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Local veterans in need of basic necessities, as well as job leads, can get assistance at the Veterans Resource Fair on June 11 in Kissimmee. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Local veterans in need of basic necessities, as well as job leads, can get assistance at the Veterans Resource Fair on June 11 in Kissimmee. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Mercy Foundation to host Veterans Resource Fair

The Veterans Resource Fair on June 11 at the Kissimmee Civic Center, will provide food, clothing, shelter, and jobs to local veterans in need. The fair will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The changes and variations in temperature around the globe directly interact with natural structures such as plants and animals, which are used to functioning in a certain way, within a certain area, in a certain climate and temperature.

The changes and variations in temperature around the globe directly interact with natural structures such as plants and animals, which are used to functioning in a certain way, within a certain area, in a certain climate and temperature.

Youthful Perspective — Climate Change

By Joao Quadros 10th Grade Professional and Technical High School (PATHS) Climate change is one of the most polemical and commented on topics nowadays, and its presence went from a simple conversation between friends to serious matters in discussions made between leaders of nations and governments.
Local law enforcement is remembering its fallen officers and reveling in its current ones during National Police Week. GRAPHIC/ST. CLOUD POLICE

Local law enforcement is remembering its fallen officers and reveling in its current ones during National Police Week. GRAPHIC/ST. CLOUD POLICE

Local agencies honor National Police Week

As National Police Week wraps up Sunday, local agencies are paying respects to its uniformed officers and all those who support them.
Osceola County Office of Emergency Management Director Bill Litton delivered a presentation Monday to Osceola County Commissioners, providing an update to department operations as well as a 2022 tropical weather forecast. PHOTO/ANDREW SULLIVAN

Osceola County Office of Emergency Management Director Bill Litton delivered a presentation Monday to Osceola County Commissioners, providing an update to department operations as well as a 2022 tropical weather forecast. PHOTO/ANDREW SULLIVAN

Osceola's EOC leader: county readying for storm season

Osceola County Office of Emergency Management Director Bill Litton has returned from the annual Florida Governor’s Hurricane Conference in West Palm Beach — and he said he came back wide-eyed. “The Hurricane Center’s event doesn’t compare,” Litton said. “There were international attendees there.
Pictured: Benjamin Izaguirre, Corey Conzett, Emma Hair, Emmy Lin and Leidy Laura Hurtado Martinez, local winners of OSCAR scholarships. PHOTO/OSCAR

Pictured: Benjamin Izaguirre, Corey Conzett, Emma Hair, Emmy Lin and Leidy Laura Hurtado Martinez, local winners of OSCAR scholarships. PHOTO/OSCAR

OSCAR awards scholarships

Annually, the Osceola County Association of REALTORS® (OSCAR) awards local high school seniors with scholarships through the Association’s REALTORS® Care Committee.
School Board member Jon Arguello

School Board member Jon Arguello

Arguello found in violation a 2nd time

A second Osceola County School District investigation by an independent arbitrator has returned a finding that School Board member Jon Arguello violated district policy when he harassed a community member whose charity partners with the schools.
2021 was a busy hurricane season — the researchers at Colorado State University say to expect much the same this year.

2021 was a busy hurricane season — the researchers at Colorado State University say to expect much the same this year.

Hurricane researchers: expect an active ‘22 storm season

We’re Floridians, and summer — at least what it says on the calendar — is coming. And, as June 1 approaches, so is the Atlantic hurricane season. And just like it was last year, with 21 named storms, researchers are expecting another busy season this year, based on atmospheric conditions.
FHP is investigating a pre-sunrise crash on Vineland Road that sent a pedestrian to the hospital Friday with life-threatening injuries.

FHP is investigating a pre-sunrise crash on Vineland Road that sent a pedestrian to the hospital Friday with life-threatening injuries.

FHP asking for info into early Friday hit-and-run on Vineland Road

Florida Highway Patrol is asking for the public's help for information into a hit-and-run car-versus-pedestrian accident Friday morning on Vineland Road that left a Kissimmee woman critically injured.
Kissimmee Police Chief Jeff O'Dell and the family of slain Officer Matthew Baxter speak with the media after Friday's sentencing

Kissimmee Police Chief Jeff O'Dell and the family of slain Officer Matthew Baxter speak with the media after Friday's sentencing

Man who shot Kissimmee police officers officially given death sentence

Circuit Court Judge Greg Tynan doubled down on what a jury said in Nov. 2019: Everett Miller should receive the death penalty for gunning down Kissimmee Police Officer Matthew Baxter and Sgt. Richard "Sam" Howard in 2017.