened around 8am. Three children were... Read More.

An Associated Press has said that Broward County School District may be the first in the country to stop accepting money from the National Rifle Association. The powerful NRA is believed to have given... Read More.

Republican State Rep Joe Gruters is looking to move from the Florida House of Representatives to the Florida State Senate. He announced yesterday he plans to run for Sarasota's open Senate seat left vacant,... Read More.