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Activity at the Kids Zone heats up

Kowtown Festival: A city’s birthday bash

Terry Lloyd

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Happy Birthday, Kissimmee! So what do you get for a 139-year-old? Actually, it was the city that gave back to its residents Saturday, with a free festival at Lakefront Park. It was a warm and humid day, the perfect pair for some hot BBQ and cool electric blues music from the likes of Damon Fowler.

Osceola County honored its Woman Warriors Monday. From left: Cpt. Jessie Chapman, Bethzaida Garcia, Wilda Belisle, Diana Marrero-Pinto and Jennifer Paul. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

Osceola commissioners honor ‘Woman Warriors’

Ken Jackson

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

In what’s become an annual tradition to highlight the positive community contributions made by some of its strongest, most dedicated female members, Osceola County recognized the recipients of its “Woman Warrior” awards at Monday’s Commission meeting.

CVS Health leaders and colleagues gathered with community members for the grand opening of Navarro in Kissimmee. SUBMITTED PHOTO

News Briefs — Navarro grand opening; Kissimmee street closure; Goodwill "Shoe the World" results

News Staff

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

On Saturday March 19, CVS Health leaders and colleagues gathered with community members for the grand opening of Navarro in Kissimmee, located at 1205 W. Vine St. There was food, music, raffles and giveaways.

Underground Refuse Systems, including CEO Jay Wheeler (right) held a ribbon cutting Jan. 25 in Ennis, Texas, to celebrate the start of that city’s working with the underground units. PHOTO/UNDERGROUND REFUSE SYSTEMS

Kissimmee refuse company expands into Texas — and beyond

Ken Jackson

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Underground Refuse Systems, which began in Kissimmee as a way to address the collection and smell of trash in urban areas by storing it in underground bins, has expanded outside the state. The local company installed its system in the city of Ennis, Texas’ Historic Downtown.

Lifeboat Project benefit — Photos by Toni Rowan

A benefit for The Lifeboat Project

News Staff

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Photos by Toni Rowan The Lifeboat Project founder and CEO Jill Bolander Cohen held a benefit Thursday, March 17 at the Amway Center in Orlando.

Walmart will show off its remodeled Old Lake Wilson Road store Friday.

Old Lake Wilson Walmart revealing remodel Friday

Staff Report

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Per Walmart's corporate communication office, Kissimmee residents can get a first look at the newly remodeled Walmart Supercenter west of Kissimmee, as the much-anticipated project is now complete.

Kissimmee man, St. Cloud woman killed in separate Monday crashes

Staff Report

Monday, March 21, 2022

Two Osceola County residents were killed in separate auto accidents on local roads Monday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol has reported. In Orange County, a 26-year-old Kissimmee man was killed on the Beachline Expressway just east of Orlando International Airport just after 8:45 a.m.

Leaders from Osceola County, its School District and Valencia College gathered Monday to announce Osceola Prosper, a way to make a Valencia or O-Tech education tuition free for 2022 graduates. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

No-cost tuition available to county’s Class of ’22

Ken Jackson

Monday, March 21, 2022

It’s a great time to be an Osceola County high school senior — school careers are winding down, and prom and other important Class of 2022 events are around the corner.

Polk County police made 108 arrests during last week’s “Operation March Sadness” prostitution sting operation. It including two Kissimmee men. GRAPHIC/POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Kissimmee men part of “March Sadness” prostitution sting

Ken Jackson

Thursday, March 17, 2022

The NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments began this week, but 108 people arrested in Polk County during a six-day undercover human trafficking operation were experiencing “March Sadness.