Kissimmee News

We agree with most of the issues on the Osceola County Commission's legislative priority list.

FLORIDA | The latest leg of Cheech & Chong's reunion tour has a new name and focus. "It’s time to get it legal, before it’s too late," says Tommy Chong. "We want to promote change through laughter. The marijuana laws are so ridiculous, you've got to laugh at them."

Cheech & Chong's "Get it Legal" tour will be in Tampa on March 12 at the Performing Arts Center. Tickets went on sale 11/20 @ 4:20 p.m. For more information, go to:

http://celebstoner.com/200911173259/news/celebstoner-news/cheech-a-chongs-get-it-legal-tour-dates.html

As long as Florida governor Charlie Crist hasn't yet taken away your right to vote, get active! To get active with ending Marijuana Prohibition in Florida, go the People United for Medical Marijuana, a.k.a., PUFMM.

Ten people were arrested Friday afternoon in a drug sweep operation conducted by the Kissimmee Police Department.

Helping Others Make the Effort, or HOME, is sponsoring a homelessness awareness walk Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. at the Kissimmee lakefront.

The American Medical Association has changed its policy on marijuana. The association wants the U.S. government to remove pot's classification as a dangerous drug to one with possible benefits. Right now, the federal government classifies marijuana as a Schedule I controlled drug, which has no medical benefit. Thirteen states have approved the use of medical marijuana. The government has recently ordered its narcotics agents not to arrest medical pot users and sellers in these states, even though pot is still illegal on the federal level. In Florida, you can still be arrested for possessing, selling, and trafficking in pot.

A man and two women arrested with an ounce of heroin last week await trial on drug-related charges, according to records released Friday by the Osceola County Sheriff"s Office.

A 44-year-old Kissimmee man was killed and his 9-year-old son seriously injured after their car collided with a light pole and signpost on Pleasant Hill Road early Sunday morning.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a fatal crash in Osceola County after a driver hit and killed a pedestrian Monday night.

A federal judge in Massachusetts has dismissed a lawsuit accusing television personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck of plagiarism.A federal lawsuit accused the co-host of ABC's "The View" of lifting content from a book written by self-published Cape Cod author Susan Hassett on the digestive disorder celiac disease.

Kissimmee Police detectives are investigating a suspicious death in the Siesta Key subdivision.

Some homeowners in a Kissimmee neighborhood say the city has cut off access to their neighborhood, and is forcing them to drive out of their way just to get to their homes.

A fair number of Osceola residents seem to believe that their county manager is obsessed with the iron fist and has used that as justification to terminate much needed safety personnel. He claims that why the residents of Osceola County pay him "the big bucks."

Tell the Osceola County board of commissioners what you think about Michael "Big Bucks" Freilinger.

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Axel Torres should have been in jail on zero bond for Aggravated Battery and Domestic Violence charges.

OSCEOLA COUNTY, FL | Over the last 30 days, Osceola County sold 458 existing properties. 80% of those sales were either listed/sold by TWO white-, male-owned companies: Coldwell Banker and Florida Realty Results. This is happening because owners of bank-owned properties, including HUD, are actively discriminating against small-, women-, and minority-owned business by having written into their procedures the distinction not to do business with any small business.

The Osceola County Sheriff's Office arrested a man for failing to comply with sexual offender registration laws after he reportedly moved to Kissimmee from New York three months ago but failed to report his new address.

Kissimmee Air Museum, located at he Kissimmee Gateway Airport, is initiating a new Oral History collection program to record the greatest generation's history.

An Osceola County deputy opened fire on a suspect during an undercover drug operation, in the middle of a busy tourist area in Kissimmee.

A Kissimmee man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Friday after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.

Denny's restaurant would be the last restaurant I'd visit. I dislike the many drunk and hungry party-goers coming back from the clubs, the cramped small space, and the food isn't that great.

ECRA Florida Pro-AM SX Series will return to the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Florida this Saturday November 14th for the second round of the championship.