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School Board members Jon Arguello (left) and Terry Castillo (right) had some contentious moments at Tuesday's meeting.

School Board members Jon Arguello (left) and Terry Castillo (right) had some contentious moments at Tuesday's meeting.

School Board discusses masks, teacher workdays, paid COVID-19 sick time at long, contentious meeting Tuesday

Ken Jackson
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Tuesday’s Osceola County School Board meeting was packed with tension — from the public who came to speak and on the dais. Teachers expressed disdain for how many of their non-teaching workdays were front-loaded to the start of the year.
District 1 School supply giveaway Saturday, July 31. PHOTO/OSCEOLA COUNTY

District 1 School supply giveaway Saturday, July 31. PHOTO/OSCEOLA COUNTY

Back to School supply events Saturday in Intercession City, Downtown Kissimmee

News Staff
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Fresh off another Back-to-School event last weekend, County Commission District 1 Peggy Choudhry is working with Miracle Springs Church in Intercession City on another school supply drive. The event will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the church at 5646 S. Orange Blossom Trail.
Florida law says motorists must yield to pedestrians entering a crosswalk. St. Cloud police cracked down last week on the eve of school starting back up as part of Operation Best Foot Forward. PHOTO/ST. CLOUD POLICE

Florida law says motorists must yield to pedestrians entering a crosswalk. St. Cloud police cracked down last week on the eve of school starting back up as part of Operation Best Foot Forward. PHOTO/ST. CLOUD POLICE

St. Cloud Police issue 35 tickets and warnings during Operation Best Foot Forward

Ken Jackson
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Parents and students know it, but maybe all Osceola County motorists don’t: school will be back in session next week. With that comes a lot more students and other pedestrians on sidewalks, crossing streets.
OCSO is investigating a body found at Donegan and Central Avenue in Kissimmee.

OCSO is investigating a body found at Donegan and Central Avenue in Kissimmee.

Osceola Sheriff's Office investigating male body found pre-dawn at Donegan and Central in Kissimmee

News Staff
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
The Osceola County Sheriff's Osceola is on scene investigating at the intersection of West Donegan and North Central Avenues in Kissimmee in response to a male body found in the intersection this morning. Early this morning, Florida Highway Patrol reported that a male was found around 6 a.m.
In April 2020, local coronavirus testing at Osceola Heritage Park was a drive-up operation. Starting next week, the new site will be walk-up, by appointment. FILE PHOTO

In April 2020, local coronavirus testing at Osceola Heritage Park was a drive-up operation. Starting next week, the new site will be walk-up, by appointment. FILE PHOTO

COVID-19 testing returns to OHP Aug. 13; Health Dept.: Best way to combat the virus is widely-available vaccination; community groups can sign up to hold a shot event

Ken Jackson
Monday, August 2, 2021
The upswing in COVID-19 cases, thanks to the highly-contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, has caused much of the response to it to look like 2020 again. Here’s a local example: Osceola County will re-launch its COVID-19 testing site at Osceola Heritage Park starting next Friday, Aug. 13.
Osceola County is looking for drivers for some 35 unfilled routes for the new school year that starts next week. PHOTO/OSCEOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT

Osceola County is looking for drivers for some 35 unfilled routes for the new school year that starts next week. PHOTO/OSCEOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT

School District hopes to fill 35 bus driver positions at Aug. 10 job fair

Courtesy Of The Osceola County School District
Monday, August 2, 2021
Do you want to make a healthy difference in the lives of the area’s school children? Do you like to drive? And, do you need a job heading into the fall? The Osceola School District would like to talk to you — and hopefully put you behind the wheel of a bus.
Brown Street between Thacker and Lavon Avenues will be closed to through traffic beginning Tuesday for a sewer maintenance project.

Brown Street between Thacker and Lavon Avenues will be closed to through traffic beginning Tuesday for a sewer maintenance project.

Brown Street from Thacker to Lavon in Kissimmee to close Tuesday for sewer project

News Staff
Friday, July 30, 2021
Toho Water Authority is announcing the closure to through traffic on Brown Street between Thacker and Lavon Avenues starting Tuesday (please see map). The road closure is necessary to conduct a sewer rehabilitation project in the area.
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