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If you're planning to vote by mail this November, get your new requests in soon.

If you're planning to vote by mail this November, get your new requests in soon.

Reminder: Make your Nov. 5 election Vote-by-Mail requests by Oct. 24

Staff Report
Thursday, October 3, 2024
The Osceola County Supervisor of Elections office reminds county voters that if they want to receive a vote-by-mail ballot for the November election, they must request one by Oct. 24.Recent legislation changed vote-by-mail request expirations.
A Kissimmee woman was killed in a construction zone crash on I-4 just after midnight Tuesday.

A Kissimmee woman was killed in a construction zone crash on I-4 just after midnight Tuesday.

Kissimmee woman killed in overnight I-4 crash, FHP says

News Staff
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
A 25-year-old woman from Kissimmee was killed on Interstate 4 near State Road 528 just after midnight Tuesday when the Florida Highway Patrol said her car collided with a pickup truck in a construction zone.The crash occurred around 12:20 a.m. in the westbound lanes near mile marker 72.
Bubble Pops with Cops on Friday night featured karaoke, bingo, prizes, bubble tea, and a chance to get to know the St. Cloud Community Engagement Unit officers. PHOTO/DEBBIE DANIEL

Bubble Pops with Cops on Friday night featured karaoke, bingo, prizes, bubble tea, and a chance to get to know the St. Cloud Community Engagement Unit officers. PHOTO/DEBBIE DANIEL

SCPD’s Community unit on a mission to connect with residents

Debbie Daniel
Monday, September 30, 2024
If you’ve noticed more St. Cloud Police officers hanging out at parks, the library, or, like last Friday night, playing bingo at Bubble Pops boba café, then you’ve encountered the SCPD’s new Community Engagement Unit.
On the south side of 192, between Orange Avenue and Hickory Tree Road -- that's where Toho Water Authority will flush water lines this week. MAP/TOHO WATER

On the south side of 192, between Orange Avenue and Hickory Tree Road -- that's where Toho Water Authority will flush water lines this week. MAP/TOHO WATER

Here's where the water lines get flushed in St. Cloud this week

Submitted By Toho Water Authority
Sunday, September 29, 2024
Toho Water Authority crews will flush water lines in an area just east of downtown St. Cloud this week.The area will be south of U.S. Highway 192 and just west of Hickory Tree/Narcoossee Road, over to Orange Avenue, as shown by the map above.
Kissimmee’s Jomari Santana was honored by the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture with an academic scholarship. PHOTO/OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

Kissimmee’s Jomari Santana was honored by the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture with an academic scholarship. PHOTO/OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

College honors for local scholars

News Staff
Friday, September 27, 2024
Here are some honors earned by Osceola County scholars at out-of-state institutions, as reported by Merit Pages News and the school’s outreach departments:On Sept.
Message to Osceola County drivers: tighten up your abiding the law and looking out for bicyclists and pedestrians while behind the wheel. PHOTO/METRO CREATIVE

Message to Osceola County drivers: tighten up your abiding the law and looking out for bicyclists and pedestrians while behind the wheel. PHOTO/METRO CREATIVE

Sheriff’s Office working to keep cyclists, pedestrians safe

Staff Report
Friday, September 27, 2024
Message to Osceola County drivers: tighten up your abiding the law and looking out for bicyclists and pedestrians while behind the wheel.
Maggie Smith was the British actress known to this generation as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the "Harry Potter" series and Violet Crawley in "Downtown Abbey". PHOTO/HOGWARTS LIFE

Maggie Smith was the British actress known to this generation as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the "Harry Potter" series and Violet Crawley in "Downtown Abbey". PHOTO/HOGWARTS LIFE

Maggie Smith, 'Harry Potter's Professor McGongall, passes away at 89

Staff Report
Friday, September 27, 2024
Gryffindor is in mourning today.Dame Maggie Smith, the British actress known to this generation as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the "Harry Potter" series and Violet Crawley in "Downton Abbey", passed away Friday morning at the age of 89, her family reported to various media sources.
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