Author: WENG Newsroom

Numbers big and small are lower across southwest Florida. Triple-A reports that the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice market has dropped to $2.05, down eight cents from... Read More.

The unemployment rate in southwest Florida continues trending downward. Sarasota County led the region at 4.8 percent for October, two-tenths of a percent lower than September. On the other side, Charlotte County maintained the... Read More.

Allegiant Air announced today the addition of two more year-round, nonstop routes into Punta Gorda airport. Beginning in mid-February, flights will start landing in Charlotte County twice per week from Harrisburg, Penn., and Belleville,... Read More.

The Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement has released crime statistics for the January-to-July time period. The numbers are a mixed bag in Charlotte and Sarasota counties, with some violent crime up but overall crime... Read More.

A Port Charlotte man was arrested in Tennessee over the weekend for allegedly shooting another man, according to the Carter County Sheriff's Office. Deputies responded to a call for shots fired around 9pm Saturday... Read More.

If you happen to owe money for services received at a Bayfront-branded hospital, you might be getting an unpleasant piece of mail soon. Community Health Systems of Tennessee owns the seven Bayfront facilities, including... Read More.

Heron Creek Middle School in North Port is coming under fire from parents upset that some students were initially excluded from a field trip meant to encourage and reward good grades, good behavior, and... Read More.

Police say that 46-year-old Tyrone Marion of Port Charlotte forced a 15-year-old girl to have sex with him this past Saturday evening after asking her to help him fix the clock on his cell... Read More.

The funeral has taken place for a young convenience store clerk. The investigation continues into who killed 18-year-old Kyle Farishian. He died while working at the 7-Eleven in Punta Gorda early in the morning Nov. 1. Authorities... Read More.

Detectives are asking for the public's assistance in identifying a man involved in a strong-armed robbery that occurred Saturday morning outside a local business. Julius White reports At about 11:00 am on Saturday November... Read More.