Author: WENG Newsroom

Fort Myers officially has a new police chief tomorrow. The department formally swears in Derrick Diggs at that time. Diggs has served as a police officer in Ohio for 37 years. He comes to Fort Myers from... Read More.

Today begins early voting in some places for the primary elections. People in Charlotte County can vote in three places: The second floor of the historical courthouse, the Mid County Regional Library, and the West... Read More.

Sarasota County has its first Zika case. The state health department has announced 10 new travel-related cases. This adds Sarasota County to the declaration of public health emergency. Two travel-related Zika cases have already popped up in... Read More.

Charlotte County's commissioners hold an informational meeting with with Congressman Thomas Rooney on Tuesday. Staff from the Army Corps of Engineers plan on attending this meeting. It takes place at Tringali Recreation Center in Englewood on... Read More.

A study shows Florida's minimum wage of just over eight dollars per hour cannot lift families out of poverty. The report from Columbia University puts the poverty line at $24,300 in annual income for a... Read More.

A real estate researcher finds fewer homeowners in the region underwater. ATTOM Data Solutions says just over 10,000 homeowners in Charlotte County owe at least 25 percent more on their mortgages than their properties' total... Read More.

School superintendents statewide have joined the governor for a conference call today concerning Zika. He says districts can count on receiving Zika toolkits. Representatives from districts in the region tell WBBH-TV that they have worked to... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office looks for speeders in two places next week. It has deputies enforcing the speed limit more carefully on Tamiami Trail in Punta Gorda between Jones Loop and Oil Well roads,... Read More.

More Zika cases have surfaced in Miami. The state health department says it has confirmed three more locally-acquired cases of the virus in Wynwood. However, officials have also described an area of Wynwood immediately north of... Read More.

The police chief in Punta Gorda has taken personal responsibility for a woman's death at the hands of one of his officers. Thomas Lewis says he "takes full responsibility for the actions of" his department... Read More.