Nova Lakes High School Principal Dr. Nigel Pillay says the school, the county’s first new high school in eight years, will be a place for students to find their place and grow. (Photo/Debbie Daniel)
Osceola High and St. Cloud sophomores Lyric Williams, Biana Maandez and Liaian Brandan (from left) show off their “Lunchbox” AI chat bot they created during the Tech Sassy Girlz “Pearls in Tech Accelerator” summer program July 30 at Valencia College. (Photo/Ken Jackson)
NeoCity Academy’s Lily George completed the Electronic Arts “Get in the Game” STEAM camp this summer, and will be armed with coding knowledge heading into her senior year. (Photo/Electronic Arts)
The front page of the Aug. 19, 2004 Osceola News-Gazette in the wake of Hurricane Charley (UF Archives)
Thursday, August 13, 2026
What were you doing on Aug. 13, 2004—other than battening down, and then cleaning up, after Hurricane Charley took the express lanes through Poinciana and Kissimmee after making landfall early in the day as a Category 4 storm near Punta Gorda.
Discovery Intermediate School was this year’s Additional Financial “Renovate to Educate” Osceola selection and earned a pantry makeover. Pictured is Discovery Principal Gary Dunn. (Photo/Christine Pike)
Osceola County’s commission elections are partisan, so they are closed primaries. But the county still has school board races and judges races on the ballot for all voters, as well as a Universal Primary.
Here’s a list of honors earned by Osceola County scholars at out-of-the-area universities or institutions, as reported by Merit Pages News.
Daryl Dike scored the 1st goal in the 31st minute. Photo by Mario Casamalhuapa
Osceola hosts Mainland Friday in one of seven Kickoff Classics in Osceola County. (Photo/Katie Williams)
Harmony High’s Machaela Looper (#5, left), pictured with the El Salvador Under-17 national soccer team in 2025, is headed to camp this week with the El Salvador Under-20 national team. (Submitted photo.)
Fall 2026 Downtown Monthly Market applications are now open and will close on Friday, Aug. 14.
Play some Bingo at the Poinciana Community Center on Friday, Aug.28. Bring a fan, it's hurricane-themed.
Edward Jones, Kenton Scott, CFP
