Latest News

Health officials in Lee county are calling attention to an alarming increase in opioid overdoses and deaths. The county saw 955 cases in 2017, eight times more than the 171 overdoses reported in 2013, according... Read More.

A crash on I-75 started a small fire on Sunday. North Port police responded to a call of a crash near mile marker 184 Sunday. When on scene, they found a rolled over car smoking... Read More.

Two people were rescued by the Venice Fire Department after their boat broke down one mile off the South Jetty on Saturday. Crews were called out after a resident reported seeing a sailboat in heavy... Read More.

The southbound lane of Nokomis Ave. S. at the intersection with Milan Ave. W. will be closed Monday, Jan. 15 and Tuesday, Jan. 16 in order to construct new driveway aprons for the new... Read More.

The southbound lane of Nokomis Ave. S. at the intersection with Milan Ave. W. will be closed Monday, Jan. 15 and Tuesday, Jan. 16 in order to construct new driveway aprons for the new... Read More.

Residents of Port Charlotte want a traffic light installed where a crash happened Tuesday and killed several people. The crash happened at the intersection of Gasparilla Road and Marathon Blvd. All three victims, ranging... Read More.

Data released by the Florida Department of Education show high school graduation rates for Manatee County at over 80 percent, off slightly from its 10-year high. The grad rate was at 81.1 percent for... Read More.

Florida law requires those who want to get married to be 18 or older, with exceptions like pregnancy. Conservatives in the Florida House and Senate are urging their Democratic colleagues to join them in... Read More.

Lawmakers are already pushing their weight around on the current legislative session and want more power when it comes to drug crime sentencing. They are hoping that an increase of funding to the tune... Read More.

Two boats were involved in a collision about eight miles off the coast Thursday. A 75 ft. shrimp boat believed to have three people on-board and a 32 ft. sailboat were involved. The sailboat... Read More.