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Early Voting for Nov. 3 General Election is underway!

If you didn't or haven't arranged to receive a mail-in ballot ... or have one and have decided to vote in person instead ... the election process for the Nov. 3, 2026 general election is about to get underway.Early voting for the General Election begins Monday, Oct. 19 and will run daily from 8...
The message is about common sense. For pedestrians, use provided sidewalks or walk facing oncoming traffic, cross streets at and within crosswalks or intersections where drivers expect pedestrians, and look for vehicles in all directions, avoid distractions like wearing headphones or earbuds or staring at phones while crossing the street and generally be looking for those vehicles more than 10 times the size of you and moving faster than you.

The message is about common sense. For pedestrians, use provided sidewalks or walk facing oncoming traffic, cross streets at and within crosswalks or intersections where drivers expect pedestrians, and look for vehicles in all directions, avoid distractions like wearing headphones or earbuds or staring at phones while crossing the street and generally be looking for those vehicles more than 10 times the size of you and moving faster than you.

Promoting safe travel the message of National Pedestrian Safety Month

Every October, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) and its division, the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), join public safety partners statewide in recognizing National Pedestrian Safety Month and reminding both motorists and pedestrians of the importance of staying...
A trade group of technology and social media companies that challenged the law said the group is considering their next steps while warning social media sites could be forced to verify the ages and the parental status of all users as a result of the ruling. (File Photo)

A trade group of technology and social media companies that challenged the law said the group is considering their next steps while warning social media sites could be forced to verify the ages and the parental status of all users as a result of the ruling. (File Photo)

Federal appeals court upholds Florida’s social media law

News Service of Florida — Florida’s law banning minors under 14 from getting their own social media accounts is likely constitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, throwing out a lower court’s preliminary injunction against the law.The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals had previously stayed...
The Cross Prairie Parkway Connector Project will connect the road, which currently ends on the east side of Tohoqua, to the new Turnpike interchange over a bridge over the C-31 Canal. Nolte Road is being extended to the west of Old Canoe Creek, where the full diamond interchange is being built. (Graphics/Osceola County)

The Cross Prairie Parkway Connector Project will connect the road, which currently ends on the east side of Tohoqua, to the new Turnpike interchange over a bridge over the C-31 Canal. Nolte Road is being extended to the west of Old Canoe Creek, where the full diamond interchange is being built. (Graphics/Osceola County)

Cross Prairie Parkway connection underway

Relief is coming for St. Cloud motorists who currently need Neptune Road and Old Canoe Creek Road to get to Florida’s Turnpike.Just hang on for about another two years.Osceola County leaders held the ceremonial groundbreaking for the start of the Cross Prairie Parkway Connector Project, which would...
Kissimmee City Commissioners approved SkyView’s development plan for a five-story hotel tower and four-story condominium building with street-level retail space to be build around the Toho Square parking garage in the downtown area. (Photo/City of Kissimmee)

Kissimmee City Commissioners approved SkyView’s development plan for a five-story hotel tower and four-story condominium building with street-level retail space to be build around the Toho Square parking garage in the downtown area. (Photo/City of Kissimmee)

Kissimmee airport landing fees increasing; Toho square hotel project approved

After two weeks of talks, the Kissimmee City Commission has finally approved a plan for its Gateway Airport to raise landing fees and to update its contract with a vendor to bill and collect the fees using camera technology.Also at their Tuesday meeting, commissioners approved the development plan...
What’s now called Crabby’s on the Lakefront will continue operating at the city-owned marina building at St. Cloud’s lakefront under a new 10-year lease approved by the St. Cloud City Council.

What’s now called Crabby’s on the Lakefront will continue operating at the city-owned marina building at St. Cloud’s lakefront under a new 10-year lease approved by the St. Cloud City Council.

It’s still Crabby’s after city approves new lease

What’s now called Crabby’s on the Lakefront will continue operating at the city-owned marina building at St. Cloud’s lakefront under a new 10-year lease approved by the St. Cloud City Council.The approval at the Oct. 8 Council meeting came despite an advisory committee’s unanimous recommendation in...
Beyond Pregnancy Care’s butterfly garden. (File Photo)

Beyond Pregnancy Care’s butterfly garden. (File Photo)

Beyond Pregnancy Care Clinic to host Day of Remembrance

When 15-year-old Ivette Rodriguez learned she was pregnant, she faced the next nine months without much support.“It wasn’t easy,” she said. “I didn’t have many people educating me or walking beside me.”
Approximately 100 students from Osceola High School made a Sept. 29 Rollins College visit for College Readiness Day, gaining firsthand insight into higher education through an immersive campus experience. (Submitted photo)

Approximately 100 students from Osceola High School made a Sept. 29 Rollins College visit for College Readiness Day, gaining firsthand insight into higher education through an immersive campus experience. (Submitted photo)

NEWS BRIEFS — Kissimmee Women’s Club's historical marker; good news out of KUA, Osceola High; new Toho Water Interactive Project Map; Florida Farm to School Essay and Art Contests

Kissimmee Women’s Club working to fund historical markerAuthor Minnie Moore Willson, an author who helped secure land protections for the Seminole Tribe of Florida but more important locally was the first president of the Kissimmee Women’s Club, will receive a Florida Historical Marker in her name...