A Venice man found guilty in a pair of 2011 murders will spend the rest of his life in prison. Jurors came back with a 9-3 vote for the death penalty for John Allen... Read More.

While many people applauded efforts in Tallahassee to up school safety in the wake of the Parkland shooting, school districts are finding themselves increasingly cash-strapped trying to abide by the newly-passed Marjory Stoneman Douglas... Read More.

More than 2,200 insurance claims related to Hurricane Irma remain open -just in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties- some seven months after the storm ripped through the area. According to the state Office of... Read More.

Medical marijuana is on the rise and now one Tampa man will be allowed to grow his own, thanks a to a ruling by a Florida circuit judge. Joseph Redner has been given the... Read More.

WENG recently told you about millennials distancing themselves from SWFL when it comes to home purchasing. Now, the second piece of bad news has dropped as foreclosure activity is on the rise. Experts say... Read More.

WENG told you Wednesday about a new medical marijuana dispensary in Sarasota and the possibility of an additional one in the future. The future is now. Wednesday, the Sarasota County Commission approved a second... Read More.

El Salvador Can Have Him---That's what Sarasota County Sheriff Knight has to say about the man accused in a road rage incident that injured a motorcyclist on Sunday. Part of the reason Knight's compassion... Read More.

Resident manatees at Mote are part of a new study. Researchers from the University of California at Santa Cruz and the Aquarium are tracking the energetic costs of continuous swimming. The manatees, named Hugh... Read More.