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A judge’s recent decision to grant Stand Your Ground immunity in a May fatal shooting relied on testimony and filings conflict with the original arrest report, sworn witness statements and confirmations from the Osceola County Sheriff ’s Office note.

A judge’s recent decision to grant Stand Your Ground immunity in a May fatal shooting relied on testimony and filings conflict with the original arrest report, sworn witness statements and confirmations from the Osceola County Sheriff ’s Office note.

Stand Your Ground ruling questioned as records, witnesses dispute key details

Kristin Hurst
Friday, December 26, 2025
A judge’s recent decision to grant Stand Your Ground immunity in a May fatal shooting relied on testimony and filings conflict with the original arrest report, sworn witness statements and confirmations from the Osceola County Sheriff ’s Office note.
Marco Vivas, the latest graduate of Orlando Health’s WE BUILD internship program for adults with unique developmental and learning abilities, celebrates with his new St. Cloud Hospital teammates. (Photos/Ken Jackson).

Marco Vivas, the latest graduate of Orlando Health’s WE BUILD internship program for adults with unique developmental and learning abilities, celebrates with his new St. Cloud Hospital teammates. (Photos/Ken Jackson).

BUILDing a care team one special worker at a time

Ken Jackson
Thursday, December 25, 2025
Marco Vivas is joining the team at Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital.His journey thus far has been inspirational to family, friends and those he works with at the facility—who he now counts as friends, and vice versa.
St. Cloud’s Jeff Mann visits a OneBlood donation center, closing in on his blood donation goal of 100 gallons. (Photo/Jeff Mann)

St. Cloud’s Jeff Mann visits a OneBlood donation center, closing in on his blood donation goal of 100 gallons. (Photo/Jeff Mann)

St. Cloud blood donor approaching life-giving milestone

Michelle Kostuch
Thursday, December 25, 2025
It’s the giving season, and St. Cloud resident Jeff Mann, is giving the gift of life.An avid blood donor, Mann has donated 539 times, giving over 67 gallons of blood—enough to fill a standard bathtub—with plans to continue.
Photos by Diane Inwood

Photos by Diane Inwood

A Christmas Cruise that means more

News Staff
Thursday, December 25, 2025
Irwin Inwood of New Start Thrift Store has been part of the Classic Car Cruise at Old Town for years, bringing his 1968 Cadillac out on Saturday nights. At the annual toy drive with the cruise on Dec.
Pictured from left: Celebration Brewing Co-owner Frank Lozito, Help Now of Osceola Executive Director Tammy Douglass and Experience Kissimmee Chief of Destination Stewardship Jason Holic. (Photo/Jennifer Chalifoux)

Pictured from left: Celebration Brewing Co-owner Frank Lozito, Help Now of Osceola Executive Director Tammy Douglass and Experience Kissimmee Chief of Destination Stewardship Jason Holic. (Photo/Jennifer Chalifoux)

Experience Kissimmee names Help Now of Osceola its 2026 charitable partner

Jennifer Chalifoux
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
While Experience Kissimmee, the tourism marketing arm for Osceola County, works hard to bring tourists and other out-of-towners into town, it also works to strengthen the local community those folks are visiting.
Jesse Lee Larsen, 21

Jesse Lee Larsen, 21

St. Cloud man charged with possession of child pornography

News Staff
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
A St. Cloud man was arrested Tuesday as Osceola County Sheriff's deputies Jesse Lee Larsen, 21, was charged with three counts of possession of photo/video of sexual performance by a child and unlawful use of a two-way communication device. He was booked into the Osceola County Jail with no bond.
Sen. Tom Leek, R-Ormond Beach, filed a proposed "Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights" on Monday. (Photo/Colin Hackley, NSF File)

Sen. Tom Leek, R-Ormond Beach, filed a proposed "Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights" on Monday. (Photo/Colin Hackley, NSF File)

AI ‘Bill of Rights’ emerges in State Senate

Jim Turner
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
News Service of Florida — In a priority of Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Senate Republican on Monday filed a proposal dubbed the “Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights.”The proposal (Senate Bill 482), filed by Sen.
A St. Cloud man working to respond to another traffic incident was seriously injured in a Monday morning crash that took the life of his fellow worker, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

A St. Cloud man working to respond to another traffic incident was seriously injured in a Monday morning crash that took the life of his fellow worker, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

St. Cloud man seriously injured in deadly I-95 crash in Brevard County, FHP says

News Staff
Monday, December 22, 2025
A St. Cloud man working to respond to another traffic incident was seriously injured in a Monday morning crash that took the life of his fellow worker, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Tiffany Lee Griffith, 36, was arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse and was booked into the Osceola County Jail Friday. (Mugshot/Osceola County Jail)

Tiffany Lee Griffith, 36, was arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse and was booked into the Osceola County Jail Friday. (Mugshot/Osceola County Jail)

Fort Myers woman arrested after dunking child in resort pool out on bond

Ken Jackson
Monday, December 22, 2025
TUESDAY NIGHT UPDATE: After an appearance in front of a judge Tuesday morning, Tiffany Griffith, who had been held since her Friday arrest on no bond, was issued a $20,000 after the court found the state did not meet the burden of proof to keep her held on no bond.
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