Author: WENG Newsroom

Florida has more help on its way to help find and track Zika-related birth defects. The CDC says local health officials have $720,000 coming to them. The money comes as part of a $16 million allocation... Read More.

Tropical Storm Earl keeps moving west through the Caribbean Sea. The National Hurricane Center has confirmed its formation. Earl's maximum sustained winds have exceeded 40 miles per hour. The storm has taken aim at Central America, and... Read More.

Authorities believe two people died in Sarasota yesterday after exposure to drain opener chemicals at a home. The Herald-Tribune reports detectives keep investigating the deaths of a 78-year-old woman and her 58-year-old son. One reportedly died... Read More.

Home prices in the region remain higher than the state and the country. Single-family home prices have risen nearly eight percent in Sarasota and Manatee counties in the last year. CoreLogic says those prices in Charlotte... Read More.

The search continues for a driver involved in a pileup on I-75 in Bradenton. The highway patrol says a black Dodge pickup weaved in and out of traffic on the northbound side near State Road... Read More.

The investigation continues into an apparent murder-suicide in Bradenton. The sheriff's office says a 50-year-old woman, a man in his 50s, and a 12-year-old child all died in a home yesterday near DeSoto Square Mall. Authorities... Read More.

The new police chief in Fort Myers now has a start date. The city council has approved a three-year contract for Derrick Diggs. He begins his new job Aug. 16. Diggs has worked as chief of the... Read More.

The state health department has confirmed a second travel-related Zika case in Manatee County. Charlotte County confirmed a case early last month. Sarasota County has yet to log a Zika case.

Sarasota Police continue investigating a death from this morning on Margaret Street. They say a family member found two people unconscious inside a home and called the county fire department. First-responders called the police department. One person... Read More.

FWC says boats have killed 71 manatees so far this year. One of these deaths has taken place in Sarasota County. Lee County has experienced the most deaths with 11. Manatee County has reported two of them. Some... Read More.