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  • Two big innings power OHS, 9-3

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  • Defending champion Harmony seeks flag district, OBC crowns

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  • Softball OBC title on line tonight

    Sports
    By Rick Pedone Sports Editor The Orange Belt Conference softball championship is on the line today at 7 p.m. when Osceola visits Harmony. Both teams are unbeaten in the conference. ...
  • Arrested for multiple business burglaries

    Police News
    A man accused of burglarizing several businesses in Orange and Osceola counties by driving a stolen truck into the front of them was arrested March 18.Omar Gonzalez-Arroyo, 31, was taken into custody by Orange County Sheriff's Office deputies who stop...
  • Kissimmee mooing for Google

    Around Osceola
    By Juliana A. TorresStaff Writer Even the city’s logo Brahman bull has voiced his enthusiasm for ultra highspeed Internet, mooing a long “Goooogle!” at the end of Kissimmee’s video application to the Internet company, which is...
  • Woman's Club of St. Cloud now 100 years old

    Around Osceola
    Helen Combs, left, and Wanda Fosnaugh read together from a booklet during the opening of the Woman's Club of St. Cloud meeting March 17. The club celebrated its centennial earlier this month.By Brian McBrideAssociate Editor On March 14, 1910, a sma...
  • School Board OKs vendor policy; no local quotas

    County News
    By Marvin G. Cortner Editor The Osceola County School Board on March 16 voted 4-1 to adopt a new local vendor policy for construction management firms, dropping a three-tiered system that allocated points based on whether a company was local, regiona...
  • Kowtown lives on at festival

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     News-Gazette Photos/Mary McInteeBlacksmith Lewis Riggleman, of San Antonio, Fla., showing his handmade items at the annual Kowtown Festival at Toho Square in downtown Kissimmee Saturday. ...
  • 17 jail staff put on paid leave

    County News
    By Juliana A. Torres Staff Writer Seventeen Osceola County corrections employees have been put on paid leave for violating jail policy leading up to the escape of 21-year-old Michael Rigby last month. ...
  • No decisions yet on budget cuts or new revenue sources

    County News
    By Marvin G. Cortner Editor The Osceola County Commission at a workshop March 15 took no action on recommendations to cut the county budget to make up for an expected property tax revenue shortfall of between $27 million and $34 million. ...
  • Nichols is OHS football coach

    Sports
    By Rick PedoneSports EditorFormer Osceola High offensive coordinator Doug Nichols has accepted the Kowboys head football coaching position, OHS Athletic Director Jim Bird said Monday....
  • Man arrested for bottle-cap punishment

    Police News
    A Kissimmee man was arrested Tuesday for child abuse for making his girlfriend's 6-year-old child kneel in a corner on bottle caps as punishment for receiving a sad face on his school agenda.Jose Ferrer, 41, charged with child abuse and domestic viole...
  • Escapes a black eye on jail

    Opinions
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  • Even the kooks deserve first amendment protection

    Opinions
    Robyn BlumnerTribune Mediablumner@sptimes.com...
  • Briefs on Iran, oil, taxes, the dollar, double standards, etc.

    Opinions
    Ross MackenzieTribune Mediarmackenzie@tribune.com...
  • Letters to the Editor for March 20, 2010

    Opinions
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  • Harmony has been class of the OBC

    Sports
    By Ken Jackson Sports Writer Nine Osceola County weightlifters qualified for the boys state meet last year, led by Harmony’s Christian Ellison (fifth place at 119 pounds). ...
  • County softball teams busy as Klassic looms

    Sports
    By Rick Pedone Sports Editor Things finally are beginning to percolate on the softball diamonds after bad weather caused many postponements early in the month. ...
  • Team academic champs honored

    Sports
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  • Kowboys baseball hot after week off

    Sports
    By Ken Jackson Sports Writer Rain, rain, go away ... And take the FCAT with you....

 

 

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