Author: WENG Newsroom

Florida's legislature continues considering changing the way the state pays to treat people who need emergency mental health care. However, critics say the move would gut the current system to benefit large hospital systems.

A man yesterday found a body in Cape Coral. The discovery happened as the man unloaded his boat near Everest Boat Ramp. He spotted a body near a seawall. Authorities have identified the deceased as 65-year-old David... Read More.

A Sarasota man's is one of two people facing federal drug charges. 42-year old Michael Babiarz and 39-year old Aaron Remaley of Riverview were named in a federal indictment unsealed today, charging them... Read More.

The Legislature's voted and sent to Gov. Scott barring school districts from collecting student data, like fingerprints. The proposal also bars districts from collecting information on the political or religious affiliation of... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office looks for speeders along two stretches of road next week. Deputies have the radar guns out along Midway Boulevard in Port Charlotte between Kings Highway and Highway 41, as well... Read More.

Englewood residents are getting ready for the biggest event their community's ever hosted: the Charlotte Harbor Super Boat Grand Prix this weekend. There's a parade of the racing boats through Punta Gorda... Read More.

More than 100-Southwest Florida residents should be breathing easier now that the state says it's fixed a problem that suspended the drivers licenses of several thousand people. A DMV spokesperson tells NBC2 that... Read More.

We report an Amber Alert out of Sarasota County. Authorities seek five-month-old Brianna Martinez-Lujano. She has disappeared from the Cadillac Motel on North Tamiami Trail in Sarasota. The baby may have thirty-one-year-old Aldequndo Benitez-Caivillo with... Read More.

Deputies in Collier County are looking for a man why they believe is stealing checks out of mailboxes, then washing them so he can write them out to himself and cash them. Southwest Florida... Read More.

Winn-Dixie has a "Now Hiring" sign up-- at least, virtually. The company says it needs workers at all of its location in the Naples-Ft. Myers area. The store is recruiting for all store positions... Read More.