Author: WENG Newsroom

Law enforcement says seven people allegedly participated in a massive organized theft ring. This ring supposedly covered Charlotte and Manatee counties and 24 other counties in Florida. It also apparently it Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina. Investigators... Read More.

A school bus driver from Fort Myers dropped a kindergartner off at a Waffle House instead of daycare. The district says it has fired that driver. In a Facebook post, Lela Federick says her five-year-old son... Read More.

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office keeps investigating a double stabbing. It happened last night on Blind Pass Road in Sarasota. Deputies arrived to find a woman and her 14-year-old son with stab wounds. They charged her 16-year-old... Read More.

The state health department says someone from Sarasota County died after eating shellfish. It says this person died from a bacteria that can cause debilitating skin sores, but it does kill in some cases. No one... Read More.

State wildlife officials have made what may sound like an unusual request. They want people to stop painting the animals. While occasionally someone paints a tortoise shell, another person recently used orange spray paint on a... Read More.

After firing the coach of the South Fort Myers High School football team, the district has named a replacement. It has chosen Matthew Holderfield as the interim head coach. This follows the termination of Anthony Dixon. Dixon... Read More.

CNBC has put Southwest Florida on its list of "America's Best Places to Start a Business." The list of 20 places specifically names Sarasota, but the network has used metro areas as the basis for... Read More.

North Port High School has a new principal. The superintendent says it has promoted Lamarque Elementary School principal Brandon Johnson to the high school. Johnson takes over for David Jones. Jones began his time as principal at... Read More.

A postal worker may have put mail in a dumpster behind a Fort Myers restaurant. Louis Rondao owns Luigina's Pizza and Grill. He tells WINK-TV that he saw an unidentified postal worker toss flyers... Read More.

Naples Police say a teenager has died after someone shot him in the face in a mall parking garage. They say someone on Monday night shot 17-year-old Thomas Lane. Police found him wounded an unconscious in... Read More.