Author: WENG Newsroom

A bill being advanced in the state Senate would see cities pay fines in the wake of sewage spills. Sarasota state Senator Joe Gruters authored the bill, which would fine municipalities $1 for every... Read More.

Bus drivers and employees of Sarasota County Area Transit descended on the county commission meeting on Tuesday as the board once again took up the idea of privatizing the bus system. ABC-7 reports the... Read More.

At least two people were hurt after an SUV plowed through a 7-Eleven in Fort Myers earlier today. It happened around 11:30 a.m. at the gas station at US-41 and College Parkway. A GMC... Read More.

Armed paramedics would be able to accompany law-enforcement officers during “high-risk” operations, under a proposal that started moving forward Monday in the Senate. The measure (SB 722) cleared the Judiciary Committee, which in recent... Read More.

One Charlotte County homebuilder has been forbidden from starting new projects after being accused of taking their customers' money and not finishing homes. Casas Del Sol, a Port Charlotte-based business, has been the target... Read More.

A fire tower station that had kept watch over parts of Venice came down yesterday. The Florida Forest Service Monday took down the tower near Jacaranda Blvd. and Rt. 776. A spokesperson for the... Read More.

A North Port man has died after he stopped to rescue an alleged drunk driver from a crash on I-75 in Hillsborough County on Sunday morning. Police say 59-year-old Wesley Weysham, an off-duty firefighter... Read More.

An arrest was made in connection with the robbery at Colonial Laundry and Dry Cleaning last December. Marlette Allen, 34, of 18th Street, Sarasota, is facing charges of Strong Arm Robbery in... Read More.

A local doctor was killed Friday night in a boating crash in Fort Myers.Investigators believe the man, identified as 51-year-old Omar Benitez, was ejected from his boat when he crashed into mangroves on Hendry... Read More.

A North Port man was arrested Friday after he allegedly tried to solicit one of his own friends' kids for sex. Police say a boy from the neighborhood went to James Campbell's home to... Read More.