Author: WENG Newsroom

A popular Cape Coral waterpark reopened today for business. A fire last week destroyed the main entrance at Sun Splash Family Waterpark. Crews worked day and night for six straight days to prepare the park for... Read More.

The Skyway Bridge in Tampa closed for a while today. A crash with the barrier wall on the southbound side near the top of the bridge caused a tanker fire. The tanker still had 3,000 gallons... Read More.

Authorities now have a large package of cocaine in their custody. It turned up in an Englewood park on Saturday morning. The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office says someone at Don Pedro State Park found it floating... Read More.

A tornado may have touched down west of Sarasota. The National Weather Service says this may have happened just before sunset last night in Duette. People reported winds exceeding 50 miles per hour, but no injuries... Read More.

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has accused a man and a woman of selling drugs to undercover detectives. It says this has apparently happened with children in a car. Detectives have arrested 26-year-old Destiny Dexter and... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office repeats an old saying: "See something, say something." It says deputies went out to Kings Highway in Port Charlotte early Saturday morning after someone pulled up to a business and... Read More.

Deputies have arrested a Sarasota man for robbing a gas station where he used to work. This has happened after a worker recognized his voice. The sheriff's office says 33-year-old Joshua Ruiz entered the Shell station... Read More.

The airport in Punta Gorda reports a passenger count increase of 26 percent compared to the same month last year. The Herald-Tribune calls this the 32nd consecutive month that the airport has experienced more people... Read More.

The investigation continues into Saturday's boating death near Stump Pass. FWC says a man turned on his boat's engine, but the throttle bounced and tossed his seven-year-old son into the propeller. WINK-TV reports this happened in... Read More.

Sun Splash Family Waterpark says on its Facebook page that it plans on reopening tomorrow. A fire had closed it last week. Swim camps have started today as originally planned. Swim lessons still took place over the... Read More.