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Keisha Vandemaat

Keisha Vandemaat

Kissimmee police searching for woman with warrant

News Staff
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
The Kissimmee Police Department is searching for Keisha Vandemaat. Vandemaat, 29, has a felony warrant charging her with multiple crimes in several different counties. She's known to change her hairstyle and color, and may be in the Orlando area.
Osceola County Commission

Osceola County Commission

Osceola County extends emergency declaration

News Staff
Monday, April 6, 2020
The Osceola Board of County Commissioners voted 5-0 on Monday to extend an existing state of emergency for Osceola County as part of its response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Ruth Cusano, a teacher at Partin Settlement Elementary in Kissimmee, interacts with her students online as the school district closed schools until May 1 due to COVID-19.

Ruth Cusano, a teacher at Partin Settlement Elementary in Kissimmee, interacts with her students online as the school district closed schools until May 1 due to COVID-19.

Osceola teachers move online, some students still need computers

Charlie Reed - For the News-Gazette
Monday, April 6, 2020
First-grade teacher Ruth Cusano reads her students a book every day at 9 a.m.
 They can watch it live or on-demand anytime through the Microsoft Teams, which the School District of Osceola County is using to educate its 70,000 students.
Kenyatta Bellamy was pressure washing outside his Davenport home when he went inside and found his ex-girlfriend and her lover in bed. He killed them both according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. PHOTO/POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Kenyatta Bellamy was pressure washing outside his Davenport home when he went inside and found his ex-girlfriend and her lover in bed. He killed them both according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. PHOTO/POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Man kills ex-girlfriend and her lover days after bonding out of Osceola County Jail

Brian McBride - Editor
Monday, April 6, 2020
A man who bonded out of Osceola County Jail last month, killed his ex-girlfriend and her lover in his Davenport home just days later, when he told authorities he “lost it” when he found them in bed.
Downtown Kissimmee

Downtown Kissimmee

Downtown Clean Team is ready to roll

Elizabeth Morrisey For The News-gazette
Sunday, April 5, 2020
A city group has recently been formed to help keep downtown Kissimmee looking beautiful. The Downtown Clean Team is an initiative to provide a focused effort on the beautification of the public right-of-ways in the Downtown Community Redevelopment Agency’s Central Business District.
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