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The children of fallen Kissimmee Police Officer Matthew Baxter receive flowers to place on a wreath at Wednesday's Law Enforcement Memorial. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

The children of fallen Kissimmee Police Officer Matthew Baxter receive flowers to place on a wreath at Wednesday's Law Enforcement Memorial. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

Local law enforcement memorializes fallen officer "heroes"

Ken Jackson
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
There are few things as heartbreaking to a community as the loss of a law enforcement officer in the line of duty. Since 1933, nine members of the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, Kissimmee Police Department and the St. Cloud Police Department have died doing a job to protect and serve the public.
Attorneys Albert Yonfa (left) and Mark NeJame explain the facts of their investigation thus far into the fatal shooting in a west Kissimmee Target parking lot April 27. PHOTO VIA WEBCAST

Attorneys Albert Yonfa (left) and Mark NeJame explain the facts of their investigation thus far into the fatal shooting in a west Kissimmee Target parking lot April 27. PHOTO VIA WEBCAST

Lawyers for those shot at Target prepping “multi-million dollar lawsuit”

Ken Jackson
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
The circumstances of the April 27 shooting at a west Kissimmee Target parking lot that left a 20-year-old dead were based on a “horrific policy” of Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, the deceased man’s family’s attorneys said Wednesday.
If you are currently in a mortgage forbearance program temporary helping you during a financial setback due to COVID-19, it is important to take a look at the type of mortgage loan you have and the date your agreement becomes due.

If you are currently in a mortgage forbearance program temporary helping you during a financial setback due to COVID-19, it is important to take a look at the type of mortgage loan you have and the date your agreement becomes due.

In forbearance? There is Help for Homeowners

Johanna Gómez
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
If you are currently in a mortgage forbearance program temporary helping you during a financial setback due to COVID-19, it is important to take a look at the type of mortgage loan you have and the date your agreement becomes due.
A parade of males walked “A mile in her shoes” during the April 27 St. Cloud Monthly Market downtown to bring awareness to domestic and sexual violence. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

A parade of males walked “A mile in her shoes” during the April 27 St. Cloud Monthly Market downtown to bring awareness to domestic and sexual violence. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

Men of St. Cloud Walk A Mile in Her Shoes, for violence awareness

Ken Jackson
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Domestic violence often hides behind closed doors, in the shadows of abusive relationships. Wednesday, awareness of the issue was showcased as “out in the open” as it could be – parading right down New York Avenue during the downtown St. Cloud Monthly Market.
Court records shed some light on what happened last week at a West U.S. Highway 192 Target store that left one person dead during a shooting.

Court records shed some light on what happened last week at a West U.S. Highway 192 Target store that left one person dead during a shooting.

Police: Target theft became shooting death

Ken Jackson
Monday, May 2, 2022
Court records shed some light on what happened during a shooting last week at a West U.S. Highway 192 Target store that left one person dead. The person shot was one of four occupants of a black Audi that rolled up to the store at 4795 W. Irlo Bronson Highway Wednesday at about 7 p.m.
Two Kissimmee residents killed in weekend crashes

Two Kissimmee residents killed in weekend crashes

Two Kissimmee residents killed in weekend crashes

News Staff
Monday, May 2, 2022
Saturday was a deadly day on the roads of Osceola County, according to reports from the Florida Highway Patrol. In the early hours, just after 2 a.m., a two-car accident claimed the life of a 56-year-old Kissimmee man on Simpson Road, then a motorcyclist was killed mid-morning on Michigan Avenue.
World War II veteran and longtime Good Samaritan Village resident Vern Smith celebrated his 100th birthday earlier this month. SUBMITTED PHOTO

World War II veteran and longtime Good Samaritan Village resident Vern Smith celebrated his 100th birthday earlier this month. SUBMITTED PHOTO

WWII Navy Veteran Vern Smith turns 100

Terry Lloyd
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Vern Smith, a U.S. Navy veteran and resident of Good Samaritan Village in Kissimmee, turned 100 on April 12. Originally from Alpena, Mich., Smith has lived in the village since 1987, and his son Dane joined him there some 12 years ago.
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