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• Neighbor arrested for burglary

  Police News

  Created: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 13:09

  Harrison

  

  A resident of The Oaks was arrested for burglarizing his neighbor's home while she slept and stealing her Xbox, Osceola County Sheriff's Office detectives reported. Steven Andrew Harrison, 21, ...

• Sex offender arrested after approaching girls

  Police News

  Created: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 12:58

  Durr

  

  Stephen Durr, 38, a registered sexual offender from Illinois, was arrested Monday after he approached two girls staying in the Super 8 Motel in west Kissimmee where Durr also was staying but had not...

• Marijuana grow houses found in Bellalago

  Police News

  Created: Monday, 14 June 2010 15:26

  Medina Diaz

  

      An anonymous tip led Osceola County Investigative Bureau agents to two nearby but separate marijuana grow house operations on Eagle Isle Circle, where they found a total of 78 ...

• Airboaters await ‘tough decision’

  County News

  Created: Friday, 11 June 2010 12:54

  

  By Juliana A. TorresStaff Writer The Kissimmee City Commission workshop Tuesday held to hear from the airboat companies lobbying for a contract on the Kissimmee lakefront ended in a stalemate among the four commission...

• Man’s home now a haven for reptiles

  County News

  Created: Friday, 11 June 2010 12:45

  

  News-Gazette Photos/Andrew SullivanScott Clark, of Reptile Clan Rescue of Florida, shows off an albino Burmese python, one of a pair he keeps in his home, along with dozens of other reptiles. By Ju...

• Road expansion moves forward

  County News

  Created: Friday, 11 June 2010 12:36

  

  By Juliana A. TorresStaff Writer Plans for the expansion of New Nolte Road progressed Thursday night with the minimum number of votes from St. Cloud City Council members required to approve various elements of the pro...

• News Briefs for June 12, 2010

  County News

  Created: Friday, 11 June 2010 12:33

  

  Hoagland Boulevard gets $7.9 millionState Rep. Mike Horner, R-Kissimmee, has announced that $7.9 million in transportation improvements will soon be made to Hoagland Boulevard.The much-needed work, he said, is an essen...

• Hoops camps in business

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 11 June 2010 10:05

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Basketball camps offer local youth an opportunity to escape the summer heat and learn the game from experienced high school coaches. Local prep coaches provide exp...

• Diversity is working in football

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 11 June 2010 09:48

  

  Ken JacksonSports Writer My dear friend from UCF, the honorable Richard Lapchick, the director of the school’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, would be pretty proud of humble ol' Osceola County these da...

• Horns’ Bronson, White a package deal for college

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 11 June 2010 09:36

  

  Photo/Special to the News-Gazette Hunter White signed a letter of intent to the College of Mount St. Joseph with his family and Harmony administrators recently at the school’s media center. By Ric...

• Sports Briefs for June 12, 2010

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 11 June 2010 09:31

  

  PHS football camp Poinciana High football coach Michael Timpson will hold the Eagle Football Camp for children ages 7-18 Monday through Friday. Other camp dates are June 21-25; June 28-July 2; July 5-9; July 12-16 an...

• Thanks, Mayor

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 11 June 2010 08:48

  

  Mayor Donna. Mayor Hart. It’s just not going to feel right to call her “Donna” or “Ms. Hart” after the elections are over and done with. The St. Cloud mayor was already planning to void her title with a ru...

• When doing what you need to do goes badly

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 11 June 2010 08:43

  

  Ross MackenzieTribune Media If you were running Israel, what would you have done? About what? About the flotilla of “peace activists” organized by a Turkish “philanthropic” and “humanitarian” entity clos...

• Let’s talk about that creepy stalker moving in next door

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 11 June 2010 08:40

  

  Leonard PittsTribuneMedia “There goes the neighborhood.”We do not know if that was Sarah Palin’s initial response to the news that a journalist writing a book about her had rented the house next to hers in Wasil...

• Consider it a sweet deal for the dealers

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 11 June 2010 08:35

  

  Robyn BlumnerTribune Media I’ve bought two new cars in my life. Each time I felt snookered. Even though I’d done my homework, poring over reports detailing what the cars should cost, after a final deal was reached...

• It’s a trip back in time at Disney — Main Street Electrical parade, big fireworks show are highlights

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 11 June 2010 08:25

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor It will be a  nostalgic summer at Walt Disney World. Maybe you won’t get to see Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride or fly with Eastern Airlines on If You Had Wings, but the clock has been turned back at the Mag...

• There is nothing A-rated here — The A-Team is a mostly silly misfire with some decent effects

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 11 June 2010 07:48

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor The A-Team should be perfect summer entertainment. Lots of explosions, a ridiculous plot you don’t care about, more explosions, followed by some car crashes and then a few more explo...

• Fire Station 11 has grand opening

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 12:20

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew SullivanCity of Kissimmee Fire Department Deputy Chief Jeremy Donovan spoke Friday at the dedication ceremony for the new Station 11 facility at Clyde Avenue and Sumner Street. The e...

• New youth club opens doors

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 12:17

  

  By Juliana A. TorresStaff Writer In a loud explosion of confetti, Osceola County’s local Boys and Girls Club branch celebrated the opening of its new, upgraded and larger facilities Friday morning. The recently com...

• County fire fee proposal going back to task force

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 12:15

  

  By Marvin G. CortnerEditor Facing a roomful of angry small business owners, the Osceola County Commission Monday delayed until June 28 a decision on a new method of assessing fire fees. Fire rescue officials and coun...