Author: WENG Newsroom

Car insurance rates across southwest Florida are at an all time high. Just since last year, rates have gone up an average of seven percent for Sarasota and Manatee county residents. A number of... Read More.

An extension of Charlotte County's one percent sales tax is likely to appear on the 2020 ballot. A recent study done by the University of Florida’s research center asked Charlotte County voters their opinion... Read More.

A team of workers with both Habitat for Humanity and AmeriCorps are teaming up this week to build a home -from the ground up- for a Charlotte County veteran. The group from AmeriCorps came... Read More.

An amateur diver made a historic find when he came across human remains in the waters off Venice. They turned out to be from a Native American graveyard that is more than 7,000 years... Read More.

A pair of Manatee County School Board members took their disagreement from a school board meeting to the parking lot Tuesday. Dave Miner has been accused of using his car as a weapon against... Read More.

The Hendry County Sheriff has announced a plan to arm volunteer school staff in Hendry County schools. The decision is the latest in a string of situations that have come up since the shootings... Read More.

Florida is trying to fall in line with 43 other states by putting a ban on texting while driving. If the bill is passed by the Florida House it will then go to the... Read More.

A violent family altercation that led to a shooting last month has now led to charges being filed against one man. This week, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested Douglas Blanco, who they say... Read More.

It took nearly four years, but police in Charlotte County have finally recovered a stolen car...albeit from the bottom of a lake. Deputies on patrol with the Aviation Unit spotted the white Ford Taurus... Read More.

In conjunction with a series of school walkout events planned for March 14, the Sarasota County School district says they are trying to work with students and school administrators to plan an observance on... Read More.