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Think you can sing Dierks Bentley as well as him? Send us a video, and if it's the best we'll send you to Country Thunder with great seats!

Think you can sing Dierks Bentley as well as him? Send us a video, and if it's the best we'll send you to Country Thunder with great seats!

Channel your inner Dierks and win Country Thunder tickets!

News Staff
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Thanks to Country Thunder, the Osceola News-Gazette is giving away two Platinum 3-Day packages, which include some of the best seats in the house and private VIP food and facilities, for next weekend’s festival of the best acts country music has to offer.
Osceola County Commission Chair Brandon Arrington (left) and state Rep. Darren Soto (D-Kissimmee) present a county rent assistance liaison program Aug. 9. PHOTO/OSCEOLA COUNTY

Osceola County Commission Chair Brandon Arrington (left) and state Rep. Darren Soto (D-Kissimmee) present a county rent assistance liaison program Aug. 9. PHOTO/OSCEOLA COUNTY

Court ruling means Osceola evictions could increase

Charlie Reed
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Evictions in Osceola County — and across the country — are expected to rise now that nationwide protections for renters affected by the pandemic have been struck down. The U.S.
Pat Rudd accepts a St. Cloud City Council proclamation from Mayor Nathan Blackwell. PHOTO/TERRY LLOYD

Pat Rudd accepts a St. Cloud City Council proclamation from Mayor Nathan Blackwell. PHOTO/TERRY LLOYD

World War II veteran celebrates 100th Birthday

Terry Lloyd
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Ms. Dorothy Jean “Pat” Rudd, a St. Cloud resident since 2013, celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday among 35 family and friends at the St. Cloud Community Center. Mayor Nathan Blackwell kicked off the festivities by presenting Ms. Rudd with a proclamation from the St. Cloud City Council.
St. Cloud continues its ice pigging efforts. The city is posting daily updates of where ice pigging will occur on its Facebook page. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

St. Cloud continues its ice pigging efforts. The city is posting daily updates of where ice pigging will occur on its Facebook page. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

UCF engineer: No more resin out of Plant No. 4

News Staff
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
A UCF environmental systems engineer told the city of St. Cloud this week that its Water Plant No. 4, which failed in 2017 and released a resin that discolored water in the city, is now absent of the offending Miex resin.
Luke Bryan (pictured), Luke Combs, Toby Keith and a handful of other acts rocked OHP's inaugural Country Thunder in 2019. The concert is back Sept. 10-12. PHOTO/COUNTRY THUNDER

Luke Bryan (pictured), Luke Combs, Toby Keith and a handful of other acts rocked OHP's inaugural Country Thunder in 2019. The concert is back Sept. 10-12. PHOTO/COUNTRY THUNDER

Country Thunder is back on!

Ken Jackson
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
The thunder rolls again next weekend. That’s not a weather report. Country Thunder, Osceola Heritage Park’s newest annual blowout country music festival, barrels back into Osceola County — finally! — Sept. 10-12.
A School Board meeting attendee Monday holds a sign against a mask mandate. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

A School Board meeting attendee Monday holds a sign against a mask mandate. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

School Board stays course on mask mandate after emergency meeting

Ken Jackson
Monday, August 30, 2021
The Osceola County School District will maintain the 60- day mask mandate for students in elementary, middle and K-8 schools, which parents can still opt-out of tapproved at its last meeting on Aug. 17.
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