Kissimmee residents rush to get valuables from homes as water levels rise

As a mandatory evacuation is enforced at a retirement village in Kissimmee, deputies are closing roads as the water level continues to rise. Osceola County officials are warning residents along Shingle Creek, Reedy Creek and Boggy Creek to leave their homes as the water rises.

Hurricane Ian floods Kissimmee roads, neighborhoods

The National Guard spent the day in Kissimmee rescuing people of all ages in different neighborhoods. The Kissimmee City manager says, areas like North Kissimmee by Central and Columbia Avenue. And the west side of town, by Woodside, Osceola High and Shingle Creek were affected.

1 dead, over a dozen people injured including 14 Florida inmates in SR-60 crash in Osceola County

State Road 60 reopened late Wednesday afternoon after being closed for nearly 12 hours. Troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol say a three-vehicle crash killed one person and injured 16 others.  Among those injured were prison inmates traveling in a bus.

Plane crashes near Lake Tohopekaliga in Osceola County; 3 people injured, officials say

Three people were injured after a small plane crashed near Lake Tohopekaliga in Osceola County on Friday afternoon. Osceola Fire Rescue said the plane landed in about two feet of water, in a "woody" and "marshy area" near the lake.

Florida school board members concerned about process to ban books

-Osceola school board members will be reading all four books and making a decision on whether or not to ban them from school libraries. This after a book review committee voted to keep them. Board members were concerned the committee's process was not fair.

2 Florida men accused of robbing Osceola County jewelry store

Two men have been arrested after they allegedly stole a necklace from a Kay Jewelers store in Osceola County. 

Florida teacher removed from class for allegedly striking student

A Florida teacher has been removed from her classroom at Lakeview Elementary School in St. Cloud after a parent’s cellphone video appears to show the teacher hitting a student in the head. Parents are furious.

Florida man faces 10 counts of child pornography possession, deputies say

A Florida man was arrested on 10 counts of child pornography possession after deputies were alerted about an incident involving child sexual abuse material. 

Parents outraged after they say 5-year-old son was dropped off bus at wrong school bus stop

The parents of a 5-year-old St. Cloud student say they were terrified after their child was dropped off at the wrong school bus stop. The boy's father was waiting for him to arrive at his bus stop, but when it showed up without him, both parents feared the worst.

AAPI community outraged over political consultant using racist image of Asian American Judge

The Central Florida AAPI community is outraged over a racist image of an Asian American Circuit Court Judge, who's running for re-election. Experts say, it's low politics and the judge deserves an apology.

Osceola County students wait hours after school over bus issues

Some Harmony Middle School parents were upset on their children's first day of school, because the bus took them home, more than 2 hours late, with no explanation.

Florida boy, 6, dead after being beaten by parents for drinking from toilet: sheriff

A 6-year-old boy who was on life support after being beaten by his parents for reportedly drinking water from a toilet bowl at a Kissimmee motel in July has died, and his parents are now facing murder and several other charges, Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez announced during a news conference Wednesday afternoon.  

Osceola County deals with teacher, bus driver shortages as students return to class

Osceola Public School Superintendent Dr. Debra Pace was waiving to bus drivers as they took off from the district transportation center early Wednesday morning.