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St. Cloud City Manager Bill Sturgeon has announced he will retire this fall. PHOTO/CITY OF ST. CLOUD

St. Cloud City Manager Bill Sturgeon has announced he will retire this fall. PHOTO/CITY OF ST. CLOUD

St. Cloud city manager Sturgeon announces retirement

News Staff
Friday, June 17, 2022
The City of St. Cloud announced Friday that City Manager Bill Sturgeon will be retiring his post, effective Sept. 2. In a release from the city, the longtime civil servant and first responder said he's doing it for his family.
Peter Coschignano (second from right), Osceola Council on Aging CEO Wendy Ford-Coschignano’s nominee for “Best Daddy in the world.” PHOTO/OSCEOLA COUNCIL ON AGING

Peter Coschignano (second from right), Osceola Council on Aging CEO Wendy Ford-Coschignano’s nominee for “Best Daddy in the world.” PHOTO/OSCEOLA COUNCIL ON AGING

Council’s Corner — ‘Dinner for Dads’ to Celebrate Father’s Day

Wendy Coschignano Ford
Friday, June 17, 2022
Father’s Day is a special time to recognize our fathers for the many years of arduous work and sacrifice they have given. Traditionally it’s a celebratory occasion, but for some it can be a lonely day marked with grief and sadness.
Congratulations to these Osceola County scholars for their honors!

Congratulations to these Osceola County scholars for their honors!

Professional, graduate honors for local scholars

News Staff
Friday, June 17, 2022
Lt. Niquinia Sherwood of the Osceola County Corrections Department was part of the 24th class of the Senior Leadership Program at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
A 32-year-old Deltona woman was killed Friday night in a single-car accident on 192.

A 32-year-old Deltona woman was killed Friday night in a single-car accident on 192.

Deltona woman killed in single-car crash on West 192

News Staff
Friday, June 17, 2022
Florida Highway Patrol reports a 32-year-old Deltona woman was killed Friday night when her SUV left the roadway and overturned. According to the report, the woman was headed eastbound on U.S. Highway 192 just after 7 p.m.
Raul Cedeño-Rosado, DOB 2/10/1992

Raul Cedeño-Rosado, DOB 2/10/1992

Sheriff's Office makes arrests in two violent Poinciana cases

News Staff
Thursday, June 16, 2022
The Osceola County Sheriff's Office announced arrests in two Poinciana cases on Thursday. Raul Cedeño-Rosado, 30, was arrested Wednesday and charged with attempt murder in relation to a stabbing that occurred at the Liberty Inn on North Poinciana Boulevard on June 7.
A network of streets in the Tropical Park, Cotton Village and Sun Pointe areas north of Kissimmee, north of Carroll Street and west of Orange Blossom Trail, are tentatively scheduled for resurfacing beginning Tuesday. GRAPHIC/OSCEOLA COUNTY

A network of streets in the Tropical Park, Cotton Village and Sun Pointe areas north of Kissimmee, north of Carroll Street and west of Orange Blossom Trail, are tentatively scheduled for resurfacing beginning Tuesday. GRAPHIC/OSCEOLA COUNTY

Osceola County: Tropical Park streets set for resurfacing next week

Submitted By Osceola County
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Osceola County has advised that a network of streets in the Tropical Park, Cotton Village and Sun Pointe areas north of Kissimmee, north of Carroll Street and west of Orange Blossom Trail, are tentatively scheduled for resurfacing beginning next week.
Welsh calls the book a “takeoff ” of the classic George Orwell story “1984”, but says the book is neither a dystopian or utopian story. SUBMITTED GRAPHIC

Welsh calls the book a “takeoff ” of the classic George Orwell story “1984”, but says the book is neither a dystopian or utopian story. SUBMITTED GRAPHIC

Former KUA CEO Jim Welsh pens novel

Ken Jackson
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Jim Welsh, the former and longtime president and CEO of Kissimmee Utility Authority, has shown those who know him locally how retirement is treating him.
Osceola County and Commissioner Viviana Janer (right) recognized NAACP Osceola Branch Secretary Ann Jones (left) and President Deloris McMillon with a proclamation for the June 19 holiday Juneteenth at the June 6 County Commission meeting. PHOTO/OSCEOLA COUNTY

Osceola County and Commissioner Viviana Janer (right) recognized NAACP Osceola Branch Secretary Ann Jones (left) and President Deloris McMillon with a proclamation for the June 19 holiday Juneteenth at the June 6 County Commission meeting. PHOTO/OSCEOLA COUNTY

First full federal Juneteenth holiday — Osceola celebrates

Terry Lloyd
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
While Osceola County celebrates the “new” Juneteenth holiday this weekend, with events in Kissimmee and St. Cloud, it is the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers, led by Maj.
Osceola veterans were welcomed to the Kissimmee Civic Center on Saturday and received a variety of services, information, and food. PHOTO/TERRY LLOYD

Osceola veterans were welcomed to the Kissimmee Civic Center on Saturday and received a variety of services, information, and food. PHOTO/TERRY LLOYD

Mercy Foundation offers Osceola Veterans a hand-up

Terry Lloyd
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
The Kissimmee Civic Center was buzzing with activity, and even a little bit of live rock and rhythm and blues music, on Saturday, June 11, as Osceola veterans were welcomed and received a variety of services, information, and food.
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