Author: WENG Newsroom

Leaders in Sarasota have decided that after a week of violence nationwide, the time has come for what they call "a frank discussion." The county's NAACP branch and the police department intend to meet with... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office keeps looking for an endangered teenager. It says 16-year-old Neal Durham, Jr. of Port Charlotte vanished Friday. The sheriff's office believes he disappeared after a vehicle carrying him crashed at Chamberlain... Read More.

A crash Saturday killed a trucker in Sarasota. The highway patrol has identified him as 42-year-old Steven McNamara of Parrish. The big rig crashed into an embankment on I-75 at Fruitville Road. Authorities say McNamara crossed three... Read More.

A motorcyclist died in an accident on Siesta Key. The biker drove on Ocean Boulevard near the coast early yesterday. He apparently failed to negotiate a bend in the road and crashed. Officials at Sarasota Memorial Hospital... Read More.

FWC continues investigating a boating accident that killed a seven-year-old child. It happened Saturdahy morning on the water in Stump Pass area of Placida. The boy went to the emergency room at Englewood Community Hospital, where... Read More.

The governor calls last night's shooting in Dallas a "senseless and cowardly act." Rick Scott says he joins the rest of the nation in mourning those who died and praying for the recovery of the... Read More.

Charlotte County's sheriff has authorized the wearing of mourning bands following last night's shooting in Dallas. Bill Prummell says his office "embraces the partnerships, relationships and support" it has with all the people it serves. He... Read More.

We have more information on two suspicious deaths in Punta Gorda. Police say someone asked them to check a home on Royal Tern Drive yesterday. Police have not released details, but WFTX-TV reports the home belongs... Read More.

The investigation continues into what looks like the drowning death of a Venice man. Deputies responded to a swimmer in distress yesterday afternoon in a canal in Chestnut Creek behind a residence on Bermuda Isles... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office has announced where it plans on enforcing the speed limit most heavily next week. Expect to find deputies with radar guns in two spots: All of Gulfstream Boulevard in Englewood,... Read More.