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Former Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, wants lawmakers to continue working on housing issues. PHOTO/NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA COLIN HACKLEY

Former Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, wants lawmakers to continue working on housing issues. PHOTO/NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA COLIN HACKLEY

Former Senate President Passidomo keeps eye on housing

By Jim Turner
Monday, December 16, 2024
By Dara Kam and Jim TurnerNews Service of Florida: Former Senate President Kathleen Passidomo handed over the reins of the Senate to Wauchula Republican Ben Albritton after the November elections.
PHOTOS/GOOD SAMARITAN VILLAGE A butterfly finds a nice spot on Mary Lou Amerman’s hand at a Nov. 27 event at Good Samaritan Village’s butterfly garden that honored its founders and celebrated its 25th year.

PHOTOS/GOOD SAMARITAN VILLAGE A butterfly finds a nice spot on Mary Lou Amerman’s hand at a Nov. 27 event at Good Samaritan Village’s butterfly garden that honored its founders and celebrated its 25th year.

Good Samaritan honors butterfly garden anniversary with release

Submitted By Good Samaritan Village
Friday, December 13, 2024
Good Samaritan Village’s butterfly garden is a peaceful paradise for the residents of its healthcare center.It was established some 25 years ago by resident Susan Kreider. And just like how a caterpillar changes into a butterfly, the garden has gone through a metamorphosis.An event was held Nov.
David Gomez-Posso, 25, was arrested in Charlotte County Tuesday after the fleeing the Kissimmee scene where he reportedly fired shots into a home were the mother of his unborn child lives. PHOTO/OSCEOLA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

David Gomez-Posso, 25, was arrested in Charlotte County Tuesday after the fleeing the Kissimmee scene where he reportedly fired shots into a home were the mother of his unborn child lives. PHOTO/OSCEOLA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Osceola violent crime suspects caught in Charlotte County and Texas

Staff Report
Thursday, December 12, 2024
 Suspects in two local cases were captured this week elsewhere and will be brought back to Osceola County to face charges for their crimes.
Santa—a.k.a. LYNX bus driver Edwin Cartagena—made some riders’ day. Those who rode on his Monday routes through Kissimmee and St. Cloud got a free ride. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

Santa—a.k.a. LYNX bus driver Edwin Cartagena—made some riders’ day. Those who rode on his Monday routes through Kissimmee and St. Cloud got a free ride. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

This jolly man doesn’t mind the traffic

Ken Jackson
Thursday, December 12, 2024
If you cut off a LYNX bus this holiday season while driving, you might just get coal in your stocking— because Santa Claus knows if you’ve been bad or good.He may have even been driving the bus—he was on Monday.Santa—a.k.a.
Concerned residents pack the lobby of St. Cloud City Hall on Tuesday to hear about zoning changes in the Future Land Use Map along Lakeshore Boulevard and Florida Avenue proposed for limited commercial uses.

Concerned residents pack the lobby of St. Cloud City Hall on Tuesday to hear about zoning changes in the Future Land Use Map along Lakeshore Boulevard and Florida Avenue proposed for limited commercial uses.

St. Cloud residents meet about zoning

Terry Lloyd
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Concerns were raised after rezoning letters were sent to St. Cloud residents along Lakeshore Boulevard and nearby state streets in October.City planners are proposing to change the zoning of current singlefamily residences in certain locations to allow for limited commercial and multifamily zoning.
State Road 538, otherwise known as Poinciana Parkway, is designed to connect the existing road to another planned to connect Poinciana with Florida's Turnpike. PHOTO/CFX

State Road 538, otherwise known as Poinciana Parkway, is designed to connect the existing road to another planned to connect Poinciana with Florida's Turnpike. PHOTO/CFX

Residents warming to revamped Southport Connector plan

Ken Jackson
Thursday, December 12, 2024
A community group that represented the harshest critics of the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX)’s plan to build an elevated expressway down the middle of Cypress Parkway in Poinciana is starting to warm to the idea.
A plan to allow chaplains to serve students on campuses, supported by a 2-to-1 margin by the speakers, was omitted from the list of new school rules and policies passed unanimously by the Board Tuesday..

A plan to allow chaplains to serve students on campuses, supported by a 2-to-1 margin by the speakers, was omitted from the list of new school rules and policies passed unanimously by the Board Tuesday..

Despite audience support, School Board votes against in-school chaplain program

Ken Jackson
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Multiple pages of new school rules and modifications were up for a vote at Tuesday’s Osceola County School Board meeting, but only one was considered important enough to bring over two dozen members of the community to the podium to speak for the better part of two hours.
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