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Kissimmee Man Sentenced to Prison for $440K COVID-19 Relief Fraud After Faking Payroll
A Kissimmee con took the COVID-19 relief effort for a ride, and now he's got a year and a day in the slammer to show for it. Jean Robert Dorcius, 68, was nailed for wire fraud after submitting bogus loan applications to the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Relief Program, nabbing roughly $440,515 in government cash intended for struggling businesses during the pandemic.
Central Florida native ready to make debut as break dancing heads to Olympics for the first time
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — There's a lot of hype around the Olympics' newest sport. It's called breaking, but most of us know it as break dancing. The top American in the sport, Victor Montalvo, happens to be a Kissimmee native. He will be in Paris to compete this summer. "I'm...
She's a future teacher: Valencia College kicks off teacher apprenticeship program
Valencia College has officially kicked off a teacher apprenticeship program aimed at alleviating a statewide teacher shortage. Students in the apprenticeship program who already have an associate degree will be able to graduate with their bachelor’s in elementary education in two years. And they’ll be able to do it...
Kim Downing beats Clarence Daniels in a runoff election for Haines City's Seat 4
The second time was the charm for Kim Downing. Downing defeated Clarence Daniels with nearly 53% of the vote Tuesday in Haines City's runoff election for Seat 4 on the City Commission, according to unofficial results on the Polk County Supervisor of Elections website. Downing captured 824 votes to Daniels'...
Celebration’s Aiden Dai named Osceola’s lone National Merit Scholar
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) has announced that Aiden Dai of Celebration High School is among the first group of winners in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Dai, a senior who lists medicine as a probable career field, was one of five CHS students named to the...
Lake Buena Vista High boys tennis players take home singles, doubles state championships
After Lake Buena Vista High reached the FHSAA Class 3A boys tennis team state final four but ultimately fell in the semifinals to St. Thomas Aquinas High, a pair of Vipers still took home state championships in the individual tournaments. LBV's No. 1 Pete Tran, a Rollins College commit, took...
School Board member Julius Melendez found not guilty of battery
A jury of four men and four women found Osceola County School Board member Julius Melendez not guilty of battery Tuesday in a case brought by a then 18-year-old woman who accused him of making unwanted romantic advances, and then kissing her after she asked him not to. The misdemeanor...
Strawberry Crest Baseball Mercy Rules Ridge Community
District baseball had the Chargers facing off against the Bolts. Districts for baseball started Monday with the Strawberry Crest Chargers facing off against the Ridge Community Bolts. Crest entered Monday’s game on a three-game winning streak and Ridge Community was cold, winning just two of their last 10 regular season games.
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