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Osceola High School marching band

Osceola High School marching band

Kissimmee Christmas Parade

News Staff
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
After a year’s hiatus, the Kissimmee Festival of Lights Parade returned to Broadway in downtown Kissimmee to rekindle all of the magic of the holidays. Thousands anticipated the annual tradition and lined the street some two hours prior to the parade.
Morning crash claims life of St. Cloud woman

Morning crash claims life of St. Cloud woman

Morning crash claims life of St. Cloud man

News Staff
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
A St. Cloud man was killed Wednesday morning when the car he was riding in was involved in a pre-dawn accident at U.S. Highway 192 and Nova Road, Florida Highway Patrol has reported.
Lilyanne “Pearl” Tindell of Kissimmee will sing in Orlando Opera’s rendition of “The Secret River” SUBMITTED PHOTO

Lilyanne “Pearl” Tindell of Kissimmee will sing in Orlando Opera’s rendition of “The Secret River” SUBMITTED PHOTO

Kissimmee’s “Pearl” sings in weekend opera

Ken Jackson
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
When Opera Orlando’s premiere of the one-act chamber opera “The Secret River” opens Friday night at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Kissimmee’s Lilyanne Tindell will be part of the show’s children’s choir.
New St. Cloud Police Chief Douglas Goerke, left, is congratulated by retiring Police Chief Pete Gauntlett at a Tuesday ceremony. PHOTO/CITY OF ST. CLOUD

New St. Cloud Police Chief Douglas Goerke, left, is congratulated by retiring Police Chief Pete Gauntlett at a Tuesday ceremony. PHOTO/CITY OF ST. CLOUD

St. Cloud has a new top cop

Ken Jackson
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
The City of St. Cloud doesn’t just get a new calendar in 2022. It gets a new police chief as well. Douglas Goerke, a Patrol Division commander for the Orlando Police Department, has been hired as the new St. Cloud police chief.
Ashley Carino Barretto SUBMITTED PHOTO

Ashley Carino Barretto SUBMITTED PHOTO

Kissimmee’s Carino takes top-3 Miss USA spot

Ken Jackson
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Kissimmee’s own Ashley Ann Carino Barreto said she’ll look back on 2021 as quite the journey. Carino, who won the title of Miss Florida USA in July in her first beauty pageant, earned the title of Second Runner-Up at last week’s Miss USA pageant at the River Spirit Casino Resort in Tulsa, Okla.
Kissimmee Gateway Airport, through FAA funding, is replacing its lighting vault to make the airport more operational during non-optimal weather. PHOTO/TERRY LLOYD

Kissimmee Gateway Airport, through FAA funding, is replacing its lighting vault to make the airport more operational during non-optimal weather. PHOTO/TERRY LLOYD

Kissimmee completing $3.3M airport lighting project

Terry Lloyd
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
On the west end of Patrick Street, a couple blocks from Osceola High School, a new airfield lighting facility under construction at Kissimmee Airport was recently “topped off ”.
Members of the Osceola Air Force Junior ROTC program with the school’s new receptacles: Cadet 1st Lt. Jamie Suarez, Cadet Col. Giselle Rivera, Cadet Lt. Col. Donoan Bohanan, Cadet Maj. Jacob Carter and Lt. Col. (Ret) David LaTour. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

Members of the Osceola Air Force Junior ROTC program with the school’s new receptacles: Cadet 1st Lt. Jamie Suarez, Cadet Col. Giselle Rivera, Cadet Lt. Col. Donoan Bohanan, Cadet Maj. Jacob Carter and Lt. Col. (Ret) David LaTour. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

Recycling bins donated for Osceola High contest

Ken Jackson
Sunday, December 12, 2021
If members of Osceola High School’s Air Force Junior ROTC unit come to you asking for empty Amazon boxes, you can hand them over for a good cause. Know they will be recycled, and you may help a student earn a $500 Amazon gift card. It’s all part of the “Amazon Challenge” that runs through Jan.
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