If you are headed out on a road trip next week for the extended Memorial Day holiday weekend, pack clothes, snacks ... and your patience.Floridians are forecast to travel in record numbers for this year’s Memorial Day weekend. AAA forecasts more than 2.5 million Floridians will journey 50 miles or…

The clock finally struck midnight – figuratively and literally -- for the Harmony baseball team Monday into Tuesday. Vero Beach’s Caleb Wood delivered a two-run single to give the Indians a 13-3, 5-inning run-rule win over the Longhorns in the Region 7A-3 championship. The contest began at 7 p.m.…

Toho Water Authority (Toho) is issuing a boil water notice for customers located in the Village 7 area of Poinciana south of Lake Marion Creek to Lake Hatchineha Road (see map above).This is due to equipment failure at the area’s water treatment facility. The boil water notice will be in effect…

More than 100 volunteers from two different denominations stood shoulder to shoulder to plant multiple gardens at a recent service project at the Kissimmee First Church of the Nazarene’s property. With shovels, rakes, and goodwill, teenagers from Osceola County congregations of the Church of…

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) office will host in-person and virtual Mobile Office Hours next week to assist constituents with federal casework issues in their respective local communities, in order to receive federal casework assistance. These office hours offer constituents who do not live…

Crews contracted with Toho Water Authority will be flushing water lines this week in areas on the south side of Nolte Road between Florida's Turnpike and Canoe Creek Road.  In these areas, customers are likely to experience a temporary drop in water pressure and discolored water. Water…

Heads up to local fishermen participating in the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) big bass program: there’s new rules.At the May 2024 meeting, FWC Commissioners approved a rule amendment to clarify the possession of largemouth bass over applicable legal bag or length limits…

After Harmony defeated Treasure Coast in a regional quarterfinal last week, DH Clayton Williams said the secret to the Longhorns season was that he and his teammates simply trusted each other and were having fun. That trust and fun continued on Friday night, when the short-handed Longhorns…

The St. Cloud City Council Thursday night approved — albeit by a 3-2 decision — a mediated settlement, which avoids litigation, with the contractor that installed bricks as part of its downtown revitalization project along 10th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.Council members Ken Gilbert…

After severe storms and a possible tornado tore through Tallahassee late Thursday into Friday, Kissimmee Utility Authority crews have deployed to the region to assist with power restoration. An estimated 66,000 customers there were without power as 12 counties in the Florida Panhandle are now under…