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This year’s winning photo, in which every vote counted in an extremely close finish, features FHP’s stunning trademark black and tan Corvette cruiser – the vehicle was seized from a convicted drug trafficker and obtained after a criminal investigation involving the Drug Enforcement Agency.

This year’s winning photo, in which every vote counted in an extremely close finish, features FHP’s stunning trademark black and tan Corvette cruiser – the vehicle was seized from a convicted drug trafficker and obtained after a criminal investigation involving the Drug Enforcement Agency.

FHP three-peats as nation’s best-looking cruiser in public contest

Florida Highway Patrol has made history, thanks to its fleet of cruisers – and it has nothing to do with nabbing a traffic scofflaw or preventing an accident … yet.
A trough of low pressure forecast to move across Florida Monday and potentially grow into a small tropical system in the Gulf should affect our weather pattern the next two days. (Graphic/NWS)

A trough of low pressure forecast to move across Florida Monday and potentially grow into a small tropical system in the Gulf should affect our weather pattern the next two days. (Graphic/NWS)

Precursor to potential Gulf system could bring us rainy weather through Tuesday

Our normal summer pattern of hot and humid into the afternoon and thunderstorms in time for the drive time home is a bit out the window for the next couple days thanks to a trough of low pressure in the Atlantic Monday morning that could form into a weak tropical system in the northern Gulf later...
Beginning Monday morning, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office will be cracking down on aggressive driving like speeding, reckless, and careless behavior on roads throughout Osceola County as part of Operation Southern Slow Down. (Photo/Osceola County Sheriff's Office)

Beginning Monday morning, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office will be cracking down on aggressive driving like speeding, reckless, and careless behavior on roads throughout Osceola County as part of Operation Southern Slow Down. (Photo/Osceola County Sheriff's Office)

Osceola County law enforcement cracking down starting Monday as part of Operation Southern Slowdown

Beginning Monday morning, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office will be cracking down on aggressive driving like speeding, reckless, and careless behavior on roads throughout Osceola County as part of Operation Southern Slow Down.
A Kissimmee motorcyclist was killed Sunday morning on Pleasant Hill Road when he collided with another driver who turned directly into his path, Florida Highway Patrol reports.

A Kissimmee motorcyclist was killed Sunday morning on Pleasant Hill Road when he collided with another driver who turned directly into his path, Florida Highway Patrol reports.

Kissimmee motorcyclist killed in Sunday morning Pleasant Hill Road crash

A Kissimmee motorcyclist was killed Sunday morning on Pleasant Hill Road when he collided with another driver who turned directly into his path, Florida Highway Patrol reports.
Chanel Anderson is accused to stealing a car at a car wash, causing damage to the business and starting a multi-car crash on Vine Street. (Photo/Osceola Corrections)

Chanel Anderson is accused to stealing a car at a car wash, causing damage to the business and starting a multi-car crash on Vine Street. (Photo/Osceola Corrections)

Details behind a crash that closed Vine Street for hours this week; it wasn't just a crash

A multi-car crash that involved a tanker truck and closed Vine Street (U.S. 192) at Thacker Avenue for a good chunk of the day last week was not a simple collision; it was part of a felony theft, police case and crime.
Osceola Technical College students earn national SkillsUSA Skill Point Certificates

Osceola Technical College students earn national SkillsUSA Skill Point Certificates

O-Tech students awarded national SkillsUSA certificates

Kissimmee’s Antra Patel (Medical Assisting) and Celebration’s Jenna Odom (Advertising Design), students at Osceola Technical College’s Kissimmee campus, have been awarded Skill Point Certificates at the 2025 SkillsUSA Championships in Atlanta June 25-26.
Kissimmee Place Development Group principals joined city leaders and legislators on the Hyatt Studios hotel project across Martin Luther King Boulevard from the Kissimmee Gateway Airport. (Photo/ Ken Jackson)

Kissimmee Place Development Group principals joined city leaders and legislators on the Hyatt Studios hotel project across Martin Luther King Boulevard from the Kissimmee Gateway Airport. (Photo/ Ken Jackson)

Kissimmee Gateway Airport to get 1st adjacent hotel

The agreement forged between the City of Kissimmee and the Kissimmee Place Development Group back in November to develop a hotel adjacent to the Kissimmee Gateway Airport became real on Monday.
After a spirited July 1 discussion that included members of the public— many with skin in the game in downtown Kissimmee— city leaders are scheduled to reconsider changes to its noise ordinance at Tuesday’s 6 p.m. City Commission meeting.

After a spirited July 1 discussion that included members of the public— many with skin in the game in downtown Kissimmee— city leaders are scheduled to reconsider changes to its noise ordinance at Tuesday’s 6 p.m. City Commission meeting.

Kissimmee Commission takes up noise ordinance again Tuesday

After a spirited July 1 discussion that included members of the public— many with skin in the game in downtown Kissimmee— city leaders are scheduled to reconsider changes to its noise ordinance at Tuesday’s 6 p.m. City Commission meeting in the City Hall chambers.
Nicole Santiago from the Osceola Council on Aging was presented with an Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Proclamation for the Council’s Adult Day Care & Health Clinic by Osceola County Commission Chair Viviana Janer. (Photo/Osceola Council on Aging)

Nicole Santiago from the Osceola Council on Aging was presented with an Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Proclamation for the Council’s Adult Day Care & Health Clinic by Osceola County Commission Chair Viviana Janer. (Photo/Osceola Council on Aging)

COUNCIL'S CORNER: Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Proclamation

The Osceola Council on Aging (OCOA) was thrilled to receive a proclamation from Osceola County for extensive work with Alzheimer’s patients within our Adult Day Care Program and Health Clinic.