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The county's feasibility study will evaluate three proposed alignments, shown here. GRAPHIC/OSCEOLA COUNTY

The county's feasibility study will evaluate three proposed alignments, shown here. GRAPHIC/OSCEOLA COUNTY

Public meeting for Celebration Blvd. southern extension Thursday

Staff Report
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Osceola County is assessing alternative routes for the extension of Celebration Boulevard from Celebration south to County Road 532 (Osceola-Polk Line Road). The county will share some potential plans and routes at a public meeting Thursday (May 12) at 6 p.m.
Community partners gather to present the $1 million check from Osceola County to help fund Pathway to Housing. PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER RIVERA

Community partners gather to present the $1 million check from Osceola County to help fund Pathway to Housing. PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER RIVERA

Salvation Army hopes to turn hardships to homeownership

Chalisa Budhai
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
By Chalisa Budhai For the News-Gazette Pathway to Housing is a local program – a partnership among entities with the same aims -- dedicated to providing accessible and affordable housing to those who demonstrate a need within the face of adversity.
A Kissimmee man pleaded guilty to a plot to use the poison ricin to kill a former partner.

A Kissimmee man pleaded guilty to a plot to use the poison ricin to kill a former partner.

Kissimmee man pleads guilty to plot to kill with Ricin-filled water gun

News Staff
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
A Kissimmee man pleaded guilty to a plot to use the poison ricin, fired from a water gun, to kill a former partner. Kevin Deane Jones, 50, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of ricin and possessing two firearms as a convicted felon.
Osceola Sheriff Marcos Lopez shows pictures of deputy vehicles that got rammed during the April 27 incident at a west Kissimmee Target.

Osceola Sheriff Marcos Lopez shows pictures of deputy vehicles that got rammed during the April 27 incident at a west Kissimmee Target.

Sheriff Lopez details actions of Target suspects -- but not deputies who shot

Ken Jackson
Monday, May 9, 2022
While he still did not give any details of the actions of at least two deputies who fire their guns during an incident at a Target store last Wednesday – leaving that for an ongoing Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation – Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez shared the results of his...
St. Cloud VFW Post #3227 is used to raising funds for other community groups; now it’s doing it to renovated its Post building.

St. Cloud VFW Post #3227 is used to raising funds for other community groups; now it’s doing it to renovated its Post building.

Drive To Thrive tourney to renovate St. Cloud VFW hall

Lisa Goldmacher
Monday, May 9, 2022
The inaugural VFW Post #3227 “Drive to Thrive” benefit golf tournament will be held at the Royal St. Cloud Golf Links on May 15, with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. The tournament’s proceeds will be used toward the renovation of their Post building at 915 New York Ave. This building is steep in history.
Jessica Gabriella Mahadan, 17, left for school from her Mickey Johnson Court home in Kissimmee around 6:40 a.m. Friday. She never arrived at school, and did not come home.

Jessica Gabriella Mahadan, 17, left for school from her Mickey Johnson Court home in Kissimmee around 6:40 a.m. Friday. She never arrived at school, and did not come home.

UPDATE: Missing Osceola County 17-year-old found in good health

News Staff
Saturday, May 7, 2022
SUNDAY EVENING UPDATE: The Osceola County Sheriff's Office sent an update this evening that Jessica Gabriella Mahadan was not harmed and returned to her home in good health.
Resurfacing work on Nolte Road begins Sunday.

Resurfacing work on Nolte Road begins Sunday.

Scheduled Nolte Road resurfacing begins Sunday

Submmitted By Osceola County
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Osceola County has announced that Nolte Road, from Old Canoe Creek Road to Pine Chase Circle, near the Nolte entrance to Steven's Plantation, in St. Cloud, will be resurfaced this week. Work is scheduled to begin Sunday and, weather permitting, run through Thursday.
Dear Moms: The Florida Department of Health in Osceola has programs to help you! PHOTO/FDOH IN OSCEOLA

Dear Moms: The Florida Department of Health in Osceola has programs to help you! PHOTO/FDOH IN OSCEOLA

Dear Moms: Department of Health in Osceola has programs to help you!

Submitted By The Florida Department Of Health Osceola County
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Happy Mother's Day weekend to all of the beloved moms out there! While May 8 is marked on the calendars as Mother’s Day, The Florida Department of Health in Osceola takes time to celebrate the important role moms play in the lives of their families every single day.
The Harmony Unified Cheer team, along with their St. Cloud counterparts, were winners at the Special Olympics Area Games, and the Longhorns will represent Osceola County at the USA Games June 6-7. SUBMITTED PHOTO

The Harmony Unified Cheer team, along with their St. Cloud counterparts, were winners at the Special Olympics Area Games, and the Longhorns will represent Osceola County at the USA Games June 6-7. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Harmony Unified Team headed to Special Olympics USA Games!

Ken Jackson
Thursday, May 5, 2022
When the Special Olympics USA Games start in one month, Osceola County will be represented at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports. The Harmony High School Unified Cheer Team earned a qualifying spot in the cheerleading competition, which will be held June 6-7. Despite teaching at St.
If you have a heart to serve children who haven’t been served by their birth parents, Embrace Families and Esma Dennis wants to hear from you.

If you have a heart to serve children who haven’t been served by their birth parents, Embrace Families and Esma Dennis wants to hear from you.

Embrace Families seeks foster parents

Ken Jackson
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
May is National Foster Care Month, a time for advocacy groups to extoll the virtues of helping children and the system their in as a foster family. Locally, there is a need, and if you have a heart to serve children who haven’t been served by their birth parents, Esma Dennis wants to hear from you.
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