Author: WENG Newsroom

North Port this weekend began draining one of its waterways. The city started lowering water levels at Cocoplum Waterway at Hillsborough Boulevard between Venango Street and Flamingo Boulevard. City employees this week begin working on replacing... Read More.

Authorities remain tight-lipped about this weekend's shooting in Lehigh Acres. The sheriff's office says it happened yesterday at Coral Plaza on Lee Boulevard near Williams Avenue. Deputies closed off the shopping plaza for six hours, and... Read More.

Tim Kaine makes the rounds this week in Florida to rally support for Hillary Clinton. The governor of Virginia campaigned in front of hundreds of people last night at Miami Dade College's Kendall Campus. Kaine today... Read More.

A Punta Gorda woman had her day in court yesterday, and it ended with good news and bad news. A trooper pulled over Judy Jones because she had writing on the windshield of her truck... Read More.

Lee Memorial Health System today celebrated its centennial with a unique event. Employees and volunteers carried a 3-D printed torch over a 33-mile course. Lee Memorial's four campuses provide health services in five counties.

Deputies in Collier County say a missing nine-year-old boy turned up safely. His mother reported him missing yesterday after he did not get off the school bus. He later surfaced at the home of a family... Read More.

The mayors of Miami-Dade and Miami Beach yesterday pushed for Zika research funding. They visited Washington to make a case for the money. One of the called South Florida ground zero for Zika, and residents needed... Read More.

If you don't like Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, then one man wanted to hear from you yesterday in Tallahassee. Libertarian vice presidential nominee Bill Weld visited the city yesterday. Weld said he and presidential nominee... Read More.

The Independent Party of Florida yesterday delivered 300 muffins to the governor's office at the state capitol. This responded to Independent presidential candidate Evan Mullin's omission from statewide ballots.

Sarasota Police have asked for help in stopping the region's heroin epidemic. The department says 44 people in the city have overdosed on heroin since July, and eight of them have died. Police also say they... Read More.