Author: WENG Newsroom

Detectives in Charlotte County are asking for the public’s help in finding any video of a fight that took place late Saturday night at Redneck Mud Park in Punta Gorda. Police say a fight... Read More.

A 41-year old man has been charged after allegedly touching children inappropriately at an Englewood swimming pool. Timothy Rice, who was convicted of child sex crimes back in 1998, was charged with loitering or... Read More.

A second person has died from a crash following the first-ever Braves game in the team's North Port Spring Training facility. The deadly crash happened on US-41 and West Villages Parkway as fans were... Read More.

An 8-year-old girl who died following a hit-and-run in Cape Coral this morning has been identified. Police said Layla Aiken was hit by a vehicle at the intersection of Northeast 3rd Avenue and Northeast... Read More.

No injuries have been reported following a house fire in North Port. The North Port Police Department responded to a fully engulfed house fire, around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, in the 3300 block of Avanti... Read More.

The State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of a Sunday night house fire in North Port. Fire crews were called to a home in the 3300 block of Avanti Circle around 730 last... Read More.

Officials are investigating a fatal crash on US 41 near West Villages Parkway that happened just as the Braves game was letting out. Police say a driver heading south on US-41 failed to slow... Read More.

Yesterday marked the first-ever game at CoolToday park in North Port, the new Spring Training home of the Atlanta Braves. The $140 million stadium opened on time, as scheduled, for Sunday's spring finale for... Read More.

Gun deaths of school-age children in the United States have increased at an alarming rate, with 38,942 fatalities among 5- to 18-year-olds from 1999 to 2017, according to a new study by Florida Atlantic... Read More.

The missing two-year-old boy that triggered a Missing Child Alert this morning has been found safe.The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a Missing Child Alert for a two-year-old boy out of Bonita Springs.... Read More.