Author: WENG Newsroom

The number of confirmed Zika virus cases in Florida has increased again.The state health department says it has found three more cases in South Florida.Combine those with four others in Tampa Bay and the... Read More.

The Coast Guard has launched a full search for a man and his three teenage children.They have disappeared from a sailboat off the coast.The Coast Guard says the man, his two sons ages 13... Read More.

Sarasota's proposed ban on assault weapons in the city has failed.Commissioners have decided against the non-binding symbolic resolution.The city attorney believes passing the resolution could prompt lawsuits.

The state attorney general's office keeps working to block Planned Parenthood's attempts to stop a new abortion law from starting.Planned Parenthood has challenged the law that would prevent local governments from doing business with... Read More.

An Englewood man died following a collision in Placida Harbor.Family members have identified him to WBBH-TV as 23-year-old Dylan Gonzalez.It happened near the Boca Grande Causeway early Sunday morning.Two boats hit each other, and... Read More.

A new poll gives Hillary Clinton the lead in Florida.Clinton holds an eight-point lead over Donald Trump, 47 percent to 39.Meanwhile, the Quinnipiac study shows Clinton and Trump virtually tied in Ohio and Pennsylvania.No... Read More.

North Port has released the findings of its Citizen Services Survey.The city has given the survey to see how residents feel about projects, programs, and services, as well as the community's overall quality of... Read More.

An evacuation yesterday in Port Charlotte amounted to nothing more than an evacuation.The sheriff's office told people to avoid American Value Self Storage on Freedom Avenue because of what it called a potentially dangerous... Read More.

The City of North Port has released the findings of its 2016 Citizen Services Survey.Earlier this year, the City administered the survey to gauge resident's opinions of the City's projects, programs, and services as... Read More.

Authorities have suspended the search for a man off the coast of Boca Grande.The Coast Guard says the water swept away two men on Saturday.Someone on a jet ski found one man, but no... Read More.