Author: WENG Newsroom

Venice Regional Bayfront Health is getting a new leader.... http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-073015-Jennings-Venice Bayfront CEO VO.mp3 Peter Wozniak's last day on the job as CEO of the hospital is tomorrow. The Herald-Tribune reports the medical staff had planned... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Coast Guard spent the early-morning hours today looking for a man connected to an illegal fishing operation. The search covered waters between Cape Haze and Turtle... Read More.

You're always encouraged to have a plan for your family if there's an emergency at home. Does that plan include your pets? http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-072915-Jennings-Pet Sticker VO.mp3 You can now put a sticker on the front... Read More.

A man on his way to Punta Gorda was detained at the Huntington, West Virginia, airport after a loaded 9mm handgun was found in his carry-on luggage by security screeners. Airport police responded to... Read More.

Murdock was the scene of a purse-snatching in broad daylight. NBC2 reports that the incident occurred in front of the Books-A-Million store on Highway 41 when a man ran up behind Patricia Lopes and... Read More.

Several bicycles were stolen from a Gulf Cove home early this morning. ABC7 is reporting that the burglary occurred around 1am on Churchill Avenue amid several other residential and vehicle break-ins in the same... Read More.

Sarasota's police chief has expressed disappointment. Bernadette DiPino has ordered an internal investigation after video showed one of her officers fedding a handcuffed homeless man like a dog. The video from the jail lobby appears to... Read More.

Liability concerns over restoration work have slowed efforts by the Venice Area Historical Society to buy, fix up, and display a sleeper car from the 1950s that was once used by the Ringling Brothers... Read More.

The Charlotte Stone Crabs minor league baseball team had an unusual guest at the ball field over the weekend: a 10-foot alligator. The gator was discovered lounging under the bench in the visiting team's... Read More.

A man injured in an Englewood motorcycle wreck last week has died, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. 59-year-old Bruce Sudol of Englewood reportedly turned in front of an oncoming minivan on North Indiana... Read More.