Author: WENG Newsroom

Foreclosure rates and mortgage problems keep dropping in the region. CoreLogic says the foreclosure rate among all outstanding mortgages in Charlotte County has dropped to 1.2 percent. That number sat at 2.44 percent at this time... Read More.

If you receive a phone call from someone claiming to represent FPL who wants a payment, then hang up the phone. Callers have threatened to turn off electricity for some residents. The scammer requests payment through... Read More.

Sarasota County officials want the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a deeper environmental study before the Lido Key beach renourishment project begins. The Herald-Tribune reports that if the Corps accepts the county's suggestion, then... Read More.

A Collier County teenager has tested positive for Zika. This happened following a trip to Nicaragua over the summer. Joseph Dauphinais' mother tells WBBH-TV that the virus showed up in his urine. The entire family underwent testing... Read More.

The National Hurricane Center has noticed a tropical disturbance near Puerto Rico. It could affect Florida later this week. Forecasters say this system stands ready to enter the Caribbean Sea, and it has a medium to... Read More.

Blood collection agencies in the region keep testing donated blood for Zika. Lee Memorial Hospital and the Community Blood Center of Collier County say they have started screening donations for the virus. Officials call the testing... Read More.

No one reported any injuries after yesterday's gas leak in Sarasota. The sheriff's office says it happened at a shopping center near Clark and Beneva roads. The leak prompted evacuations of the shopping plaza's businesses. All these... Read More.

The sheriff's office has identified a man found dead in Sarasota. It says someone discovered the body of 31-year-old Simon Montiel in the woods off Colonial Drive and New England Street on Saturday. The Sarasota County... Read More.

Police have released video of two men who allegedly robbed a Domino's in Fort Myers. The men had their faces almost completely covered when they barged into the restaurant on Palm Beach Boulevard ner Parker... Read More.

A Lehigh Acres woman says deputies wrongfully arrested her. Stephanie Garner ended up in a Fort Myers jail after authorities came to her home with an arrest warrant. Once they booked Garner, deputies realized they should... Read More.