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• Kissimmee voters to decide on ‘In God We Trust’

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 12 May 2010 12:45

  

  By Juliana A. TorresStaff Writer The phrase “In God We Trust,” which sparked controversy in Kissimmee last year when commissioners wanted to add it to the city logo, is back under consideration, this time as the p...

• Cane Island project remains on schedule

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 12 May 2010 12:40

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew SullivanJay Butters, manager of power production at the Cane Island power park, stands dwarfed beneath a huge water cooling fan as it sits in the construction yard awaiting installat...

• Spend tourist taxes wisely

  Opinions

  Created: Wednesday, 12 May 2010 12:36

  

  We can’t disagree with Osceola County commissioners on the consensus reached Monday that tourist development tax spending should focus on amateur sports. We already have a reputation for hosting sports events, so it ...

• Letters to the Editor for May 13, 2010

  Opinions

  Created: Wednesday, 12 May 2010 12:34

  Wheeler responds to Long letter To the editor: In response to Tom Long’s letter to the editor published by this newspaper May 8, he is absolutely correct that Charter Schools USA and a school uniform vendor did contribute to my current re-election cam...

• Gaither, Bolinger golden

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 12 May 2010 12:23

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Tynia Gaither, running at a track meet earlier this season, won the 100 meters and 200 meters Class 4A state championships Saturday at Winter Park’s Showalter Field. ...

• Florida Flight debuts in WBA at Civic Center

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 12 May 2010 12:12

  

  News-Gazette/Andrew Sullivan Florida Flight center Yusef Baker (32) wins the opening tipoff against Jacksonville’s Germaine Sparkes (12) to begin the first World Basketball Association game of the season T...

• Horns baseball players celebrate scholarships

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 12 May 2010 12:06

  

  Photo/Special to the News-GazetteHarmony baseball players Jorge Chavarria, left, and Tyler Lesch celebrated their baseball scholarships during Senior Night. Seated left is Maria Chavarria and seated right is ...

• Sexual battery suspect arrested again

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 12 May 2010 08:57

  

  Durinick A St. Cloud martial arts studio owner, who had just bonded out of jail after he was arrested by St. Cloud police for sexual battery, was arrested again May 6 by the Osceola County Sheriff's ...

• Deputies arrest residential burglary suspect

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 12 May 2010 08:51

  

  Fuentes A Poinciana man was arrested and charged with burglary Sunday after a woman spotted him running from her home. At about 8:17 p.m., Osceola County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a Roy...

• Sexual battery suspect apprehended

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 12 May 2010 08:43

  

  Reiling A man wanted for sexual battery and false imprisonment stemming from an April 24 incident was apprehended Friday. According to Kissimmee police reports, Osceola County Sheriff's Office deput...

• Smokin' Blues, Bikes and BBQ 2010

  County News

  Created: Monday, 10 May 2010 09:54

  

  News-Gazette Photos/Andrew Sullivan...

• Horns Bolinger, Osceola's Gaither champs

  Sports

  Created: Saturday, 08 May 2010 09:59

  By Rick Pedone Sports Editor Osceola sprinter Tynia Gaither won the 100 meters and the 200 meters championships Saturday at the Class 4A state track meet at Winter Park's Showalter Field, becoming the first female athlete from Osceola County to win two i...

• Jose Cruz­ plays ball at Jackson State

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 07 May 2010 15:22

  

    News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Jose Cruz (wearing tie) signed a baseball scholarship recently at Gateway High. Joining him, front left, are his stepfather Eliezer Carraballo, mother Carmen Pagani and...

• Sports briefs for May 8, 2010

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 07 May 2010 15:19

  

  Kowboys barbecueOsceola High football coach Doug Nichols will greet fans at a barbecue dinner at the Kissimmee Fat Boy’s restaurant on U.S. Highway 192 Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. The football players will be the servers...

• Harmony point guard Leah Smith signs grant to Warner University

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 07 May 2010 15:15

  

  Photo/Special to the News-Gazette Harmony basketball player Leah Smith signed a scholarship to Warner University in Lake Wales recently at the school’s media center. She is flanked by Warner Coach Matt Mur...

• Gaither looking for gold at state

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 07 May 2010 15:14

  

  By Rick PedoneSports EditorOsceola sprinter Tynia Gaither may have two more state championship medals to display at the Class 4A state track meet at Winter Park’s Showalter Field, which begins at 1 p.m. today. The ru...

• Storm wrestlers on travel team

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 07 May 2010 15:12

  

  By Rick PedoneStaff WriterFour Celebration High wrestlers will be busy this summer after qualifying for spots on the Florida National travel team that will compete at the Asics Cadet and Junior Duals in Iowa and also a...

• KSA swimmers

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 07 May 2010 15:07

  

  Photo/Special to the News-Gazette   The Kissimmee Swim Association competed at the Florida Swimming Junior Olympic Championships in Clearwater and at the Senior Championships at Orlando. At the ju...

• Avatar site tops list for sportsplex

  County News

  Created: Friday, 07 May 2010 14:32

  

  Map/Avatar Properties Avatar Properties has offered to sell to the county a 161-acre site, shown here surrounded by the yellow line, south of U.S. Highway 192 across from Osceola Heritage Park for use as a U...

• Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run

  County News

  Created: Friday, 07 May 2010 12:42

  

    News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan On Wednesday morning, Daric Harvey, a sergeant with the Osceola County Sheriff's Office, carries the torch on the second-to-the-last leg of the annual Law Enfo...