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• Can scratch cause macular degeneration?

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 11 August 2010 00:00

  Paul DonohueTo your good healthDEAR DR. DONOHUE: Is it possible to get wet macular degeneration from a scratch on the left eye during cataract surgery, or could it have been a cyst that caused wet macular degeneration? I am 85, and my right eye is perfect...

• Summer Teen Docent program a success for Historical Society

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 11 August 2010 00:00

  From the Osceola County Historical SocietyThe Osceola County Historical Society’s summer Teen Docent/Youth Leadership program is in its final weeks as it will conclude when the teens return to school in late August, and the program has proven beneficial...

• Proposed budget reviewed by City Council

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 11 August 2010 00:00

  St. Cloud’s City Council convened Aug. 2-3 for Council Budget Workshops to review the city manager’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2010-11. The workshops were held in City Council Chambers on both days and were broadcast live on SCTV-199 and on the ...

• Johnston new fire chief

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 11 August 2010 00:00

  Longtime St. Cloud Fire Rescue veteran Bill Johnston has been named St. Cloud’s new fire chief after a monthlong search to replace Charlie Lewis, who retired as chief of the department July 1.St. Cloud City Manager Tom Hurt named Johnston as the new chi...

• Candidate forum Tuesday

  County News

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 12:44

  

  Osceola County Business and Taxpayers Association (OCBTA) is sponsoring a candidate forum for candidates for Florida House of Representatives district 79 and School Board districts 1 and 4. The forum will begin at 6 p...

• Police seek sexual battery suspect

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 12:41

  

  Suspect On Aug. 1 in the downtown Kissimmee area at approximately midnight, a 25-year-old woman was walking home from her job when a man came up behind her and pressed some type of sharp object to he...

• County opts for curbside recycling

  County News

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 12:35

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew SullivanCurbside recycling in Osceola County will include closing some current recycling sites. By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer Osceola County commissioners Monday voted to...

• Candidates grilled in district 4 County Commission race

  County News

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 12:16

  

  By Marvin G. CortnerEditor Helping small businesses, lowering impact fees and a finding a more equitable way to pay for fire service were all ideas that candidates in the district 4 Osceola County Commission race agre...

• Poinciana losing Winn-Dixie

  County News

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 12:13

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew SullivanPoinciana’s Winn-Dixie, a community staple since 1994, will shut down by Sept. 22 as part of a company restructuring. By Rick MadewellAssistant Editor Poinciana�...

• O’Brien to take reins as county judge

  County News

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 12:08

  

  O'Brien By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer Assistant Osceola County Attorney Heather K. O’Brien was appointed Aug. 2 by Gov. Charlie Crist to serve as a judge on the Osceola County Court. O’Brien,...

• New legislation tougher on meth lab production

  County News

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 12:07

  

  By Fallan PattersonStaff WriterFlorida Gov. Charlie Crist ceremoniously signed legislation July 27 that makes it harder for individuals to purchase over-the-counter medication in order to set up methamphetamine labs.As...

• Group fights class size on ballot

  County News

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 12:03

  

  Grego By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer Proposed legislation to increase class sizes in Florida schools is being challenged in court to keep it off the Nov. 2 ballot. The Florida Education Associatio...

• Amendments in voters’ hands

  County News

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 11:49

  

  By Kathleen HaughneyThe News Service of Florida The fate of several proposed constitutional amendments lies with the Florida Supreme Court after six of nine proposals set for the November ballot wound up facing legal ...

• News Briefs for August 7, 2010

  County News

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 11:43

  

  Floridians get fewest stimulus dollars An extensive national analysis of stimulus benefits by USA Today found that Florida ranked last in the nation in benefits per resident from the federal assistance package.The new...

• Arrested for filing false report

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 11:38

  Machuca-Rivera Osceola County Sheriff's Office deputies have arrested 24-year-old Edwin Machuca-Rivera, a transient, for falsifying an armed robbery report. On Aug. 3 at approximately 7:40 p.m., deputies responded to Parkside Motel, 46...

• Surf is up, over and over again —New $4 million attraction will always have a perfect wave

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 11:36

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor Surf will be up day or night, rain or shine at the new Fantasy Surf attraction at FantasyWorld resort beginning in October. Surfing and Osceola County seem to be an unlikely pair in the landlocked Kiss...

• We love you Conrad, oh yes we do — Broadway musical classic “Bye Bye Birdie” debuts at center this weekend

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 11:34

  By Lamont E. Clegg Special to the News-Gazette Looking for something fun to do in Osceola County this August? Then you should stop by the Osceola Center for the Arts for its upcoming production of “Bye Bye Birdie.” Director Jeremiah Krivinchuk promi...

• They didn’t even have breakfast —Reflections on 25 years with The Breakfast Club, now on Blu-ray

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 11:26

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor Were you alive in 1985? If you were a teenager in 1985, The Breakfast Club was probably your movie. Few high school movies impacted a generation the way John Hughes classic film did in the 1980s. Amazingly...

• Practice starts Monday

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 09:56

  

  ­News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan This will be a familiar scene on high school fields next week as football practice gets under way. The regular season begins Sept. 3. Five county coaches will ma...

• Brett is 1st storm of the season

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 06 August 2010 09:54

  

  When ESPN picks up on a big story and blows it up, be very careful when it goes into wall-to-wall Storm Mode. During all the hubbub of Hurricane Brett, I must have gotten my signals crossed and my channels screwed up....