Author: WENG Newsroom

This month could end as the worst month for Florida panther deaths in recent years.The Miami Herald reports nine of them have died in road accidents this month, and that marks a record for... Read More.

Sarasota County commissioners have adopted an amendment that fines unlicensed contractors at least a thousand dollars per day.For more information on contractors or to file a complaint, please visit the website for the Florida... Read More.

A two-mile walk next weekend brings awareness to mental illness.It happens at Gilchrist Park in Punta Gorda.The walk begins at 8 o'clock in the morning on Sat., May 7.The first hundred walkers receive free... Read More.

The role that cash buyers have played in the region's residential real estate market has diminished.Numbers from RealtyTrac show cash buyers have accounted for 53 percent of all single-family home and condo sales so... Read More.

Construction jobs in the North Port-Sarasota-Venice market have increased in the last month.This same analysis shows payrolls have increased five percent in the last year.The Herald-Tribune reports Associated General Contractors of America have counted... Read More.

Florida's senior senator has accused congressional Republicans of failing to act on preventing the spread of the Zika virus.Fellow Democrats from both chambers have joined Bill Nelson as he has criticized Republicans for not... Read More.

Thieves are picking your pockets again using illegal credit card skimmers at the gas pump, this time in Cape Coral. Police are investigating the placement of the skimmers on various pumps on at the 7-eleven... Read More.

A Port Charlotte neighborhood wants sidewalks after last week's fatal accident.An SUV hit and killed 35-year-old Mariah Klinefelter as she pushed a stroller.Her baby continues recovering from injuries.One resident has asked county commissioners for... Read More.

Foreclosure rates continue falling in the region, but they remain among the highest in the country.CoreLogic says the rate among outstanding mortgages in the Sarasota-Manatee region has fallen to 1.67 percent.It stood at 2.73... Read More.

Charlotte County's sheriff reports an increase in crime at the start of the year.He says most of the increase comes from motor vehicle thefts.To date, the county has received reports of 152 thefts this... Read More.