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• City of St. Cloud participates in Discover Osceola 2010

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 08 September 2010 00:00

  The city of St. Cloud will be participating in this year’s Discover Osceola event Sept. 16 from 4 to 8 p.m., at Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee. The event is coordinated by various community organizations, via Community Vision. ...

• Anchor tenant moves into new training center near Lake Nona

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 08 September 2010 00:00

  CrossPointe Church has announced it has moved into the new Vision 360 Bill and Vonette Bright Global Collaboration Center located on a 22-acre, campus-like setting off Moss Park Road near Lake Nona. ...

• Osceola County School District receives large grant to enhance teaching of American history

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 08 September 2010 00:00

  U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently announced the award of $115.3 million to 124 school districts through the Teaching American History Grant Program. ...

• Schools receive highest award

  Around Osceola

  Created: Wednesday, 08 September 2010 00:00

  Twenty-six Osceola County schools have been designated as Five Star Schools, earning the Florida Department of Education’s most prestigious award for community involvement – the 2009-10 Five Star School Award. This is the largest group of Osceola Coun...

• Allen rallies Gateway to double OT win

  Sports

  Created: Saturday, 04 September 2010 01:43

  By Ken JacksonSports Writer If Gateway experiences even moderate success this year on the gridiron, they can look back at one drive on Friday at the Ridenour Athletic Center that propelled them. Trailing Poinciana 21-14 with five minutes left, Panthers ...

• It's the Bulldogs in OT, 41-35

  Sports

  Created: Saturday, 04 September 2010 00:20

  By Rick PedoneSports Editor St. Cloud’s stunning 41-35 overtime win Friday at Gannarelli Field over arch-rival Osceola rates Instant Classic status. Ask any of the 3,000 or so in attendance. The teams combined for 830 total yards and four scoring pla...

• ‘Race’ could mean $7 million

  County News

  Created: Friday, 03 September 2010 12:58

  

  School District plots course for federal funds By Fallan Patterson  Staff WriterCommittees began meeting Monday to plan the Osceola County School District's proposal for its share of the $700 million allocated to...

• It’s a holiday weekend at the Brevard Zoo —Snapping turtle takes top-billing at weekend featuring reptiles and mor

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 03 September 2010 12:26

  Reptiles will rule the Labor Day weekend at the Brevard Zoo. The sixth annual Reptile Weekend returns to the zoo this weekend from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. The weekend’s star attraction will be a new alligator snapping turtle exhibit in Wild Florida...

• HBO shines at the Emmy’s and on DVD — New releases include Bored to Death and The Pacific

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 03 September 2010 12:22

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor Hot of the heels of another great year at the Emmy’s, HBO will be releasing Bored to Death: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray/ DVD Sept. 21. The show deservedly won an Emmy for its great opening title sequence,...

• Durbin says farewell to job

  County News

  Created: Friday, 03 September 2010 12:21

  

  News-Gazette Photos/Andrew SullivanKissimmee City Commissioner Cheryl Grieb, left, and retiring City Manager Mark Durbin, right, share a laugh as incoming City Manager Mike Steigerwald reads aloud a proclamat...

• From Philadelphia with love — The cheesesteak sandwich finds a happy home in Kissimmee

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 03 September 2010 12:20

  By Peter CovinoEntertainment Editor The sign out front says Corner Bistro in Kissimmee has the best Philly cheesesteak sandwich  south of Geno’s in Philadelphia. Five minutes after ingesting the restaurant’s 12-inch sandwich, a  beef and...

• St. Cloud Main Street drops market, ‘Live!’

  County News

  Created: Friday, 03 September 2010 12:13

  

  This young girl will hopefully be able to attend many more Smokin’ Blues events, but there will be no more going to the Farmer’s Market or Friday Night Live Series. -File Photo By Fallan Patterso...

• No more Mr. Knife Guy? Rodriguez proves you can make a feature film out of a trailer

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 03 September 2010 12:13

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor It took three years for director Robert Rodriguez’s trailer-short Machete to make the transition into a full-length movie. Rodriguez has all the right moves and the expertise to take his popular “previ...

• News briefs for September 4, 2010

  County News

  Created: Friday, 03 September 2010 12:10

  

  Candidates file for St. Cloud races Two last-minute filings have beefed up the race for what would have been an uncontested run for seat 2 on the St. Cloud City Council. ...

• Deputies looking for New Jersey missing woman

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 03 September 2010 12:04

  

  Grace Osceola County Sheriff's Office deputies are assisting the Hoboken (New Jersey) Police Department in the search for Emily J. Grace.  At approximately 1 p.m. Aug. 26, the Sheriff's Off...

• Kissimmee SWAT team serves drug search warrant

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 03 September 2010 12:01

  

  Carrasco Members of the Kissimmee SWAT Team at 3 p.m. Wednesday served a search warrant for a suspected drug house at 1409 Harbin Drive in Kissimmee and arrested Angelita Carrasco, 33. ...

• Two killed on turnpike ramp

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 03 September 2010 11:58

  

  Cassandra Green, 33, of Orlando, and her 2-year-old son, Steven Holtzapple Jr., were killed Wednesday evening in a crash with a semi at the Florida’s Turnpike entrance on State Road 60 in rural Osceola County. ...

• Beware of Longhorns

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 03 September 2010 11:50

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Celebration’s Gabby Ortiz (left) attempts to block Liberty’s Roxy Martinez (5) during the Orange Belt Conference jamboree last week at St. Cloud High. Harmony ...

• We’re back, and badder than ever

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 03 September 2010 11:34

  

  Rick PedoneSports Editor Welcome to the smashing debut of the Osceola News-Gazette Picks of the Weak for 2010. There seems to be a societal obligation for sports writers to pick football games, so here we are. How d...

• Local players making impact at Division I college programs

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 03 September 2010 11:28

  

    Former OHS standout T’Sharvan Bell is an Auburn defensive back. By Rick Pedone Sports Editor With the college football season officially under way, several Osceola County graduates may play k...