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Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia appeared in St. Cloud last week, touting his office’s FAFO method of calculating that Osceola County had grown at a rate he called “excessive, wasteful spending.” (Photo/Office of the Chief Financial Officer)

Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia appeared in St. Cloud last week, touting his office’s FAFO method of calculating that Osceola County had grown at a rate he called “excessive, wasteful spending.” (Photo/Office of the Chief Financial Officer)

Guns a-Blaise-ing: State CFO weighs in on County’s budget, complaint against Espinosa as part of FAFO tour

Ken Jackson
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Those in Osceola County have been on the mind and lips of the state of Florida’s Chief Financial Officer.Last week, CFO Blaise Ingoglia brought his crusade across the state to curb the “excessive, wasteful spending” of county and city governments to St.
Arist Jefrë and County Commissioner Cheryl Grieb helped unveil the new plan at a new place for a Pulse Nightclub tribute site on June 17 along Macy Island Road. (Photo/Ken Jackson)

Arist Jefrë and County Commissioner Cheryl Grieb helped unveil the new plan at a new place for a Pulse Nightclub tribute site on June 17 along Macy Island Road. (Photo/Ken Jackson)

Osceola County tribute to Pulse shifting to new location

Ken Jackson
Thursday, June 25, 2026
An Osceola County tribute to the 49 lives lost in the Pulse nightclub shooting on June 12, 2016 in Orlando had been planned in 2024, with renderings and money budgeted from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds received from the federal government in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ahmad Bojeh appeared in Osceola County court twice last week to have a competency hearing scheduled in his case; police accuse him of shooting three tourists to death in a January incident next door to his home. (Photo/Ken Jackson)

Ahmad Bojeh appeared in Osceola County court twice last week to have a competency hearing scheduled in his case; police accuse him of shooting three tourists to death in a January incident next door to his home. (Photo/Ken Jackson)

Triple murder suspect Bojeh back in court; victim’s family sues HOA

Ken Jackson
Thursday, June 25, 2026
After appearing in court twice last week, the man police say shot three tourists to death at a rental home earlier this year must undergo a third competency status hearing.Ahmad Bojeh, 29, was arrested hours after the shooting of Robert Luis Kraft, 70 of Holland, Mich.
“Butterfly Dan” Dunwoody and Jennifer check the status of caterpillars in a climate-controlled breeding room to help raise feed plants and butterflies for exhibits across the United States. (Photo/Terry Lloyd)

“Butterfly Dan” Dunwoody and Jennifer check the status of caterpillars in a climate-controlled breeding room to help raise feed plants and butterflies for exhibits across the United States. (Photo/Terry Lloyd)

Where the butterflies roam—Poinciana ‘farm’ home to Butterfly Dan’s

Terry Lloyd
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Tucked quietly off of Pleasant Hill Road, hugging the west shore of Lake Toho, is Butterfly Dan’s working butterfly “farm.” Butterfly Dan is Dan Dunwoody, a Miami native who has been raising butterflies in Central Florida since the 1980s.
Submitted Photo/Osceola Council on Aging

Submitted Photo/Osceola Council on Aging

Spotlighting Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month

Wendy Coschignano Ford
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month is observed each June to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and other brain disorders. The observance is also celebrated to promote brain and cognitive health initiative and encourage research participation to learn about early detection.
An Osceola County Sheriff's deputy who helped serve a search warrant on an illegal assisted living facility noted locks on refrigerators, as shown, cabinets and doors. (Photo/Osceola County Sheriff's Office)

An Osceola County Sheriff's deputy who helped serve a search warrant on an illegal assisted living facility noted locks on refrigerators, as shown, cabinets and doors. (Photo/Osceola County Sheriff's Office)

Year's worth of detective work results in arrest of married pair in assisted living facility fraud scheme

Ken Jackson
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
After a year's worth of detective work to get the arrests, a husband and wife running several assisted living facilities without the proper licensing or staffing were arrested Wednesday morning, culminating the work to shut down their illegal operation.
Southbound traffic on Florida's Turnpike south of State Road 417 is snarled as the lanes are closed near the Clay Whaley interchange as FHP investigates a deadly crash. (Photo/FDOT 511)

Southbound traffic on Florida's Turnpike south of State Road 417 is snarled as the lanes are closed near the Clay Whaley interchange as FHP investigates a deadly crash. (Photo/FDOT 511)

2 from Kissimmee dead in Tuesday Turnpike crash just north of Clay Whaley exit

News Staff
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
As of 5 p.m. the southbound lanes of Florida's Turnpike remain closed as Florida Highway Patrol investigates a deadly crash that killed a 56-year-old man and 65-year-old woman, both from Kissimmee.
If you can trim your trees this weekend ahead of the peak of the hurricane season, the city will come pick it up early next week from residential properties. (Graphic/City of Kissimmee)

If you can trim your trees this weekend ahead of the peak of the hurricane season, the city will come pick it up early next week from residential properties. (Graphic/City of Kissimmee)

Trim trees now, not before a storm — the city of Kissimmee will pick it up

Ken Jackson
Monday, June 22, 2026
When there’s a hurricane bearing down on Osceola County — recall Hurricanes Ian and Nicole in 2022, Idalia in 2023 and Helene and Milton in 2024 — there’s a lot going on in terms of preparing your home and family to ride it out.
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