Category Archives: General
National Human Trafficking Awareness Month: Be part of the solution – Lifeboat Project Comes to Osceola
January is National Human Trafficking Awareness month and is designed to increase awareness of a crime that leaves a lasting toll on human life, families, and communities around the world. It would be nice to think that Osceola County and Central Florida are immune to the atrocities of humans trafficking, but sadly they are… Read More »
Kissimmee to host Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Celebration at Kissimmee Lakefront January 15
Celebrate diversity, unity, and community at the City of Kissimmee Martin Luther King Jr Unity Celebration on Saturday, January 15th from 11 am – 4 pm at Kissimmee’s beautiful Lakefront Park. This exciting annual event will feature live performances from the best in gospel, R&B, and soul artists. There will be a large assortment of food… Read More »
Advent Health Delivers It’s First Baby of 2022 Five Seconds After Midnight
AdventHealth has delivered its first baby of the new year. The baby boy Melvin Rodríguez, the first baby of 2022, was born five seconds into the new year at one of AdventHealth’s facilities in Central Florida. Jesenia González Colón and Brian Rodríguez from Oviedo, Fla. celebrated the new year by welcoming their newborn that… Read More »
Osceola Students Named Semifinalists In The National Merit Scholarship Program
Eight academically-talented students in Osceola County have been named as Semifinalists in the 67th annual 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program, and have the opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $30 million that will be offered in the spring: • Evan Halperin – Celebration High • Nicolas Riveros –… Read More »
Let’s Drive Safer Than Ever… Our Kids Heading Back to School Are Counting On Us!
With schools all over Osceola County opening their doors to students Thursday morning, Draper Law Office would like to remind everyone to watch out for those precious kiddos that will be crossing at intersections, riding their bikes near or on our roadways, being dropped off at schools, or riding in our county school buses…. Read More »
70-Year-Old Kissimmee Man Killed In Tractor Trailer-Collision
A 70-year-old Kissimmee man was killed in a tragic collision with a tractor-trailer that occurred at about 3:00 in the afternoon earlier this week. The Florida Highway patrol reports that the man was driving north on 36 Avenue East in Manatee County when he ran a stop sign and collided with a tractor-trailer that… Read More »
Early Christmas morning car crash leaves driver dead, pedestrian seriously injured
Christmas Day sadly began with a car crash that left a driver dead and a pedestrian seriously injured. Around 2 am on Christmas morning a 43-year-old Orlando man was driving northbound on Forsyth Road when he lost control of his Toyota Camry and struck the curb, collided with a sign and nearby internet box… Read More »
United States honors lives lost on National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, December 7
Each year in the United States, National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day honors all those who lost their lives when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. More than 3,500 Americans lost their lives or were wounded on that solemn day. The day marked a turn in the United States’ position regarding involvement in… Read More »
