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  • Coaching staffs shuffle a bit this summer

    Sports
    Singleton By Ken JacksonSports Writer With the 2009-10 athletic season behind us, what is there to bridge the gap to 2010-11? The coaching carousel season, of course. A handful of the county’s v...
  • Plenty of fun planned for July 4 holiday

    County News
    Osceola News-Gazette Photo/Andrew SullivanChristian White, 7, and sister Britany, 10, of St. Cloud, revel in Fourth of July festivities shortly before the 2008 fireworks show at St. Cloud’s Lakefront Park. ...
  • Luck sets ballot lineup

    County News
    News-Gazette Photo/Brian McBrideKissimmee Records Clerk Linda Hansell on June 18, with City Attorney Don Smallwood looking on, turns a rolling cage with blue plastic balls inside it that represent candidates ...
  • News Briefs for June 26, 2010

    County News
    Hate crimes forum Wednesday in BVL There will be a Hate Crime Prevention Act Forum, facilitated by the U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Service, from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Robert Guevara Communit...
  • When dreams come true

    County News
    Emerson By Peter CovinoEntertainment Editor It was Nov. 22, 1963. In a few hours, the nation would be mourning the death of its president, but for now, Walter Elias Disney was peering out of the wi...
  • One step closer Methane gas to power

    Opinions
    We are looking forward to the time when the city of St. Cloud inks the deal with the Orlando Utilities Commission that would allow the utility to burn methane gas from an old city landfill near Peghorn Park to generate...
  • Briefs: Stern, Fan & Fred, the Fighting Sioux, etc.

    Opinions
    Ross MackenzieTribune Media Brief comments on a garden variety of issues in the news.... Pollsters at the Pew Research Center asked 1,500 adults to use one word to describe their current view of Congress, now with ab...
  • Cleansing the soul years later

    Opinions
    Robyn BlumnerTribune Media British Prime Minister David Cameron's profound apology for the killing of 14 Northern Ireland protesters on a day infamously known as "Bloody Sunday" was a rare, wondrous event. Nearly 40 ...
  • Letters to the Editor for June 26, 2010

    Opinions
    Response to Kinney To the editor: Mr. Kinney’s letter to the editor June 17 in this newspaper questioning how I conduct myself as an elected school board member and encouraging people to do their homework before vo...
  • Littlefield can still practice law

    County News
    By Rick MadewellAssistant Editor A Kissimmee attorney, arrested Tuesday on charges of grand theft and fraudulent use of credit cards, can still practice law, according to a legal representative with the Florida Bar As...
  • Museum decision delayed a week

    County News
    By Marvin G. CortnerEditor The Osceola County Commission Monday delayed for a week its approval of the final step toward the county’s purchase of a former car dealership on West U.S. Highway 192 for a new museum of ...
  • Chambers Park Tot Lot opens

    County News
    News-Gazette Photo/Mary McInteeA 5-year-old girl demonstrates some acrobatic moves she can do on the new playground equipment at the new Tot Lot, which officially opened Friday in the McLaren Circle neighborh...
  • City moves ahead on gas project

    County News
    By Juliana A. TorresFor the News-Gazette The St. Cloud City Council agreed June 17 to begin official negotiations with the Orlando Utilities Commission, allowing it to generate power from the methane gas coming from t...
  • A way to remember

    County News
    News-Gazette Photo/Brian McBrideFrom left, Osceola County Sheriff's Office Maj. Ron Burnett, his wife, Shelly, and son, Ryan, stand next to the uniform U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jason Burnett once wore. The fami...
  • Grow house busted

    Police News
    Vega Martinez Urena     On June 17, Osceola County Sheriff’s Office deputies with the Community Response Team located a grow house at 3150 Stonington Run, ...
  • Detectives looking for robbery suspects

    Police News
    Osceola County Sheriff's Office detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying suspects involved in an armed robbery at the Days Inn at 5840 U.S. Highway 192. The investigation began June 16 at approxima...
  • Robbery in BVL

    Police News
    Osceola County Sheriff's Office detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying armed robbery suspects. The investigation began June 20 at approximately 11:50 p.m. when deputies responded to the area of F...
  • Man charged with attempted murder

    Police News
    A local man was arrested and charged with attempted murder Sunday after he attacked a woman he was with and their two young children at a Kissimmee motel where they were staying. At about 1:52 a.m., Osceola County She...
  • Neighbor arrested for impersonating an officer

    Police News
    Diolosa A Kissimmee man who told a woman he was “a cop” Saturday and exposed a gun he had in his waistband after he witnessed her family member speeding down the road was arrested and charged w...
  • News Briefs for June 24, 2010

    County News
    Florida candidates qualify Qualifying for Florida House races ended Friday, and district 79 has five candidates now: two Republicans, a Democrat, a Tea Party member and a write-in. State Rep. Mike Horner, R-Kissimmee...

 

 

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