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• Tigers ousted in two OTs

  Sports

  Created: Saturday, 20 February 2010 01:51

  By Ken Jackson Sports Writer Clearwater Calvary Christian did its normal lay-up drill before Thursday’s Class 2A regional playoff game at New Dimensions. Not like it mattered. ...

• No football, but plenty of Olympics

  Sports

  Created: Saturday, 20 February 2010 01:50

  Ken JacksonSports Writerkjackson@osceolanewsgazette.comRandom thoughts from the comfy, tan recliner ... I went channel surfing last weekend for football. Any football. I even flipped through Lifetime TV for any hope a Lingerie Football League sighting....

• Osceola Kowboys wrestlers

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 19 February 2010 05:20

  The Osceola Kowboys wrestling team defends its Class 3A state championship Feb. 19-20 at the Lakeland Center. The Kowboys qualified seven wrestlers to the state tournament including defending champions Joe Locksmith (135 pounds) and Levi Clemons (171 pou...

• Called to duty, too

  County News

  Created: Friday, 19 February 2010 05:18

  Marjorie Guillen-Melendez, standing with her two children, Anthony, 10, and Gabriella, 4, is sworn as an Osceola County School Board member by Osceola County Commissioner John Quiñones Tuesday. By Brian McBride Associate Editor She never raised h...

• Silver Spurs queens begin reign

  County News

  Created: Friday, 19 February 2010 05:14

  Two Osceola County young women became the newest Silver Spurs rodeo queens Tuesday night during the 50th Miss Silver Spurs Pageant, with hundreds of family members, friends and spectators looking on. Erica Lassiter, of Kissimmee, was crowned 2010 Miss Si...

• Youth center revisited

  Around Osceola

  Created: Friday, 19 February 2010 05:10

  By Juliana A. Torres Staff Writer Several options for a location and possibilities for different age-targeted programming will be researched for the potential youth center in St. Cloud, per the City Council’s discussion Thursday. ...

• Hart will run for County Commission

  Around Osceola

  Created: Friday, 19 February 2010 05:07

  By Juliana A. Torres Staff Writer St. Cloud Mayor Donna Hart announced her intentions of running for Osceola County commissioner last week, confirming rumors that she wouldn’t be running for re-election as mayor this August....

• $200,000 center funding wasn’t without questions and concerns

  County News

  Created: Friday, 19 February 2010 05:04

  By Marvin G. Cortner Editor The Osceola County Commission Monday approved $200,000 in tourist development tax funding for the Osceola Center for the Arts. The money will be used for operating expenses, Atlee Mercer, president of the center’s boar...

• Studio Theater unveiled

  County News

  Created: Friday, 19 February 2010 04:43

  Ed Moore got an unexpected surprise at the opening of the new Studio Theater Wednesday — it is named after him.By Peter CovinoEntertainment Editor Striking up the band just got a whole lot easier at the Osceola Center for the Arts. After years of ...

• Attempted murder suspect breaks from jail

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 19 February 2010 04:42

  By Juliana A. TorresStaff Writer An inmate, who is a documented gang member and currently charged with attempted murder, escaped from the Osceola County Jail Friday morning and is on the run.Osceola County Sheriff’s Office deputies were summoned to ...

• A cold run in Kissimmee

  Around Osceola

  Created: Friday, 19 February 2010 04:40

    News-Gazette Photos/Kelly Jeck  Lisa Forty, of Kissimmee, signs in for the second Downtown Kiss-im-mee 5k or the “first 5k of many,” she said. She was nervous about running in the cold, but pulled through for the Pound Out Heart Di...

• You will surrender to the tasty sushi as well as hibachi dinners at Aisa — New Japanese restaurant i

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 19 February 2010 04:33

  By Peter CovinoEntertainment EditorYou don't have to go to Tokyo to get good sushi or Orlando either for that matter.Aisa Japanese Steak House and Sushi is now open at The Loop in Kissimmee. ...

• Sexual offender arrested for attempted murder

  Police News

  Created: Thursday, 18 February 2010 10:01

  A registered sexual offender was arrested Tuesday for the attempted murder and armed sexual battery of a 60-year-old woman in the Lakeside subdivision.The victim told Kissimmee police officers, who responded to the call at around 8 p.m., that she got into...

• Accused killer caught

  Police News

  Created: Thursday, 18 February 2010 06:07

  By Juliana A. TorresStaff WriterThe man accused of killing 71-year-old Charles Kilpatrick was arrested Wednesday after he was pulled over for not wearing his seat belt in Marion County.St. Cloud police have been looking for 27-year-old Christopher A. Ship...

• There’s no escape from Shutter Island — Scorsese and DiCaprio team up for master work of suspense

  Entertainment

  Created: Thursday, 18 February 2010 04:41

  By Peter CovinoEntertainment EditorMartin Scorsese has been making movies, some of them amongst the greatest ever made, for more than 40 years, but he has never made a film like Shutter Island.This is not Scorsese's best, but even a film that falls pe...

• Three Osceola County schools recognized as America's best high schools

  Community

  Created: Thursday, 18 February 2010 00:44

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• Officials give updates to Poinciana residents

  Community

  Created: Thursday, 18 February 2010 00:43

  Send e-mail in care of the News-Gazette to: news@osceolanews gazette.com.Lisa D’Cato...

• Poker payday Kissimmee native turns hot cards in Vegas

  Community

  Created: Thursday, 18 February 2010 00:42

  By Ken Jackson Sports WriterJustin Smith makes eye contact with an intense focus than can tickle your soul and make it twitch before taking a step back to cower.And that's just during idle chat over lunch.Wait until that plate of food is replaced by s...

• Kaplan University announces winter 2010 online graduates

  Community

  Created: Thursday, 18 February 2010 00:41

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• Tough decisions ahead

  Opinions

  Created: Thursday, 18 February 2010 00:38

  Elected county officials will face some tough decisions in the coming months over how to deal with another significant drop in property tax revenue – this time the drop could be as bad as 20 percent to 25 percent. ...