Embrace Families’ 2020 Holiday Rescue campaign feeds Osceola families in need

Families in need were recently supported by the Embrace Families’ 2020 Holiday Rescue campaign. Embrace Families, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office and the Elks Lodge got involved.

First Presbyterian Church in Kissimmee helps families in need

First Presbyterian Church in Kissimmee recently completed a community service project that gave food to families in need. With the help of the Osceola County School Board, the church was given a list of 15 families in dire need of groceries.

If you could have anything for Christmas...

Merry Christmas! We asked on our Facebook page: “If you could have anything – anything at all – for a Christmas wish this year, what would it be?

Osceola County passes $45 Million in support to residents and businesses for COVID-19 crisis

Osceola County residents and businesses have received more than $45 million in assistance since the beginning of the COVID-19 healthcare crisis and such aid will continue into 2021 as the community’s needs will not diminish in the foreseeable future.

St. Cloud solid waste rates to increase Jan. 1

As part of a previously approved phased plan to increase solid waste rates gradually over a five-year period to keep up with rising landfill costs, the city of St. Cloud will raise its monthly residential solid waste fees by 33 cents. Effective Jan. 1, residential customers will pay $20.