Author: WENG Newsroom

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office made two arrests Thursday in connection with the robbery of yjr SunTrust Bank on Gantt Road on Monday. Acting on an anonymous tip, detectives determined 31-year-old Matthew Marquez... Read More.

According to a new study by the Institute for Justice, Forida ranks number four in the country in terms of professional regulations. Florida Gulf Coast University economics professor Dean Stansel says the study... Read More.

So much for our months-long stretch of drought. Heavy weather early this morning causing snarled traffic and a number of crashes all across the Sun Coast. The Highway Patrol says it had ten accidents... Read More.

A Port Charlotte man was arrested Tuesday night for calling 9-1-1, one too many times. Debbie Bowe with the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office says 47-year-old Everett Robert Lages was arrested after calling 9-1-1... Read More.

First a breakin, then a return to the scene of the crime to steal a car. That's the scenario Sarasota investigators are piecing together today involving a homeless man who allegedly tried to make... Read More.

An infant saved from drowning by Sarasota police. Two officers were only blocks away from a home in the Arlington Park neighborhood when they received a call about a drowning. When they arrived, the... Read More.

The Englewood-Cape Haze Area Chamber of Commerce and the Charlotte County and Sarasota County Visitor and Convention Bureaus are hosting a free tourism seminar today from noon to 1:00 p.m. Representatives from both... Read More.

The National Weather Service has issued a beach hazard statement for a moderate rip current risk. Forecasters say west to southwest flow over the eastern Gulf of Mexico is producing choppy waves and... Read More.

Sarasota County commissioners have decided not to make a decision on a proposal to allow nighttime hunting of feral hogs at Deer Prarie Creek near North Port. The controversial plan would have allowed... Read More.

Sarasota County Emergency Management officials will conduct a community disaster orientation next week. Volunteer community connections executive director Mindy Rohan says the event titled "Applying Lessons Learned" will give residents a glimpse into the... Read More.