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• Amber Diagnostics facility gets city OK

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:58

  

  Hopper By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer Despite residents’ concerns, the St. Cloud City Council voted Aug. 12 to allow a medical equipment service facility to be built amid residential housing. Ca...

• Primary election will be Tuesday

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:55

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew SullivanDemocratic U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek stumped in Kissimmee Saturday morning, making a stop at the El Nuevo Sabor Dominicano restaurant on Donegan Avenue to speak to ...

• Boat ramp ordinance unchanged for now

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:54

  

  By Marvin G. CortnerEditor Osceola County commissioners Aug. 9 punted on changing the county ordinance governing public boat ramp use by small commercial airboat or motorboat operations. ...

• Two county residents caught in sting

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:47

  

  Dupre Diaz Two Osceola County men were among many arrested in a Polk County sting operation Aug. 12-15 that used the classified ads website Craigslist to solicit sex with 8- to 14-...

• Safety and DUI sobriety checkpoint

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:46

  

  Osceola County Sheriff’s Office deputies will conduct a safety and DUI sobriety checkpoint Friday. Motorists approaching a checkpoint will see informational signs advising them that a sobriety checkpoint is ahead. O...

• Pedestrian hit on OBT

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:45

  

  Local law enforcement authorities are looking for a driver who hit a pedestrian Sunday on Orange Blossom Trail north of the Washington Avenue intersection and then left the scene. The Florida Highway Patrol responding...

• Operation Zero Tolerance

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:43

  

  The Osceola County Sheriff's Office arrested 50 people and wrote more than 200 citations over a two-day period in a specialized operation in an attempt to reduce crime. ...

• News Briefs for August 19, 2010

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:41

  

  Marydia meeting tonight The community of Marydia will hold a neighborhood meeting tonight at 7 p.m. with state Sen. Gary Siplin, R-Orlando, Osceola County Commissioner Ken Smith and Osceola County Sheriff Bob Hansell ...

• Workshop on OBT study set for Aug. 26

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:38

  

  By Marvin G. CortnerEditor The Florida Department of Transportation on Thursday, Aug. 26, will hold another public workshop at the Kissimmee Civic Center on a study relating to proposed improvements to Orange Blossom ...

• Chris Bolinger is Harmony’s second state track champ

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:30

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Rick Pedone Harmony’s Chris Bolinger won the Class 3A state championship and set a new Harmony High discus record on the same throw at the state meet. By Rick PedoneSports Edito...

• Golf uses replays, not baseball

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:28

  

  Ken Jackson Sports Writer So let me get this straight: baseball, with all of its bang-bang plays at full speed, won’t use instant replay for fear of ruining the “flow of the game,” even if that flow is like fro...

• Coaches don’t want news as Classics near

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:19

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Kowboys assistant coach David Holder watches his linemen hit the tackling dummies during practice Tuesday. By Rick PedoneSports Editor At this stage of high schoo...

• Youth league rivals have date at Poinciana

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:17

  

  By Rick PedoneSports Editor Even though practice has barely begun, already two heated Osceola County football rivals will square off Saturday when the Poinciana Predators take on the CFAA Chargers of the Mid-Florida F...

• State champs will play at Daytona

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 11:57

  

  By Rick PedoneSports Editor Liberty High faculty member Paul Knight stays busy as president of the National Football Foundation/Florida Chapter, which organizes clinics and all-star games for elite level middle school...

• Sports briefs for August 19, 2010

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 11:51

  Longhorns run Harmony High will hold its inaugural Longhorns  5K Run/Walk Saturday to benefit the Longhorns football program and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Register at www.horns5k.com. ...

• Blood center needs supply for hospitals

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 00:00

  The summer months are challenging for blood centers nationwide and Florida’s Blood Centers are no exception. ...

• Big Brothers and Big Sisters to hold poker game fundraiser Oct.16

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 00:00

  With the goal of raising funds to support the recruitment of Big Brothers and Big Sisters for area kids, the third annual All In For Kids Texas hold’em tournament will be Saturday, Oct. 16, at The Vue - Downtown, 150 E. Robison, Orlando. ...

• School students show art

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 00:00

  Denn John Middle School and Kissimmee Elementary School currently have art pieces created in their art classes on display at Gallery One Artists, 101 Dakin Ave., Kissimmee. The project, a first for both the gallery and Osceola County School District, was ...

• Horner honored for helping to turn the page for libraries

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 00:00

  By Brian McBrideAssociate EditorWhen Florida’s libraries were in jeopardy of suffering devastating cuts during the 2010 budget process, state Rep. Mike Horner, R-Kissimmee, said: Book ‘em. ...

• St. Cloud Citizens Academy applications are due by Friday

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 00:00

  People who live and/or work in St. Cloud are invited to submit applications through Friday for the 2010 City of St. Cloud Citizens Academy, scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. every Monday Sept. 27 through Nov. 15, with graduation set for Nov. 18. ...