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The African American Business Coalition grew out of requests from individual members to bring together Osceola’s Black business community to look at their collective business needs and assess opportunities to address them, while sharing support, resources, and understanding.

The African American Business Coalition grew out of requests from individual members to bring together Osceola’s Black business community to look at their collective business needs and assess opportunities to address them, while sharing support, resources, and understanding.

Kissimmee Chamber launches 2 new coalitions

Submitted By Kissimmee/osceola County Chamber Of
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
February is Black History Month, and the Kissimmee/Osceola County Chamber of Commerce will begin it with the inaugural meeting of the new African American Business Coalition on Feb. 2 at 3:30 p.m. at the Chamber.
Health Department survey will help tailor services

Health Department survey will help tailor services

Health Department survey will help tailor services

Ken Jackson
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
The Florida Department of Health-Osceola County is a provider — of services, of education, of access to needs and of quality of life. By helping identify what those needs are, the Health Department can better meet the needs. Here’s where you come in, Osceola County residents.
Sunday morning lows will be near 30 with wind chills near 20. PHOTO/OSCEOLA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Sunday morning lows will be near 30 with wind chills near 20. PHOTO/OSCEOLA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Osceola cold shelters to open Friday through Sunday; here's how to protect people, pets and plants

Staff Report
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
With forecasts predicting a low temperature Saturday night into Sunday morning near 30 degrees with wind chills in the low 20s -- the first freeze Osceola County has seen since January 2018 -- cold weather shelters will be available overnight at several sites this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Staff overseeing operations of the monoclonal antibody clinic at St. Cloud Civic Center handed out these flyers Tuesday, the same day operations were halted. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Staff overseeing operations of the monoclonal antibody clinic at St. Cloud Civic Center handed out these flyers Tuesday, the same day operations were halted. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Antibody clinics, including St. Cloud, now closed

Ken Jackson
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Calling it more of a “stand-by holding pattern” than a shutdown, the monoclonal antibody treatment center at the St. Cloud Civic Center closed Tuesday to patients. Osceola County emergency management and health department officials both confirmed the site is closed “until further notice.
A fatal crash that killed a Kissimmee woman showed the importance of moving over a lane or slowing down for emergency vehicles on roadways.

A fatal crash that killed a Kissimmee woman showed the importance of moving over a lane or slowing down for emergency vehicles on roadways.

Fatal crash involving Kissimmee woman shows importance of "Move Over Law"

Ken Jackson
Monday, January 24, 2022
A second fatal crash in the span of under two hours on Florida's Turnpike early Monday morning that involved a Kissimmee woman showed the importance of moving over a lane or slowing down for emergency vehicles on roadways.
The Osceola School District Transportation Department will try to address its 'desperate' driver shortage with a job fair on Tuesday from 8 a.m.-noon. PHOTO/SCHOOL DISTRICT

The Osceola School District Transportation Department will try to address its 'desperate' driver shortage with a job fair on Tuesday from 8 a.m.-noon. PHOTO/SCHOOL DISTRICT

Osceola County Schools needs bus drivers -- 'Desperately'

Staff Report
Friday, January 21, 2022
The problem, and the need created, is evident on the side of Osceola County roads. It shows in students waiting at bus stops for over an hour, as drivers have to double or sometimes triple-up routes to the same school.
The 1965 Shelby GT350R Prototype “Flying Mustang” was the chart-topping car at the 2022 Kissimmee Mecum Auction, crossing the auction block at $3.75 million. PHOTO/MECUM Auctions

The 1965 Shelby GT350R Prototype “Flying Mustang” was the chart-topping car at the 2022 Kissimmee Mecum Auction, crossing the auction block at $3.75 million. PHOTO/MECUM Auctions

Records shattered at Kissimmee Mecum Auction

Terry Lloyd
Friday, January 21, 2022
By a large number of measures, the Mecum Auction that wrapped up Sunday at Osceola Heritage Park easily beat most existing company and industry records.
Two line crews from Kissimmee Utility Authority headed out to Myrtle Beach, S.C. Thursday morning to assist in winter storm power restoration. PHOTO/KUA

Two line crews from Kissimmee Utility Authority headed out to Myrtle Beach, S.C. Thursday morning to assist in winter storm power restoration. PHOTO/KUA

Two KUA line crews head north to aid winter storm power restoration

Submitted By Kissimmee Utility Authority
Friday, January 21, 2022
Hope you packed your Long Johns, boys. As Winter Storm Jasper hits the Mid-Atlantic right on the heels of Winter Storm Izzy, two line crews from Kissimmee Utility Authority headed out to Myrtle Beach, S.C. Thursday morning to provide mutual aid to area utility company Santee Cooper.
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