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• Grow house discovered

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 15:01

  

  Photo courtesy of the Osceola County Investigative Bureau   The Osceola County Investigative Bureau uncovered a marijuana grow house at 1750 Fern Court, south of Kissimmee, after serving a warrant ...

• Three men in ski masks rob motel, 7-Eleven

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 14:56

  

  Osceola County Sheriff's Office detectives are investigating two robberies that happened Wednesday involving suspects with similar descriptions: three men wearing ski masks and dressed in all black. A 7-Eleven at 3290 N...

• Motorcyclist dies near Austin-Tindall Park

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 14:53

  

  An Orlando motorcyclist was killed as a result of a crash with a van in front of Austin-Tindall Regional Park Sunday morning. Loyd Scott, 61, of Orlando, died at Florida Hospital Kissimmee, where he was transported afte...

• Poinciana double-homicide suspect arrested in Tennessee

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 14:51

  

  Brown Jamal “Finger” Brown, 26, wanted for first-degree murder in a double homicide in Poinciana, was arrested in Memphis, Tenn. last week. Brown, of Orlando, is the last of five men arrested in...

• Crash on East U.S. Highway 192 leaves one dead

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 14:50

  

  A 19-year-old Kissimmee resident was killed in a crash on U.S. Highway 192 Tuesday night when the Ford Focus he was riding in veered off the road and flipped several times. Jonathan Maestry was declared dead at the scen...

• FHSAA rules often get in way of justice

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 13:56

  Rick Pedone Sports Editor What a great weekend it was for a couple of local athletes when Osceola High’s Tynia Gaither and Harmony’s Chris Bolinger won state track and field championships at Winter Park. Gaither, one of the greatest female prep tra...

• Duder brings the heat

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 13:52

  

  Photo/Special to the News-Gazette Ashley “Duder” Iveson wraps up her career at Jacksonville University this weekend after setting the school’s record for most wins in a season. She holds St. Cloud High...

• Wrestling champ Frank Cousins isoff to Wisconsin

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 13:49

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Rick Pedone St. Cloud state wrestling champion Frank Cousins recently signed a scholarship to the University of Wisconsin at the high school. Joining him was his mother, Teri Shore, and, s...

• St. Cloud soccer players join two state programs

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 13:45

  

  Photo/Special to the News-Gazette Two St. Cloud High soccer players recently signed scholarships at the high school. Seated from left are Bill Coughenour and Jeanette Coughenour, parents of  Kelly Cough...

• Flight Moves

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 13:40

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Florida Flight guard Dwayne Foreman (13) dribbles the ball up the court against the Jacksonville Bluewaves Tuesday in the inaugural World Basketball Association game at...

• Sports briefs for May 15, 2010

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 13:37

  

  Gonzalez 5th Octavia Gonzalez of the St. Cloud Raptor Track Club placed fifth (2:28) at 800 meters at the state middle school track meet at Holy Trinity Academy in Brevard County last week. She was one of six Osceola...

• Headed our way

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 13:25

  

  We find ourselves agreeing with Celebration Alliance representative Randy Johnson speaking at the Tourist Development Council meeting Tuesday that we should proceed with extreme caution on spending a limited supply of ...

• Living with risk is the cost of freedom

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 13:23

  

  Leonard PittsTribune Media We always seem surprised.Even after Sept. 15, 1963, when four little girls died in the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham.And Feb. 26, 1993, when a bomb in a baseme...

• Culture of Wall Street criminality

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 13:18

  

  Robyn BlumnerTribune MediaAs the financial reform bill wends its way through the Senate, one has to wonder whether lawmakers understand the true nature of the massive fraud that was perpetrated on this country. They s...

• Letters to the Editor for May 15, 2010

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 13:14

  Supports health care reformTo the editor: I applaud Karen Awad’s “Disagrees with Horner health care assessment,” published May 1 in the Osceola News-Gazette. Horner’s tirade against the health care reform bill was so full of distortion and falseh...

• How much is that cookie in the window — gourmet dog bakery opens in Celebration

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 12:51

  The baking business is going to the dogs —  literally. Woof Gang Bakery, the nation’s fastest-growing gourmet dog treat bakery has opened a new shop at  Celebration at 671 Front St. Franchise owner and Celebration resident  Cindy Cz...

• Great dining for a great cause —The United Way Chef's Gala is tonight (May 15)

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 12:47

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor So many chefs, so little time. Actually, there should be plenty of time to sample all of the chef’s offerings at one of the best dining events of 2010. Time is running out to buy tickets though. The lavish event...

• Even more adventures in the Hood — new Robin Hood titles come to DVD

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 12:44

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor Before we laughed with Mel Brooks and his version of Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) or laughed at Kevin Costner and his version of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), there were several other Robin Hoods to...

• Not much red, but lots of riding —Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe team up again for Robin Hood

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 12:40

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor There are no men in green tights. And no lousy British accents, via actors such as Kevin Costner. And even though the Universal Studios trailers want to make you very much think that director...

• Tourism forecast: cloudy, chance of oil

  County News

  Created: Friday, 14 May 2010 12:17

  

  By Marvin G. Cortner Editor Osceola County’s tourist tax revenue increased 4.5 percent in March but the jump has not dispelled worries over the future, especially with the possibility of the oil spill in the Gulf o...