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• Cited for unfair labor practice

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 13:04

  

  By Fallan PattersonStaff WriterUnion representatives for Osceola County teachers and support staff may solicit new members on school campuses next year after a state commission ruled in their favor July 21.The Osceola ...

• No tax increase in city budget

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 12:55

  

  Durbin By Brian McBrideAssociate Editor The city of Kissimmee plans to cut 15 employee positions, continue with park improvements and work to complete a major roadway project in the municipality’s...

• District moves forward on employee medical clinic

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 12:52

  

  By Marvin G. CortnerEditor Amid criticism from the local medical society, the Osceola County School Board July 13 on a 4-1 vote authorized negotiations with North Carolina-based Healthstat to administer a medical clin...

• Arrested for molestation at park

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 12:49

  

  Colon-Conde Kissimmee police July 26 arrested 42-year-old Enrico Colon-Conde, of 5120 Pam Road, Kissimmee, for two counts of lewd and lascivious molestation on a victim under 12-years-old. On July 2...

• Detectives arrest suspect for murder

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 12:46

  

  Dekle Osceola County Sheriff’s Office detectives last week arrested Buddy Dekle, 61, of Haines City, and charged him with second-degree murder for the death of Talmadge Howard Gentry, 69. The inve...

• Help needed to ID suspect

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 12:45

  

  Kissimmee police detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying a sexual battery witness and/or suspect. On April 30, Kissimmee police detectives began investigating an alleged sexual battery case that o...

• Corrections officer arrested for petit theft

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 12:31

  

  Orlando Police on July 22 arrested Erika N. Hardemon, an Osceola County Corrections Department officer, and charged her with petit theft. The Orlando Police Department responded to The Gap Store at 4967 International ...

• News Briefs for July 29, 2010

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 12:21

  

  Lacerte Lacerte elected to statewide utility board Members of the Florida Municipal Electric Association elected Kissimmee Utility Authority vice president and general counsel Arthur J. "Grant" Lace...

• Harmony’s ‘Breezy’ made plays on mound, at plate

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 12:08

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Breann Vanderzyl led Harmony’s pitching staff and was one of the team’s best hitters. By Rick PedoneSports Editor Breann Vanderzyl is her name, but at Harmony...

• Alexa Ballard ripped ball for the Kowgirls

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 12:04

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Alexa Ballard batted .552 and had an .898 slugging percentage to lead a potent Osceola batting attack. By Rick PedoneSports Editor There are batters who can crush the ball, and then there are those, ...

• YMCA champs

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 11:54

  

  The Osceola YMCA Spring Adult  Basketball League champion is Heart & Soul. Team members are, from left: Franke Calderon, Reid Robertson, Roland Rouse, Daryl Collins, Mark Spencer, Axavier Byrd, Kerry Jones, St...

• Interviews today for Liberty AD

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 11:52

  

  By Rick PedoneSports Editor Liberty Principal Robert Studly said that he and a committee of Liberty coaches today will interview candidates for the athletic director’s position that was vacated last week when Scott ...

• Sports Briefs for July 29, 2010

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 11:46

  

  Charity golf The 2nd Annual Community Charity Golf Tournament presented by CenterState Bank is Aug. 28 with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. The fee is $65 per player or $260 per team. Proceeds benefit the St. Cloud Food Pan...

• Commission makes progress

  Opinions

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 11:36

  

  Osceola County commissioners Monday made progress in deciding how to spend $19 million in tourist development tax reserves. Up to $9 million of the lodging tax could be used to replace, relocate or renovate existing f...

• Letters to the Editor for July 29, 2010

  Opinions

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 11:32

  

  School food issues To the editor: I have been made aware of a situation in our school system that raises my sense of outrage to a new level. Recently a friend of mine was told by his children that they couldn’t ea...

• Wheeler named Boys and Girls Club board chairman

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 00:00

  Osceola County School Board Member Jay Wheeler has been appointed as the new chairman of the board of directors for the Boys and Girls Club Osceola County. ...

• Valencia welcomes new Osceola campus provost

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 00:00

  On July 19, Kathleen Plinske began as Valencia Community College’s new provost of the Osceola Campus and Valencia at Lake Nona High School. ...

• Local game-maker transforms GKTW Village game lounge

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 00:00

  EA Tiburon unveiled the results of channeling the creative talent of its staff in a different direction July 20 through the renovation of a game lounge at the Kissimmee nonprofit Give Kids The World Village (GKTW).  ...

• Poinciana group brings new hip hop flavor

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 00:00

  Lisa D’CatoPoinciana Writer Up and coming companies are exciting to watch, especially when they show great potential. Now have that company be entertainment-based and it’s hot. Throw in a couple of Poinciana residents and it’s all of the above, plu...

• Kissimmee guitarist makes final list in nationwide battle

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 00:00

  Kissimmee’s own Roosevelt Collier has advanced beyond thousands of other guitarists and been named one of five finalists in the fourth annual King of the Blues (www.guitarcenter.com/kingoftheblues), the nationwide  search for the next great undisco...