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AdventHealth Orlando has been ranked No. 1 in Central Florida among U.S. News & World Report annual Best Hospitals Rankings for the 16th year in a row. (Photo/AdventHealth)

AdventHealth Orlando has been ranked No. 1 in Central Florida among U.S. News & World Report annual Best Hospitals Rankings for the 16th year in a row. (Photo/AdventHealth)

AdventHealth Orlando maintains top area spot in U.S. News & World Report rankings

Staff Report
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
AdventHealth Orlando has been ranked No. 1 in Central Florida among U.S. News & World Report annual Best Hospitals Rankings for the 16th year in a row.The U.S. News rankings also listed the health care group No. 2 in Florida.
A judge ruled the current summary uses statements that are a “political rhetoric, not neutral, not explanation" and omits how the measure could change the nature of the “home rule” provisions of the state constitution. (File Photo)

A judge ruled the current summary uses statements that are a “political rhetoric, not neutral, not explanation" and omits how the measure could change the nature of the “home rule” provisions of the state constitution. (File Photo)

Tallahassee judge orders rewrite of poperty tax ballot measure

Gray Rohrer
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
News Service of Florida — The title and summary of a property tax cut proposal to be placed on the November ballot contain political rhetoric and are misleading, and must be redrafted, a Leon Circuit Court judge ruled late Monday.
To celebrate the grand opening of the Osceola Clerk of Courts Poinciana satellite office Saturday, children who visit will receive a free backpack filled with quality school supplies Saturday. (Photo/Osceola County Clerk of Courts Office)

To celebrate the grand opening of the Osceola Clerk of Courts Poinciana satellite office Saturday, children who visit will receive a free backpack filled with quality school supplies Saturday. (Photo/Osceola County Clerk of Courts Office)

Saturday Back To School events include Clerk of Court Poinciana office grand opening

Matthew Boggs
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
The Osceola Clerk of the Court Comptroller will open a new satellite office on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, at 4547 Pleasant Hill Road in Poinciana from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Interstate eastbound lanes will shut down from 12-4 a.m. August 9-11 from County Road 532/Osceola Polk Line Road/ChampionsGate Boulevarfd (Ext 58) to State Road 429 to allow for road construction. (Graphic/FDOT)

Interstate eastbound lanes will shut down from 12-4 a.m. August 9-11 from County Road 532/Osceola Polk Line Road/ChampionsGate Boulevarfd (Ext 58) to State Road 429 to allow for road construction. (Graphic/FDOT)

Another round of I-4 closures for Moving I-4 Forward construction

Staff Report
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
If you travel I-4 eastbound in Osceola County in the overnight hours, you'll want to be aware of a scheduled closure as part of the construction for the Moving I-4 Forward program, designed to increase capacity and lessen congestion.The eastbound lanes will shut down from 12-4 a.m.
Police have also made an arrest in a July 11 deadly stabbing at the Days Inn on West Vine Street near Hoagland Boulevard. Detectives identified Jihad Scott, 32, and Keith Swinton Jr, 26, as the suspects in the stabbing of Javaris Florestial. Swinton has been arrested and booked into the Osceola County Jail, while police say Scott remains at large.

Police have also made an arrest in a July 11 deadly stabbing at the Days Inn on West Vine Street near Hoagland Boulevard. Detectives identified Jihad Scott, 32, and Keith Swinton Jr, 26, as the suspects in the stabbing of Javaris Florestial. Swinton has been arrested and booked into the Osceola County Jail, while police say Scott remains at large.

Kissimmee Police make arrests in July shooting, stabbing

Staff Report
Friday, July 31, 2026
The Kissimmee Police Department announced arrests made in two cases, a shooting and a stabbing, that occurred in the month of JulyYosber Capriles Barrios, 19, has been arrested and charged with with three counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
Osceola Council on Aging seniors offer words of wisdom and encouragement to local students for the upcoming school year. The notes and school supplies will fill backpacks that Northbridge University will give out at their Back-to-School Event on August 1. (Photo/Debbie Daniel)

Osceola Council on Aging seniors offer words of wisdom and encouragement to local students for the upcoming school year. The notes and school supplies will fill backpacks that Northbridge University will give out at their Back-to-School Event on August 1. (Photo/Debbie Daniel)

Kissimmee seniors bridge generations with encouraging back-to-school notes

Debbie Daniel
Friday, July 31, 2026
Bridging generations in Osceola County, seniors at the Osceola Council on Aging in Kissimmee are helping kick off the new school year on a positive note.
The voter guide provides a nonpartisan overview of where candidates running city, county, state, U.S. federal and judicial offices, and where they stand on a variety of issues important to voters in Osceola County.

The voter guide provides a nonpartisan overview of where candidates running city, county, state, U.S. federal and judicial offices, and where they stand on a variety of issues important to voters in Osceola County.

News Collaborative of Central Florida releases first-ever Voter Guide ahead of 2026 primary election

News Collaborative Of Central Florida
Thursday, July 30, 2026
For the first time, and in coordination with six other area media outlets, the Osceola News-Gazette has launched its 2026 voter guide as part of the News Collaborative of Central Florida (NCCF), a collective of independent local news outlets and aligned partners working toward a more informed and...
Muhammad, now 21, was 17 years old at the time of the killing but was prosecuted as an adult. He is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 9.

Muhammad, now 21, was 17 years old at the time of the killing but was prosecuted as an adult. He is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 9.

Jury convicts man in 2022 killing of Kissimmee teen

Kristin Hurst
Thursday, July 30, 2026
A jury on Wednesday found Anas Muhammad guilty of first-degree murder in the 2022 killing of 16-year-old Paola Pagan-Malave, who was attacked while walking to her school bus stop near her Kissimmee apartment.
Kissimmee City Attorney Olga Sanchez de Fuentes (far left) and Mayor Jackie Espinosa (far right) discuss the reasoning behind the mayor's motion to terminate the attorney prior to the vote at the Feb. 3 City Commission meeting. (File Photo)

Kissimmee City Attorney Olga Sanchez de Fuentes (far left) and Mayor Jackie Espinosa (far right) discuss the reasoning behind the mayor's motion to terminate the attorney prior to the vote at the Feb. 3 City Commission meeting. (File Photo)

Former Kissimmee attorney files wrongful termination suit

Ken Jackson
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Kissimmee’s former city attorney who was terminated by a City Commission vote in February has sued the city for her wrongful termination.
Nineteen students from Osceola County high schools graduated last week from the iBuild Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program at Osceola Technical College’s St. Cloud Campus. (Photo/David Chivers)

Nineteen students from Osceola County high schools graduated last week from the iBuild Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program at Osceola Technical College’s St. Cloud Campus. (Photo/David Chivers)

Can iBuild it? Yes, these Osceola grads can!

David Chivers
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Nineteen students from Osceola County high schools graduated last week from the iBuild Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program at Osceola Technical College’s St. Cloud Campus.
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