Author: WENG Newsroom

The tourism industry in southwest Florida is hoping that 2016 is a repeat or better of 2015. Final numbers are pending, but Lee and Collier counties are expecting to set record bed tax collections... Read More.

A happy start to the new year for the local real estate market: the foreclosure rate in the Sarasota-Manatee region has dropped below two percent for the first time in seven years. The latest... Read More.

In a follow-up to yesterday's story on the latest Florida Senate district map, Republican senator Bill Galvano of Bradenton says the Senate is considering appealing the decision by Circuit Judge George Reynolds to approve... Read More.

Yet another Florida congressional district map has been rejected. Circuit Judge George Reynolds blasted the state legislature for submitting a map that clearly favored Republicans and incumbents. Reynolds noted in his ruling that the... Read More.

A Venice woman died early this morning after a vehicle wreck on East Venice Avenue. Florida Highway Patrol says that 24-year-old Riley Nicole Manyak was traveling east just past Auburn Road around 2am when... Read More.

A collegiate swimmer drowned over the weekend at a local pool. 21-year-old Tate Ramsden, a Tennessee native and member of the Dartmouth College swim team, was visiting family in Sarasota over the holiday weekend.... Read More.

Holly Hennessy of Longboat Key got an early Christmas present last week: a diamond bracelet she lost on Dec. 11. After hours of searching, Hennessy called Longboat Key police, who rerouted her to Sarasota... Read More.

The parent company of a Charlotte County composting facility has won a major court battle in Pennsylvania. Synagro Technologies, Inc., operates an organics recycling center in Punta Gorda that takes in biosolids and green... Read More.

A Charlotte County-based bank is making history by being the first-ever whole bank to be acquired by a credit union. Calusa Bank is in the process of being bought by Dunedin-based Achieva Credit Union... Read More.

Visitors to Florida's Gulf Coast beaches are getting more frequent and more detailed updates on water and weather conditions, thanks to scientists at the Mote Marine Laboratory. The Mote's Beach Conditions Reporting System, or... Read More.