Author: WENG Newsroom

You're invited to join the Charlotte County Sheriff's departments 50th Citizens Polce Academy. The 8-week class starts Tuesday, June 30th. If you sign up, you'll hear from members of the departments S.W.A.T.,... Read More.

Sun Country Airlines has announced service from Southwest Florida International Airport to San Juan continues beyond August as originally scheduled. It now continues all year. Also, Sun Country plans on starting flights to Cancun in October.

Turtles may use calendars. As soon as April turned into May, their nests started appearing along the coast. NBC2 reports one turtle laid her eggs at the northern end of the Englewood Beach parking lot just... Read More.

North Port Police arrested a man early Saturday in a road rage incident that left two people hurt. http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-050415-Jennings Road Rage VO.mp3 This started about 12:30 Saturday morning when officers got to the scene of a... Read More.

There are early signs that merging the Venice and Sarasota County fire department's might be a good move financially. The Herald-Tribune reports Venice City Manager Ed Lavellee told council members this week that... Read More.

Things are looking up when it comes to home sales in Charlotte County. NBC2 reports March saw more home sales than in any month in the past decade. Jim Quinn of the Punta... Read More.

Sarasota County Sheriff's deputies arrested 17-people in a drug sweep yesterday in South County.... http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-050115-Jennings-South County Drugs VO.mp3 A sheriff's department spokesperson says they were after people dealing cocaine, heroin, meth, and prescription medications in Venice,... Read More.

17 alleged street-level drug dealers in south Sarasota County were arrested today by deputies today. A Sarasota County Sheriff's spokesperson tells the Herald-Tribune those arrested today were allegedly selling heroine, cocaine, meth and... Read More.

There's a no-swim advisory in effect at the Venice Fishing Pier. It was issued by the Sarasota County office of the State Health Department late this morning due to high enterococci bacteria in... Read More.

Florida ranks fourth nationwide in hospital safety. The biannual report from Leapfrog assigns grades from A to F to 2,500 hospitals across the country. The grades stem from how well they protect patients from preventable harm... Read More.