Author: WENG Newsroom

The special election for the 72nd District House seat set a record for turnout in a Florida House special election...more than 44,000 people cast ballots in the race, good for a turnout of 36... Read More.

A pair of growth plan amendments are on the docket tomorrow for the Sarasota County planning board. One would expand the Englewood Town Center by 54.5 acres, mostly along South McCall Road, to Riverview... Read More.

A bicyclist was seriously injured in a crash with an SUV on Tuesday morning near Venice. According to the FHP, 76-year old James Madaus, of Venice was riding a bicycle south in the right... Read More.

A Lee County Circuit Court judge who was arrested last weekend in a prostitution sting has resigned. Judge Jay Rosman of the 20th judicial circuit was one of six men arrested in Naples as... Read More.

A 44-year-old man has been charged with battery after conducting a massage in Sarasota. 44-year-old Ruslan Grushco worked at 1279 South Tamiami Trail, the home of Massage Envy. Police say he touched the victim... Read More.

A man was arrested by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office for a charge called Transmission of Obscene Material. 64-year-old Kenneth Gray's computer was found to be the home of downloaded child pornography files. Deputies... Read More.

A State Senator from Orlando is trying to get a bill passed that would require daycare center vehicles that transport children to install some sort of alarm system by next year. Democrat Linda Stewart... Read More.

The owner of a Venice pet salon will be charged with cruelty to animals, according to police and court documents. Those same documents show the owner of the Happy Puppy Pet Spa, Phyllis Luca,... Read More.

After 20 years, the Venice Farmers Market will no longer be downtown...at least temporarily. The market is just one of four of the city's biggest events that will be relocated while roads and sidewalks... Read More.

Did you know today is an election day for voters in the 72nd House District? Judging by early voting returns...it doesn't look like many people do. Elections officials say so far, less than 25... Read More.