U.S. Rep. Darren Soto, center left, and State Representative José Alvarez, center right, announced Friday over $21 million in federal and state grants for aviation infrastructure projects at Kissimmee Gateway Airport. Photo includes, from left, Deputy City Manager Desiree Matthews, City Manager Mike Steigerwald and Director of Aviation Shaun Germolus. (Photo/Terry Lloyd)

U.S. Rep. Darren Soto, center left, and State Representative José Alvarez, center right, announced Friday over $21 million in federal and state grants for aviation infrastructure projects at Kissimmee Gateway Airport. Photo includes, from left, Deputy City Manager Desiree Matthews, City Manager Mike Steigerwald and Director of Aviation Shaun Germolus. (Photo/Terry Lloyd)

Kissimmee’s Gateway Airport receives $21 million for taxiway infrastructure improvements

On Friday, U.S. Representative Darren Soto announced Kissimmee Gateway Airport received a $21.
City leaders held a groundbreaking ceremony on July 8, 2025 for a 122-room Hyatt Studio Hotel on this plot of land across Martin Luther King Boulevard from the Kissimmee Gateway Airport administration building. Despite developer KPDM officials saying it could deliver the project by sometime in 2027, no work has occurred since then, or as of Wednesday, Sept. 30, when this photo was taken. (Photo/Ken Jackson)

City leaders held a groundbreaking ceremony on July 8, 2025 for a 122-room Hyatt Studio Hotel on this plot of land across Martin Luther King Boulevard from the Kissimmee Gateway Airport administration building. Despite developer KPDM officials saying it could deliver the project by sometime in 2027, no work has occurred since then, or as of Wednesday, Sept. 30, when this photo was taken. (Photo/Ken Jackson)

Kissimmee leaders to hear aiport landing fees, hotel update Tuesday

Operations at and around Kissimmee Gateway Airport were a topic of conversation at last week’s City...
Scott Shaw, 64, of Kissimmee, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after being found guilty of eight sexual abuse charges against a then 15-year-old in 2022-23.

Scott Shaw, 64, of Kissimmee, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after being found guilty of eight sexual abuse charges against a then 15-year-old in 2022-23.

Former Kissimmee youth mentor sentenced after conviction on sex abuse charges

A Kissimmee man police said spent a year sexually abused a 15-year-old male victim was sentenced Wednesday to 45 years in prison following his August conviction on several sex crimes.Scott Arthur Shaw, 64, was found guilty by a jury on Aug.
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Osceola County has approved a balanced $3.11 billion budget with a stable millage rate for the 2026-27 Fiscal Year, which begins Thursday. (Photo/Osceola County)

Osceola County has approved a balanced $3.11 billion budget with a stable millage rate for the 2026-27 Fiscal Year, which begins Thursday. (Photo/Osceola County)

New County, city, School District budgets in place

Spending laid out with eye on Amendment 3 vote As most local municipal and government boards begin...