Author: WENG Newsroom

A longtime Naples businessman has pleaded not guilty to fraud and grand theft. Authorities arrested 77-year-old David Gothard in June in South Carolina. He remains in jail on $100,000 bond. The Office of Financial Regulation has charged... Read More.

A crash on I-75 last night killed a woman and injured a man. The highway patrol says 46-year-old Brian Canfield of Fort Myers drove the wrong way on the southbound side near Daniels Parkway. He had... Read More.

The investigation continues into a death in Punta Gorda. Police yesterday evening received a call about a body inside a parked car. The car sat in a parking lot near the Punta Gorda Waterfront Hotel and... Read More.

The National Weather Service has issued a rip current risk for coastal Sarasota County through this evening. It says robust southwesterly winds have generated waves of two to three feet on the Gulf, increasing the... Read More.

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office reports 38 suspected heroin overdoses over the last month. Seven have resulted in deaths. Over the last year, 132 overdoses have happened in Sarasota County. Among those, it reports 17 deaths. WWSB-TV has... Read More.

The sheriff's office says a Sarasota man stole $10,000 worth of rifles. It has arrested 24-year-old Justin McFarling for armed burglary and theft of a firearm. A business owner on Port Road says he had several... Read More.

The Coast Guard rescued someone from an overnight sailboat explosion in Back Bay. The sailboat spread the blaze to another vessel after it came loose from a harbor, but crews put out both fires. An unidentified... Read More.

If you want to save money on school supplies, then you may want to shop this weekend. Most of these items remain tax-free through Sunday. The state tax holiday also applies to clothes and shoes. However, the... Read More.

The area may receive heavy rain this weekend. The National Hurricane Center says a trough of low pressure may form over the northeastern Gulf. Forecasters say the system could develop while remaining almost stationary. They have given... Read More.

Tropical Storm Earl has dumped heavy rain along Mexico's Gulf Coast after going through Belize. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm has weakened, and it poses no threat to the American Gulf... Read More.