The Florida Department of Health in Osceola County (FDOH-Osceola) is extending community COVID-19 testing at Osceola Heritage Park located at 1875 Silver Spur Lane, Kissimmee. Testing will be offered on Saturday, July 11 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Monday, July 13 through Friday, July 17 from 9 a.m…

The city of Kissimmee’s Public Works and Engineering Department announces a new sanitation schedule for residential and commercial services starting on Monday, Aug. 3.  According to a city press release, the changes will assist the division with route optimization and will have a cost savings of $…

Showers and thunderstorms will be likely through the weekend, and some of those will bring strong winds and frequent lightning strikes as well as very heavy downpours. In between the storms, we will see the temperature reach the low to mid-90s, with the heat index making it feel like over 100…

The Department of Health and Human Services declares each July as “Purposeful Parenting” Awareness Month. The original focus for the purposeful parenting recognition was to emphasize the importance of open communication with our youth while supporting and rearing their need for independence.…

On Friday, July 10, Goodwill Industries of Central Florida’s Job Connection Center will host a free webinar for job seekers. The latest in a series of virtual presentations, it will focus on different types of interviews and provide advice on how to respond to frequently asked questions.…

The St. Cloud Chamber of Commerce and Porky’s Comedy Club teamed up live and on stage for a re-opening ribbon cutting on Wednesday, July 1, along with chamber ambassadors, St. Cloud Mayor Nathan Blackwell, and Porky’s owners, Vinny Barber and Eric Godfrey. Porky’s, located at 4249 13th St. in St.…

Struggles are required in order to survive life. How else are you going to know how to stand up unless you have fallen on your face from time to time? Struggling is not their identity. You continue to live while you struggle. That is how others identify you. That is how they see you separate the…

The city of St. Cloud has received confirmation that 11 employees have tested positive for COVD-19 since the start of the pandemic, despite some of them having no symptoms of the virus. In response to this, the city of St. Cloud immediately took the following measures: •The city directed the…

Toho Water Authority has issued a precautionary boil-water advisory to customers located on San Remo Road from Mayan Place to Lucaya Drive. Side streets include: Floridian Drive, Glade Court, Yucatan Court, Francisco Way, Toltec Place, Carlsbad Drive and Lenox Place. The advisory is due to an…

Underground Refuse Systems and the city of Kissimmee, along with Gates Builders partnered in providing four underground waste containers, first time in Kissimmee and North America, to the residents of Hamilton at Lakeside apartments, 1209 Bermuda Lakes Lane, Kissimmee, on Tuesday. Underground…