Author: WENG Newsroom

City employees in North Port may receive pay increases after September. However, the city budget has to pass. The Herald-Tribune reports the city commission may give both unionized and non-unionized city employees three-percent pay raises. That would... Read More.

Florida has more Zika cases. The state health department reports five new instances of the virus, but they all appear travel-related. This recent batch has popped up in Broward and Palm Beach counties. The state now has... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office keeps investigating a death at an auto repair business. It reports finding a man dead inside a vehicle at Charlotte Harbor Exhaust yesterday. The sheriff's office does not suspect foul play. Work... Read More.

Senate candidate Alan Grayson has lost endorsements from liberal groups. This follows the mother of his children revealing police reports that allege decades of domestic abuse. Democracy for America and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee have... Read More.

A tropical disturbance has kicked up off the African coast. The National Hurricane Center has given it a 40 percent chance of developing further over the next five days. It now sits 550 miles southeast of... Read More.

If you enjoy hanging out in Naples, then you may enjoy wider sidewalks soon. County leaders plan to double the width of the sidewalks on Seagate Boulevard at the public beach parking lot. The proposal now... Read More.

The site of the Orlando shooting soon turns into a memorial. Documents with the state show the owners of Pulse have officially registered the One Pulse Foundation. The nonprofit hopes to create a permanent memorial for... Read More.

Manatee County commissioners have approved proposed changes to MCAT routes. The changes include no longer extending Route 6 westward to the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Lakewood Ranch. The Herald-Tribune reports MCAT describes it... Read More.

Some people in Sarasota do not like the prospect of an off-ramp in their neighborhood. The state plans on building one for I-75 and Bee Ridge Road. Southbound traffic could go beyond the exit and come... Read More.

We have some more information on yesterday's fire in Punta Gorda. The Herald-Tribune describes the home on Green Gulf Boulevard as a total loss. A fire department spokesman says no one has reached the owner yet. The... Read More.