Kissimmee News

Single moms actually have it easier when it comes to parenting - just ask married women.

Mike Ditka, "Da Coach", former NFL Coach of the 1985 Super Bowl Champions, the Chicago Bears, golfed with the public for his most beloved charity, GridIron Greats .

An anonymous tip and several weeks of surveillance led law enforcement to the seizure of 23 pounds of marijuana during a raid of two homes Tuesday night.

A man accused of shooting another man in the middle of a crowded Kissimmee flea market is out of jail.

With more than 15,000 streetlights to maintain, Kissimmee Utility Authority relies on its customers to help identify streetlights that are malfunctioning or in need of repair. Now those outage reports can be sent to the utility using the micro-blogging service Twitter.

Customers with Twitter accounts can send a message, called a tweet, with the phrase #kuaalerts to notify KUA of a streetlight outage. The utility asks that the tweet also include the light pole number (a number located on the base of the pole), the nearest address or major cross streets and a contact phone number in case someone from the utility needs to follow up.

To assist residents in preparing for hurricane season, Kissimmee Utility Authority will host the 2009 Osceola Hurricane Preparedness Expo from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 1 at the Kissimmee Civic Center.

KT Budde-Jones has returned to Kissimmee after four years in Hawaii, helping to open and establish the new Pacific Aviation Museum in Pearl Harbor.

Suspects in a drive-by shooting two weeks ago are being sought by Kissimmee police.

Tony Dovolani is coming to Central Florida to teach dancing. The professional dancer from ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" will help open a Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Kissimmee.

A tip has led to Kissimmee Police identifying the man suspected of carjacking and kidnapping a 33-year-old woman last week at the Osceola Square Mall.

Osceola County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested two juveniles they found in an unoccupied Kissimmee residence with a "No Trespassing" sign posted on the property Saturday.

Published: Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 7:47 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 7:47 a.m. KISSIMMEE Authorities say a corrections officer has been charged in connection with an inmate at a Central Florida jail obtaining a loaded handgun and trying to escape.

A donation of more than 5,000 counterfeit Nike athletic shoes to a Christian charity on Friday was filled with unexpected intrigue.

A joint operation in Osceola County led to the recovery of 23 pounds of marijuana from a home in Kissimmee.

Osceola County investigators need the public's help apprehending a trio of purse snatchers.

TAMPA, FL -- Who says marijuana isn't good for our economy?

According to John Wilson, vice president of business development for Recycled Energy Development, a Westmont, Illinois-based waste-to-energy company, burning a ton of pot will "light 40,000 100-watt light bulbs for an hour."

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Published: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 10:57 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 10:57 a.m. LAKELAND Lakeland police are asking for help in locating Fernando Soliz, 37, who is wanted on an outstanding warrant for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

Several law-enforcement agencies suspect that Johnicia Albury , Cynthia Teague and Lovetta Teague are behind a series of violent purse snatching incidents.

A 27-year-old Kissimmee man died in an accident on John Young Parkway near the Estancia neighborhood Saturday morning.

Forced to drive to Orlando, a carjacked Kissimmee woman escaped late Tuesday after telling her abductor she would die before getting raped, according to Kissimmee police reports.