Author: WENG Newsroom

Florida parents can expect a shorter tax-free shopping holiday when they send their kids back to school this fall. The News Service of Florida reports the governor has approved a three-day tax holiday. The holiday covers... Read More.

A move is afoot to put power lines underground in areas around Punta Gorda. After severe weather damage areas of Southwest Florida they want to avoid that same fate again which brought down... Read More.

A group wants to save the Venice Library. It has asked the county not to "remove one book" until all efforts to make the current building usable again have failed. The Herald-Tribune reports Janine Joyner wants... Read More.

North Port has moved a measure forward that would limiti campaign donations to city commission candidates. However, the measure has changed so that it would not begin until after elections this November. The ordinance would reduce... Read More.

Veterinarians want an exemption from Sarasota County's new rules to prevent the sales of animals from "puppy mills" or "kitten factories." The doctors believe the new rules may prevent them from placing animals of former... Read More.

Fifth Third Bank has launched its "Lives Improved Through Financial Empowerment" programs. The programs offer financial education to people of all ages and walks of life. Fifth Third's eBus also moves around the region to help... Read More.

Police in Fort Meyers are searching for a missing 50 year old woman who's disappearance is being called suspicious. 50 year old Alberta harris went missing Saturday. Her husband last saw her around 9:15 Saturday... Read More.

Police in Fort Meyers are searching for a missing 50 year old woman who's disappearance is being called suspicious. 50 year old Alberta harris went missing Saturday. Her husband last saw her around 9:15 Saturday... Read More.

The Court has denied a request to have the prison sentence of Kristen Bury, the mother of Baby Chance reduced. Bury received a 25-year prison sentence in connection with her husband Joseph Walsh in the... Read More.

A judge has denied a reduced sentence for a North Port woman whose infant son died last year. Kristin Bury has pleaded no contest in the death of Chance Walsh. His body surfaced in the woods... Read More.