Kissimmee News

Kissimmee Utility Authority today announced that its comprehensive hurricane preparedness guide is now available in Spanish.

The full-color guide can be downloaded in both Spanish and English from KUA's Web site at www.kua.com/hurricane.

Kissimmee Utility Authority on Wednesday approved an operating budget and capital program for fiscal year 2010 that includes no base rate increase, avoids cuts in services and funds reliability enhancements to the utility's infrastructure.

Kissimmee city commissioners spent a portion of Tuesday evening's meeting debating the design and costs of a new city logo.

A pair of sisters has been arrested in connection with a series of purse snatchings in Central Florida, the Orlando Police Department said.

The city of Kissimmee continues to promote the R.E.A.D. program and announces the recipients of the prestigious Naomi Winbush Memorial Reading Award.

July 7, 2009 Pat Kuehn APR Community Information Specialist Small farms and alternative enterprises conference set for Aug.

The Walt Disney World monorail system remained closed on Monday after a fatal crash that claimed the life of a monorail operator over the weekend.

Police in Kissimmee are investigating after a body was found this morning under a car on the property of a storage-unit company.

Two monorail trains crashed early Sunday morning in the Magic Kingdom section of Walt Disney World, killing one train's operator, emergency officials said.

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.