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The front page of the Aug. 19, 2004 Osceola News-Gazette in the wake of Hurricane Charley (UF Archives)

The front page of the Aug. 19, 2004 Osceola News-Gazette in the wake of Hurricane Charley (UF Archives)

22 years ago today: Osceola County was gone with the wind

Staff Report
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.
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)

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)

FOR WHOMTHE BELLS TOLL: Day One—literally—at new Nova Lakes High’s ‘AAA Experience’

Debbie Daniel
Thursday, August 13, 2026
When the doors of Nova Lakes High School in St. Cloud opened this week and the first school bell rang, students walked into Osceola’s ninth traditional public high school and first one built since Tohopekaliga High School opened in 2018.The 46-acre campus east of St.
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)

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)

AI was in these ‘Pearls’ grasp at tech summer camp

Ken Jackson
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Students are back in school as the fall has begun (despite what the thermometer tells you).For some students, it was a productive summer.About two dozen girls participated in the Pearls in Tech program, which stopped in at Valencia College in July.
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)

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)

NeoCity’s Lily George found a spot ‘In the Game’ at EA Sports STEAM camp

Ken Jackson
Thursday, August 13, 2026
The more society enters into a digital world, the more it needs classes that teach and jobs that produce coding, the digital DNA, for those programs.
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)

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)

Discovery students welcomed back to ‘Educate to Renovate’

Christine Pike
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Discovery Intermediate was one of the schools chosen this year for Addition Financial’s “Renovate to Educate” program for the winning teachers in Osceola and Orange County, with a classroom remodel done in collaboration with interns from Seminole State College.
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.

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.

No Party? No problem! Here’s Osceola County elections open to all voters on August primary ballot

Christie Zizo
Thursday, August 13, 2026
This story, which originally appeared at ClickOrlando.com, is part of the News Collaborative of Central Florida, an initiative of independent local news outlets working towards a more informed and engaged Central Florida.The Aug. 18 Florida Statewide Primary is where political party members (i.e.
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.

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.

College Honors for local scholars

News Staff
Thursday, August 13, 2026
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:The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Scholarship Fund’s list of Class of 2026 scholarship award recipients includes Antonella Cuellar Acosta of Kissimmee.
Osceola County is warning resident to beware of calls demanding payment for an inmate that seem to originate from the Osceola County Jail.

Osceola County is warning resident to beware of calls demanding payment for an inmate that seem to originate from the Osceola County Jail.

Osceola County warns of jail-related calling scam

Staff Report
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Osceola County is warning resident to beware of calls demanding payment for an inmate that seem to originate from the Osceola County Jail.
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