Author: WENG Newsroom

Suspensions issued following a fight between two high school football teams have been upheld by the Florida High School Athletic Association. Players from Braden River and North Port got into the altercation outside the... Read More.

With the grim discovery of infant Chance Walsh's body in a secluded area of North Port yesterday, jail representatives tell NBC2 that Chance's mother, Kristen Bury, is on her way back to Florida from... Read More.

Six maps have been created as a jumping-off point for discussion when the state Senate kicks off yet another two-week special session on Monday to tackle redrawing Florida's congressional districts after the state Supreme... Read More.

Investigators were back in North Port today looking for clues in the disappearance of 11-week-old Chance Walsh, who was last seen Sept. 9. Detectives and forensic experts have been searching a remote tract of... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's officer has named a Buffalo native as the Member of the Month of September for the Bureau of Law Enforcement. Julius White reports. http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-101515-WHITE-Deputy%20Honored.mp3 Deputy Gerald Rose started with... Read More.

Some Venice-area residents are reporting respiratory irritation, possibly linked to a red tide that has been reported along beaches in Sarasota County. The Mote Marine Laboratory has also reported dead fish at Venice North... Read More.

The case of a 19-year-old Punta Gorda who went missing in 2001 got its first day in court today. Phillip Barr is accused of taking part in the murder of Tara Sidarovich, whose body... Read More.

More information is coming out surrounding the disappearance of a North Port infant. Chance Walsh was last seen on Sept. 9 by his grandmother, and now WINK News is reporting that a family friend... Read More.

Although the number of teenage tobacco use is on the decline, another problem is on the rise. Julius White reports. http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-101315-WHITE-TEEN%20VAPING%20VO.mp3 COPY: Charlotte County health officials say they're concerned about the increased use of e-cigarettes or... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office was busy late last week as members of its Special Investigations Unit rounded up 11 people Thursday night and Friday morning in a prostitution crackdown. Undercover detectives from the... Read More.