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The St. Cloud City Council approved an agreement will a media company to place a large double-sided billboard at the northeast corner of U.S. Highway 192 and Hickory Tree Road. The Council also asked staff to draft a plan to budget city funds to each member to host or sponsor community events.

The St. Cloud City Council approved an agreement will a media company to place a large double-sided billboard at the northeast corner of U.S. Highway 192 and Hickory Tree Road. The Council also asked staff to draft a plan to budget city funds to each member to host or sponsor community events.

St. Cloud Council considers betterment grants, approves billboard

Matthew Boggs
Thursday, March 19, 2026
The St. Cloud City Council approved an agreement will a media company to place a large double-sided billboard at the northeast corner of U.S. Highway 192 and Hickory Tree Road.The Council also asked staff to draft a plan to budget city funds to each member to host or sponsor community events.
Co-workers, family members and Kissimmee’s responder honor guard members placed roses in the memory of employees who have passed at the city’s annual Employee Memorial Service Friday at the City Hall rain garden. (Photos/Ken Jackson)

Co-workers, family members and Kissimmee’s responder honor guard members placed roses in the memory of employees who have passed at the city’s annual Employee Memorial Service Friday at the City Hall rain garden. (Photos/Ken Jackson)

Kissimmee honors employees, retirees at annual Memorial Service

Debbie Daniel
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Kissimmee employees and families gathered at City Hall’s Rain Garden Friday morning for the City of Kissimmee’s annual Employee Memorial Service.
Ketsy Ann Rivera allegedly pushed her two children, ages 8 and 9, toward a 10-year-old victim and instructed them to hit him, according to sheriff’s reports.

Ketsy Ann Rivera allegedly pushed her two children, ages 8 and 9, toward a 10-year-old victim and instructed them to hit him, according to sheriff’s reports.

Osceola mother charged with directing attack on child

Kristin Hurst
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
A 41-year-old woman was arrested Monday after deputies say she encouraged her children to assault a 10-year-old boy during a disturbance at a local apartment complex.
Sen. Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, is slated Tuesday to be formally designated as the next Senate president. (News Service of Florida photo Colin Hackley/File)

Sen. Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, is slated Tuesday to be formally designated as the next Senate president. (News Service of Florida photo Colin Hackley/File)

Budget standoff means lawmakers will return amid ‘Animosity,’ ‘Mistrust’

News Service Of Florida
Friday, March 13, 2026
By Gray Rohrer News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — For the second straight year, lawmakers will need extra time to complete the budget – the one bill the Legislature is constitutionally required to pass each year.
Here’s a list of achievements by Osceola County students at out-of-area colleges and universities, as reported by Merit Pages News.

Here’s a list of achievements by Osceola County students at out-of-area colleges and universities, as reported by Merit Pages News.

College honors for local scholars

News Staff
Friday, March 13, 2026
Here’s a list of achievements by Osceola County students at out-of-area colleges and universities, as reported by Merit Pages News:Jalen Amari Gummer of St. Cloud graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences from Furman University (Greenville, S.C.).
This March, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV), and its division, the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), urge all motorists to make responsible choices before getting into the driver’s seat. (Graphic/FHP)

This March, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV), and its division, the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), urge all motorists to make responsible choices before getting into the driver’s seat. (Graphic/FHP)

FLHSMY, FHP announce March safety campaign to prevent impaired driving

Submitted By Florida Highway Patrol
Friday, March 13, 2026
Driving impaired remains one of the most dangerous and entirely preventable threats on Florida’s roadways. Each year, lives are lost and families are permanently impacted due to drivers operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination of both.
Improvements to Lake Tohopekaliga Road are part of

Improvements to Lake Tohopekaliga Road are part of

Osceola County and developer to improve Lake Tohopekaliga Road

Terry Lloyd
Thursday, March 12, 2026
About 10 families currently live on a quiet “rural” stretch of Lake Tohopekaliga Road, west of the Florida Turnpike off of Kissimmee Park Road in the St. Cloud area.Soon, they will have thousands of neighbors as two large housing developments get underway, bracketing both sides of the road.
St. Cloud City Manager Veronica Miller showed some of the city’s strategic plan at the season’s final Breakfast with the Pros Tuesday. (Photo/Ken Jackson)

St. Cloud City Manager Veronica Miller showed some of the city’s strategic plan at the season’s final Breakfast with the Pros Tuesday. (Photo/Ken Jackson)

St. Cloud city manager Miller shares how services are growing as the city does

Ken Jackson
Thursday, March 12, 2026
The population of the city of St. Cloud has doubled since 2010, from about 35,000 residents to over 71,000 at last count.Double the people means double the issues, and double the trouble.It’s enough to keep City Manager Veronica Miller up at night.
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