Author: WENG Newsroom

One man was killed in a two vehicle crash in Sarasota County Wednesday. Florida Highway Patrol investigators said 16 year old Bryan Alfaro-Piliado of Bradenton and 28 year old James VanHorn of North Port were... Read More.

A Punta Gorda man has been arrested in the burglaries of a Charlotte County church and an auto parts store. Officers say 19-year-old Nathaniel Kruger broke into Eastside Baptist Church on Gulf Boulevard on... Read More.

A second suspect has been arrested in the December decapitation death of a homeless man in Sarasota County. 52-year-old Donald Mann of Sarasota now being charged as an accessory to second degree murder. Deputies... Read More.

Mitt Romney routed Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary Tuesday night, rebounding from the previous week's defeat with a commanding victory and taking a major step toward the Republican presidential nomination. Despite the one-sided... Read More.

(PUNTA GORDA) Charlotte County Sheriff's detectives arrested a Punta Gorda man for burglary of a Punta Gorda church and a Cleveland area business. Nathanial Davis Kruger, 19, 4325 Knollwood Drive, was charged in connection... Read More.

The Florida Department of Education has ranked the state's schools -- all 3,078 of them -- according to test results and put the rankings on the Internet for parents, students and educators to check... Read More.

(PORT CHARLOTTE) Charlotte County Sheriff's deputies arrested four teenagers and charged them all with Criminal Mischief following $2,500 in damages to a car in the Town Center Mall parking lot Sunday afternoon in... Read More.

Authorities still sorting out a brawl at North Port High School that has so far resulted in six arrests. Police say the school's police officer was either punched or elbowed by a student when... Read More.

A pedestrian visiting Longboat Key was killed Friday night. Police said a local businessman was on his way home around 6:30 p.m. when the unidentified pedestrian tried to cross Gulf of Mexico Drive in the... Read More.

A tornado in Punta Gorda this morning. Charlotte County Fire and EMS says a small tornado touched down in the Deep Creek area of Punta Gorda this morning and traveled about three-quarters of a... Read More.