Author: WENG Newsroom

Florida's foster children can visit the state's parks without paying any fees.Officials from DCF and the DEP say they intend to give out 15,000 passes to state parks to give to these kids.The giveaway... Read More.

People continue remembering North Port High School teacher Antoinette Gordon.Police believe her husband shot her at the Port Charlotte McDonald's on Friday before turning the gun on himself.The Herald-Tribune reports students, faculty, and parents... Read More.

Two missing fisherman have reappeared safely in Venice.The Coast Guard says 33-year-old Thomas Batten of St. Petersburg and 27-year-old Ryan Killoran of Bradenton ran out of gas in their 22-foot flats boat on the... Read More.

A 26-year-old North Port man is charged with robbery with a firearm, a felony, after a Friday morning incident at a Winn Dixie on Tamiami Trail. Police report that Wesley Brackin was... Read More.

North Port High School has extra counselors this week following the death of a teacher Friday.The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office believes Antoinette Gordon died at the hands of her estranged husband.It continues investigating both... Read More.

We know more about Saturday's drownings on Lake Manatee.It happened after a weekend camping retreat started on Friday at the state park.Senior pastor Jessie Perez of Rio de Vida Ministries says after a morning... Read More.

Florida's senators want congressional colleagues to approve emergency funding to fight the Zika virus.This follows the first American death from Zika.Resistance continues to an appropriation of $1.9 billion.This would pay for Zika research, testing,... Read More.

Two people died in a boating accident Saturday afternoon on Lake Manatee.FWC responded after waves caused a canoe to capsize near the middle of it.A boater nearby rescued 36-year-old Juan Gomez as he clung... Read More.

The sheriff's office continues investigating a murder-suicide in Port Charlotte.It says this happened on Friday night in the parking lot at McDonald's on Tamiami Trail.The office believes Hugh and Antoinette Gordon made their way... Read More.

Florida's congressional clout soon shrinks.The Tallahassee Democrat reports that with eight incumbents declining to run for reelection, the third-most populous state in the nation loses decades of experience.It also loses its only committee chair.