Author: WENG Newsroom

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office continues looking for a man who disappeared on Saturday night. It says 59-year-old David Birchfield vanished from Loveland Boulevard in Port Charlotte. The office describes Birchfield as intoxicated at the time... Read More.

A judge has decided to go ahead with the trial of Dwayne Johnson. The Charlotte County man wanted his murder case tossed, because recordings of his private conversations with his attorney were recorded and sent... Read More.

CCSO's issuing a warning about having a legal parking space in the area of Englewood Beach. A department spokesperson says with folks in for spring break and from out of time, finding a... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office says added traffic at Englewood Beach from spring breakers and others on vacation have made it tougher to find legal parking spaces. Deputies have found double parked cars, cars parked... Read More.

A search warrant served at a Venice home led to the arrest of four people on drug and other charges...... http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-031315-Jennings-Venice Drug Arrests VO.mp3 Sarasota County Sheriff's deputies say a man on drug offender probation for... Read More.

The Sarasota Police Department's body camera program is indefinitely on hold..... http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-031215-Jennings-Sarasota PD Body Cams VO.mp3 Sarasota City Commissioners voted to halt the program last night due to a lawsuit filed over the cost of fulfilling... Read More.

Support's growing in the Legislature for Senate Bill 548, which would make it illegal to smoke in your car if you're with children 13 or younger with you. Backers of the bill say... Read More.

CCSO's Economic Crimes detectives need your help identifying the man who used a stolen credit card at a Port Charlotte gas station last month. Detectives say it started with someone breaking into two... Read More.

Sarasota County's new Emergency Operations Center's open for business.... http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-031115-Jennings-Sarasota Emergency Ops Center VO.mp3 The county's gotten a lot in the new $19-million building off Cattlemen Road. the 40,000 sq. ft. structure's state of the... Read More.

North Port Police are investigating the second child kidnap attempt in less than a month. The Herald-Tribune reports the latest incident happened Monday around 1p.m. A teenaged girl reports she was grabbed... Read More.