Author: WENG Newsroom

They rallied hundreds of thousands to march for gun reform, landed on the cover of Time magazine But could the teenage survivors of the Parkland school shooting actually motivate unpredictable young voters to cast... Read More.

A high school student in North Port is facing several charges after he brought a gun to campus Wednesday morning. Police say the student brought the gun and was showing it to other students.... Read More.

At a Tuesday night meeting, the Venice City Council voted to back a number of statewide efforts to improve the environment.Among them, a resolution to support implementation of a statewide stormwater treatment rule... Read More.

At a Tuesday workshop, the Sarasota County School Board took up a proposal to ban cellphones during the school day.Currently, district policy allows students to bring phones to school, so long as they... Read More.

A new study out from the state health department shows Sarasota County has one of the highest percentages of unvaccinated kindergartners in all of Florida.Despite it being law that students in public schools... Read More.

John Morgan, founder of Morgan & Morgan and the attorney who led a successful effort in 2016 to legalize medical marijuana in Florida, is now taking on the $15 minimum wage. In an announcement... Read More.

The University of South Florida in St. Petersburg is apologizing after hundreds of acceptance emails to prospective students had to be recalled. On Saturday, around 430 emails were sent out to applicants, telling them... Read More.

A Venice woman has died in what police are calling an alcohol-related crash in Sarasota over the weekend. Police say 40-year old Glendy Calderon was driving in the 400 block of Briarwood Road around... Read More.

The Sarasota County School Board is trying to avoid a repeat of 2018, which was filled with contentious battles and inflammatory rhetoric.One of the goals of new board chair Jane Goodwin was to... Read More.

After spending nearly $130,000 on meals during Hurricane Irma, Sarasota County has signed a new catering contract.The county commission approved a three-year deal with a Sarasota-based company to provide meals for those at... Read More.