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• Prayer breakfast calls on area churches to help the needy

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 22 September 2010 00:00

  By Brian McBrideAssociate EditorWhat can you do?That was the theme of the 2010 Community Talk Prayer Breakfast presented Sept. 4 by the Power Praise Connection Ministries, a Kissimmee faith-based organization working to deal with social issues in the comm...

• Valencia set to host College Night 2010

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 22 September 2010 00:00

  College Night 2010 will be Tuesday, Oct. 5, on Valencia’s Osceola Campus, 1800 Denn John Lane, in Kissimmee, and Thursday, Oct. 7, on the West Campus, 1800 S. Kirkman Road, in Orlando, from 6 to 8 p.m.  It will provide an opportunity for high schoo...

• Clerk of Court office recognizes employees

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  Created: Wednesday, 22 September 2010 00:00

  The Osceola County Clerk of Court Office Employee of the Month for September is Elizabeth Frometa. According to an office press release, Frometa has been employed at the Clerk's Office since October 2001.  Most of her time is spent solving collection...

• Cruz graduates from acclaimed program

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  Created: Wednesday, 22 September 2010 00:00

  By Rick MadewellAssistant EditorPuerto Rico native Rosa Cruz has become Osceola County’s first graduate of the nationally recognized Certified Elections/Registration Administrator program. ...

• Harmony High School vet program helps rescued pets

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 22 September 2010 00:00

  A partnership between the Veterinary Assisting Program at Harmony High School, Dr. Robert Lee Godwin, Dr. Matt Walter, and the Pawsitive Action Foundation provides medical care to rescued dogs and cats. ...

• 4-H seeks youth interested in learning about butterflies

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 22 September 2010 00:00

  Osceola County 4-H Youth Program is starting a new club called 4-H Butterfly WINGS.The club is for those in the fourth- through eighth grade. Youth will learn about the natural environment and how to be “citizen scientists” by exploring the world of b...

• Area churches want to know, ‘What can you do?’

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 22 September 2010 00:00

  By Brian McBrideAssociate EditorWhat can you do?That was the theme of the 2010 Community Talk Prayer Breakfast presented Sept. 4 by the Power Praise Connection Ministries, a Kissimmee faith-based organization working to deal with social issues in the comm...

• Torres-Bruno bomb lifts Storm over Heritage, 14-10

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 22:31

  By Ken JacksonSports Writer How fitting that to notch their first two-game winning streak in four years, the Celebration Storm had to win the game twice in the fourth quarter. After stopping Palm Bay Heritage on fourth down with two minutes left, then f...

• Mainland blanks Kowboys

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 21:49

  By Rick PedoneSports Editor Daytona Beach Mainland took advantage of a balanced offensive attack to beat Osceola, 20-0, Friday at Kowboys field. Mainland quarterback Shelton Willis threw for 174 yards and two touchdowns, and running back Kevin Lee gaine...

• County may restrict boat ramp use

  County News

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 12:48

  

  By Marvin G. CortnerEditor Commercial airboat operators on Osceola County lakes may have to go through a bidding and proposal process to use county-owned boat ramps in the future. ...

• City introduces new vendor system

  County News

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 12:45

  

  The city of St. Cloud will launch a new online vendor registration and solicitation notification system called VendorLink that will be accessible beginning Oct. 1. VendorLink allows vendors to view and download solici...

• School spending to climb; taxes to be less

  County News

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 12:43

  

  By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer Due to lower assessed values, the Osceola County School District will collect about $25.1 million less in property taxes this fiscal year than it did last year. ...

• Kids Closet helps homeless students

  County News

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 12:40

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew SullivanInside the Education Foundation-Osceola County's offices, School Board member Cindy Hartig helps prepare clothing for use by the Foundation's Kids Closet program, which aims ...

• Foundation to celebrate milestone

  County News

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 12:36

  

  Pace By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer For 25 years, the Education Foundation-Osceola County has awarded college scholarships for graduating seniors, funded teachers' higher education or classroom pro...

• County to finalize budget, tax rates Wednesday

  County News

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 12:34

  

  By Marvin G. CortnerEditor The Osceola County Commission Sept. 7 on a 3-2 vote approved a tentative county tax rate for the 2010-11 fiscal year that was lower than what county staff recommended. ...

• Melendez home for son's birth

  County News

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 12:30

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew SullivanFlorida National Guard combat medic and former Osceola County School Board member Julius Melendez discusses community issues with Buenaventura Lakes resident Francisco Rivera...

• Two arrests for marijuana

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 12:17

  

  Piloto-Gomez Marante On Sept. 15 at approximately 9 p.m. Osceola County Investigative Bureau agents in conjunction with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office conduct...

• Operation Safe and Secure has begun

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 12:16

  

  The Kissimmee Police Department has begun Operation Safe and Secure. The Specialized Investigative Unit from the department will remind residents to practice crime prevention tips. The unit will work with local busine...

• Horns, OHS swimmers solid

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 12:10

  

  News-Gazette Photos/Andrew SullivanHarmony’s Brandon Graber (left) and St. Cloud’s Ryan Bender pass each other during the boys breast stroke race during a dual meet at the Makinson Aquatic Center Tuesday....

• Wing eater deserves Heisman

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 12:08

  

  There’s nothing like falling through the trap door 15 minutes into the football season, but, like the Cowboys, Chargers, Jets, Kevin Kolb and Reggie Bush, I’m already deep in a hole. ...