Author: WENG Newsroom

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office reports three drug arrests after two traffic stops Friday. Deputies learned that these people stayed in a hotel off Clark Road. Authorities claim they first stopped 45-year-old Shawn Scott for driving... Read More.

Someone robbed a Pokemon GO player of her purse last night in Sarasota. Police say officers responded to the parking lot of 2 Marina Jack after someone reported a robbery. They spoke with a woman who... Read More.

People have come to First United Methodist Church to say goodbye to Mary Knowlton. She died last week in a training exercise involving an officer at the citizens police academy. Lee Coel fired a weapon at... Read More.

A Sarasota boy continues recovering after a car hit him yesterday. The highway patrol says it happened near Tuttle Avenue and Martin Luther King, Jr. Way. It claims the car hit the seven-year-old boy after he... Read More.

FWC reports the death of a Florida panther. It says the animal died after a car hit it on Sunday on State Road 29 near Naples. FWC plans on conducting a necropsy. The Florida panther remains an... Read More.

A man remains a Naples Community Hospital after someone shot him in the face. Naples Police say it happened late yesterday at Coastland Center Mall. Police have found a gun at the scene. The investigation... Read More.

The investigation continues into this morning's armed robbery in Venice. The sheriff's office says it happened at the 7-Eleven on South Tamiami Trail. It has identified the suspect as either a white or Hispanic man dressed... Read More.

Classes resume in Sarasota County with a continued debate over bathroom policies. The President and education officials have sent a letter advising public schools to let people use the bathrooms for the genders to which... Read More.

People gather tomorrow to remember the woman who died in last week's shooting in Punta Gorda. First United Methodist Church begins the viewing for Mary Knowlton at 1 o'clock. The funeral actually starts at 2 o'clock. Police... Read More.

Housing starts in the region have climbed to their fastest rate in nearly a decade. A new report from Metrostudy shows construction started on nearly 1,500 single-family units in the region during the spring. That represents... Read More.