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The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issue a Heat Advisory for all of east central Florida, including Osceola and Orange counties, for today. (Graphic/NWS Melbourne)

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issue a Heat Advisory for all of east central Florida, including Osceola and Orange counties, for today. (Graphic/NWS Melbourne)

The heat is (back) on! Heat Advisory back in place

Remember a couple weeks ago when it was REALLY hot and it didn't rain and we warned you to take precautions if you went out between 12-7 p.m.?That's back for today, and maybe even Friday.
The attorneys for Marcos Lopez and Robin Severance-Lopez and three other co-conspirators are slated for a private felony sentencing hearing with Judge Brian Welke on Monday at 1:30 p.m.

The attorneys for Marcos Lopez and Robin Severance-Lopez and three other co-conspirators are slated for a private felony sentencing hearing with Judge Brian Welke on Monday at 1:30 p.m.

Lopezes have court dates next week scheduled — they aren't what you think

While no court documents back up published reports that Marcos Lopez and Robin Severance-Lopez, Osceola's former Sheriff and his former wife, have October trial dates set, the two do have court hearings scheduled for next week regarding their racketeering charges stemming from their June arrests by...
Combat Night Pro Kissimmee photos by Taylor McFee

Combat Night Pro Kissimmee photos by Taylor McFee

Combat Night Pro thrills Kissimmee crowd

The roar inside the Silver Spurs Arena Saturday night was part of Combat Night Pro Kissimmee delivering a full-throttle event of mixed martial arts. The main event saw lightweight contender Angel Mercado square off against veteran Ronald “Mr.
Parents, students, teachers and the community made their way through the first day of school at the new Cross Prairie K-8 in Kindred Monday. (Photos/Taylor McFee)

Parents, students, teachers and the community made their way through the first day of school at the new Cross Prairie K-8 in Kindred Monday. (Photos/Taylor McFee)

The First Day OF the School! See photos from Cross Prairie K-8!

The First Day of School is a nervous one as it is—new teachers, a new traffic pattern for some, new routines and such. But what if it’s the first day of the school? That was part of the excitement and the deep breaths at Cross Prairie K-8, which swung open for the first time for school Monday.
The Full Sturgeon Moon is one of the things to look out for in the skies this month. (Photo/Tom Fisk from Pexel)

The Full Sturgeon Moon is one of the things to look out for in the skies this month. (Photo/Tom Fisk from Pexel)

Watch the skies for these celestial August events

Attention all stargazers: it’s time to get your binoculars and telescopes ready for four celestial events in August.Through Aug.
Florida Supreme Court Justice Jamie Grosshans swears in Tampa Republican Jay Collins as lieutenant governor. (News Service of Florida Photo/Tom Urban)

Florida Supreme Court Justice Jamie Grosshans swears in Tampa Republican Jay Collins as lieutenant governor. (News Service of Florida Photo/Tom Urban)

DeSantis taps Sen. Jay Collins for Lieutenant Governor

News Service of Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis Tuesday appointed Sen. Jay Collins, a Tampa Republican and retired Army Green Beret, to the long-vacant position of lieutenant governor amid speculation that Collins could run for governor in 2026.
Reliable model output from Tuesday afternoon shows Tropical Storm Erin is currently forecasted -- but not mandated -- to curve northward east of the Bahamas but west of Bermuda. It is expected to be a Category 3 major hurricane at that time. (Graphic/Tropical Tidbits)

Reliable model output from Tuesday afternoon shows Tropical Storm Erin is currently forecasted -- but not mandated -- to curve northward east of the Bahamas but west of Bermuda. It is expected to be a Category 3 major hurricane at that time. (Graphic/Tropical Tidbits)

UPDATE — Erin forms in Atlantic, heading westward as a potential hurricane; where's it going?

TUESDAY 5 P.M. UPDATE — Tropical Storm Erin remains weak and headed on a westerly path. It is still forecast to become a hurricane, and long-range models are hinting that it may recurve to the east of the Bahamas into the Atlantic.
Mark Shanoff, who begins his third school year at the helm of Osceola’s district Monday, said he and county administrators are excited rather than intimidated about the First Day of School and for those fresh faces to fill the school halls. (File Photo)

Mark Shanoff, who begins his third school year at the helm of Osceola’s district Monday, said he and county administrators are excited rather than intimidated about the First Day of School and for those fresh faces to fill the school halls. (File Photo)

Osceola Schools set to start 3rd year under Shanoff’s leadership

School District of Osceola County Superintendent Mark Shanoff talks of every school day being a “Day One” of sorts.Well, Monday will literally be Day One for some 79,000 county school students who return to classrooms.
Like the flip of the switch, traffic patterns change next week when some 79,000 Osceola County school students return to the classroom Monday. (File Photo)

Like the flip of the switch, traffic patterns change next week when some 79,000 Osceola County school students return to the classroom Monday. (File Photo)

BACK TO SCHOOL—Learn the ABC’s of safe driving in school zones

Like the flip of the switch, traffic patterns change next week when some 79,000 Osceola County school students return to the classroom Monday.