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Kissimmee celebrates freedom with its Juneteenth Festival this weekend
WFTV via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe City of Kissimmee is ready to kick off a community-wide celebration of freedom during its...
Hot races in Osceola County for county commission, city council and school board
Orlando Sentinel via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoOsceola County’s election-year ballots will feature two fierce community advocates vying to dislodge...
Kissimmee celebrates Juneteenth— what is it?
Around Osceola· 3 days agoThe City of Kissimmee will host an indoor/outdoor Juneteenth celebration this Saturday from 12-4 p.m. along Dakin Avenue and in the Kissimmee< ...
Osceola County things to do, starting June 14
Orlando Sentinel· 3 days agoOsceola County things to do include the second annual Club D3 Charity Golf Tournament benefitting the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation June 14 at ...
Juneteenth in Orlando: Celebrate with special events
Orlando Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOn June 19, Juneteenth — also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day or Jubilee Day — marks the anniversary of the end of slavery in the United States....
LIST: When and where to watch fireworks on July 4 in Central Florida
WOFL via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWhen: July 4, from 5 p.m.-10 p.m. Where: Town Center, 851 Celebration Ave. Altamonte Springs When: July 3, from 5 p.m.-10 p.m. Where: Cranes...p.m.-9:15 p.m. Where: Dewey ...
Woman shocked to learn she lost her health care after getting $1,000 bill
Newsweek· 4 days agoA Wisconsin woman was shocked to discover that she had been removed from Medicaid after finding her...
Alan Grayson withdraws from U.S. Senate race, files in SD 25
Florida Politics· 4 days agoThe Orlando Democrat enters an already competitive Democratic Primary in Senate District 25,...
Celebrate Juneteenth at these Central Florida events
WKMG ClickOrlando· 2 days agoAs a result of this, some African Americans remained enslaved in some parts of the South until two and a half years later, when Union troops arrived in Texas on June 19, 1865, to enforce the ...
Buddhist monks stop in Frederick along 2,000-mile peace journey
The Frederick News-Post, Md. via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAbout a dozen Thai Buddhist monks sat with their eyes closed and hands folded to their chests in prayer around a table in Bloom Asian Haus in Frederick, chanting before they ate their meal on ...