Author: WENG Newsroom

There is a safe and free way to get home this Cinco de Mayo. Joanna Newton with AAA says they're offering their Two-to-Go service this weekend for Cinco de Mayo revelers...

An undercover drug operation snares two alleged meth dealers. Sarasota County deputies say they met two people at a hotel in Venice and bought , meth from them. They've arrested a Punta Gorda woman,... Read More.

Charlotte County Sheriff's detectives have arrested two teens boys for burglarizing an Englewood East home and doing $3,000 in damages. 13-year old Eric Hicks and 14-year old Ryan Christopher Hager are on 21-day... Read More.

A slight drop in crime in Charlotte County, a slight hike in Sarasota County. New numbers today from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement show the overall crime rate dropped three-point-two percent in Charlotte... Read More.

An explosion that sounded like a sonic boom. That's how residents in the 700 block of Coral Way in Englewood are describing a blast that shook the area Sunday. Investigators today are saying it... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office seized over 22 pounds of marijuana and arrested two men over the weekend. Public Information Officer Bob Carpenter said they actually stumbled upon a grow house in Part... Read More.

An iconic reminder of victory in World War Two is down but not out this weekend. Police say a 62-year-old woman slammed into the "Unconditional Surrender" statue along U-S 41 in Sarasota yesterday and... Read More.

Though it may not have looked like it at the time, damage caused when a woman ran her car into the base of a prominient statue meant it had to be taken down. The 26-foot... Read More.

Venice Middle School is changing its school start time. Gary Leatherman, communications director for the Sarasota County School District, says the school will change its start time from 9:30 back to 7:30...

The State's Attorney's office says it will not file charges against a Sarasota County bounty hunter who fired at a fleeing man who had a woman and her three children in his vehicle. We... Read More.