Author: WENG Newsroom

As election season comes back around this month, educators in Sarasota County are looking back on the 1-mill local option property tax that's been in place now for 16 years. That 2002 referendum now... Read More.

An early Sunday morning fire in Venice is the subject of an investigation. Crews were called to Service Club Park in Venice around 330 yesterday morning. A report states fire officials found the boardwalk... Read More.

Gov. Rick Scott is reiterating that he is not in favor of having armed teachers at schools. The House and Senate was set to discuss the issue today. The legislation would require county sheriff's... Read More.

A pair of Sarasota County Sheriff's Office deputies were on patrol when they discovered an alligator taking a leisurely cruise along a South County road. The deputies said the alligator was roughly 7.5 feet... Read More.

Thursday, firefighters around the Suncoast decided to battle something other than a fire. Firefighters took part in a screening involving Cancer Dogs at Manatee Technical College. The interesting idea is this. The emergency personnel... Read More.

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.