Author: WENG Newsroom

A capital charge is changed in an area case. Officials tell reporters the woman arrested after stabbing her boyfriend to death last month had her charge amended to manslaughter, rather than murder. Prosecutors say... Read More.

Look for an increase in your water bill. Charlotte County commissioners vote to increase combined water and sewer rates, starting at 7 percent by April, followed by four more yearly increases. It’s been more... Read More.

A man was killed this morning on I-75 South in Venice. Florida Highway Patrol says a U-Haul truck was driving southbound near milemarker 190 around 10:30am when the passenger noticed the door was not... Read More.

Florida may have a plan to address the increasing number of children who do not have health insurance. The state Agency for Health Care Administration wants $16.3 million to help insure an additional 22,000... Read More.

More than 26 years after murdering a Miami-Dade County woman during a burglary of her home, Death Row inmate Jose Antonio Jimenez was executed by lethal injection late Thursday at Florida State Prison.

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office, along with dozens of others nationwide, are continuing to investigating a series of email bomb threats that were received yesterday. Police say they are taking each individual case seriously,... Read More.

A Port Charlotte man is behind bars after he allegedly traded an iPhone for a sex act with an underage girl. Kristian Gupta is charged with lewd and lascivious battery of a victim aged... Read More.

A Sarasota man was arrested in Port Charlotte this week after try to cash in on his ill-gotten gains. Police say 40-year old Joseph Dillow broke into the Orin Little Convenience Store overnight Monday... Read More.

A Sarasota felon has been sentenced to five years in prison for possessing nearly four tons of explosive fuses. Court records say 57-year-old Marc Jason Levene, of Sarasota, was sentenced Wednesday in Tampa federal... Read More.

If you’re tired of seeing road construction in our area, bad news, it won’t be done anytime soon. The Florida Department of Transportation expects to be very busy over the next couple of years.... Read More.