Author: WENG Newsroom

The Charlotte and Sarasota County Commissions each voted yes on resolutions to accept money from the multi-billion dollar settlement announced last week with BP.... http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-070815-Jennings-BP Money VO-.mp3 Charlotte County Commissioners voted to accept the $7-million they're... Read More.

Sarasota County's share of the BP Settlement with be $14.2 million. The Herald-Tribune reports County commissioners unanimously agreed on a resolution today allowing them to accept the recovery money. County administrators have proposed... Read More.

Charlotte County officials were collecting today. They accepted $7-million for their share of the $18-billion deal announced last week between 5-Gulf Coast states and the federal government with BP for the 2010 Gulf... Read More.

The Chief Range Safety Officer at FWC's Cecil Webb shooting range in Charlotte County is out of a job. http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-070715-Jennings-FWC Employee Fired Gun Range VO.mp3 According to the Herald-Tribune, Glenn Nickell was... Read More.

Glen Nickell's been fired as chief range safety officer at FWC's Cecil Webb shooting range in Charlotte County. The Herald-Tribune reports Nickell was under investigation for recycling the spent brass at the range,... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office looks for speeders in two spots this week. Deputies have their radar guns working on Midway Boulevard in Port Charlotte between Kings Highway and Route 41, and in Punta Gorda... Read More.

FWC's got some questions after a weekend boat crash in Charlotte Harbor. http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-070615-Jennings-Boat Crash VO.mp3 Two boats collided near the U.S. 41 bridge Saturday night around 10. NBC2 reports Arthur Zimbicki was checking on... Read More.

Sarasota Police have released surveillance video of a suspect they're looking for in an armed robbery at North Trail Liquors in the 3400 block of N. Tamiami Trail. It happened yesterday afternoon. ... Read More.

The southbound lanes of US-41 near Cochran Boulevard in Port Charlotte are open again after a crash earlier this afternoon. The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating.

Five Gulf Coast states and the federal government have reached an agreement, in principle, to settle all the remaining claims outstanding from the 2013 BP oil spill.... http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-070315-Jennings-BP Deal Wwap.mp3 Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi's getting... Read More.