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Foster Youth Connection Resource Day photos provided by Pastor Rupert Henry

Foster Youth Connection Resource Day at Kissimmee Lakefront Park

News Staff

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Foster Youth Connection Resource Day, a chance for religious and family groups to show what they do locally to help serve the foster child population, was held Saturday at Kissimmee Lakefront Park.

While they work to help with finding homes, Hope Parternship has a new home itself, that it will cut the ribbon on Thursday at 10 a.m. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

Hope Commons ribbon cutting Thursday

Ken Jackson

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Hope Partnership works to find permanent, affordable housing for those in our community to help end homelessness and poverty in Central Florida. While they work to help with homes, the organization has a new home itself.

First responders, teachers, veterans can receive home-buying help

Florida housing program to support "Hometown Heroes" opens June 1

Staff Report

Sunday, May 29, 2022

The Florida Hometown Heroes Housing Program, designed to help Floridians in over 50 critical professions, like first responders, purchase their first home, goes into effect this month. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the launch last week. It was a top priority of Florida Realtors® this year.

A lane closure is scheduled next week for Neptune Road between Brighton Place Boulevard and Adrian Park Circle. PHOTO/OSCEOLA COUNTY

Upcoming road projects on Neptune Road, Cyrils Drive

News Staff

Sunday, May 29, 2022

Osceola County has announced a pair of road projects that will impact many drivers in the coming week. A lane closure is scheduled for eastbound traffic on Neptune Road Monday through Friday, June 6-10.

Kissimmee Fire responders will be able to connect patients with health care professionals via iPad through Tele911. They’ve been training on the system, which goes live Monday. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

Kissimmee Fire Department to debut Tele911

Ken Jackson

Sunday, May 29, 2022

The Kissimmee Fire Department will be one of the first departments in Florida to work with a new system that integrate telemedicine and patient navigation into its Emergency Medical Services.

Hector Saul Pastor-Leon was booked into the Osceola County Jail after carjacking a woman Wednesday at a Poinciana Walgreens. PHOTO/OSCEOLA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Sheriff: Man arrested in Kissimmee after Wednesday carjacking in Poinciana

Staff Report

Friday, May 27, 2022

Osceola County Sheriff's deputies took down a carjacking suspect Wednesday in Poinciana, who reportedly told them he carjacked a vehicle so he could get heroin. Hector Saul Pastor-Leon, 53, was arrested and charged with felony carjacking and resisting arrest without violence.

News Briefs — KUA Hurricane Guide; LYNX Monday schedule; college honors among locals

News Staff

Friday, May 27, 2022

KUA Releases 2022 Hurricane Preparedness Guide With the start of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season approaching, Kissimmee Utility Authority released its 2022 Osceola Hurricane Handbook, a free, bilingual, comprehensive preparedness guide offered annually to Osceola County residents.

Veteran's Voice -- Memorial Day: Remembering the Fallen

Memorial Day: Remembering the Fallen

Terry Lloyd

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Memorial Day is Monday, and as the veterans reading here know, Memorial Day is to remember the fallen of America’s wars. Veterans Day, on Nov. 11, is to honor the veterans still with us.

Many hands make light work on a very hot day for a St. Cloud veteran thanks to Osceola Council on Aging and Team Depot volunteer employees from the St. Cloud Home Depot. PHOTO/TERRY LLOYD

Community aids St. Cloud Veteran

Terry Lloyd

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Brian Sunderland, a four-year Air Force veteran, was going through a rough patch in life. A fractured pelvis left him with mobility issues, and he was forced to sleep on his front porch, the only area of his state street home he was able to access.

Judi Arnold, surprised by the renaming of the Neptune Middle School gym. Inset, a set of spurs adorned with the word “Coach,” one of her retirement presents. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON