Author: WENG Newsroom

A major sponsor has pulled it's sponsorship of Venice High School following the firing of head coach John Peacock. He was fired last month after liking an allegedly racist tweet targeting Braden River football... Read More.

A man suspected of robbing multiple banks across Florida, including a Wells Fargo in Sarasota County, has been arrested. The Tampa field office for the FBI tweeted out a photo of the suspected robber around... Read More.

This week marked the official end of stone crab season- one that, according to many crabbers, was a rough one. Final figures on the season's haul won't be available for a number of months,... Read More.

A cluster of storms in the Gulf isn't expected to turn into a tropical cyclone as initially thought. The bad news is that the system will still bring plenty of rain- as much as... Read More.

Venice High School substitute teacher Richard Linden is now the third candidate in the race for incumbent Jane Goodwin’s District 5 School Board seat. All four of the candidates looking to challenge the Sarasota... Read More.

The Sarasota County School Board was a near unanimous vote on Tuesday in a decision to reject a charter school application. The Pinecrest Academy Gulf Coast Charter School would have served grades K-8. The... Read More.

Good news yesterday coming from Sarasota County staff, who told both County and North Port Commissioners that construction on the new Braves' spring training facility is on schedule. At the moment, crews are hanging... Read More.

Gas prices continue to rise in Southwest Florida and now are 50 cents higher than a year ago. According to AAA, the average price in the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice market went up 12 cents just last week... Read More.

Love is in the air across the Suncoast...love bugs, that is. It's once again love bug mating season, which means the little critters are out by the thousands. Matt Smith, the Director of Mosquito... Read More.

Federal investigators will take a closer look at how the FAA deals with maintenance oversight of Allegiant Air. A federal review ordered last June initially focused on the FAA’s oversight of air carrier maintenance,... Read More.