Author: WENG Newsroom

Sarasota County commissioners say they are looking into redrawing commission district boundaries this year. They claim it's needed to "balance districts that have unequal populations." Critics, though, call it a scheme to protect those... Read More.

Already leading the nation with the highest number of concealed weapon permits, Florida is nearing a new threshold: granting authority to 2 million civilians who can lawfully carry guns tucked in waistbands, under jackets... Read More.

A man tried to kidnap two women in Cape Coral Tuesday night, after the women helped him move out of a hotel. Police said the women met Bryan Gibson at the Casa Loma Hotel... Read More.

Four teenagers are in custody after deputies say they used an online sale meetup to beat a man and rob him of $400 in the Starbucks parking lot in Sarasota. Around 12:30pm on Sunday, deputies... Read More.

An elderly man is in critical condition after being hit by a pickup truck driver on Gasparilla Island early yesterday morning. According to the FHP, 90-year old Eliot Clarke of Boca Grande was hit... Read More.

Developers and designers on Monday night gave the public an idea of what a newly redone West Dearborn Street and South McCall Road in Englewood might look like. The county has set aside a... Read More.

Police in Venice are asking for the public's help in finding a missing man. 69-year old Randy Massruha was last seen on Monday night around 930, leaving his home in the 200 block of... Read More.

The Sarasota Police Department has decided to hold off on enforcing which stores can sell CBD oils until the state decides how they want to regulate the substance. CBD is a liquid extracted from a... Read More.

A fatal crash is under investigation after one woman died Monday night. Around 10pm, a vehicle traveling southbound on South Tamiami Trail at Grove Street hit a female adult near the intersection while she... Read More.

A Venice man has been arrested after he allegedly beat a dog to death with a shovel over the weekend. Police say Aaron Merwine committed the crime outside the home he shares with his... Read More.