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• Imagine a very young John Lennon — Nowhere Boy

  Entertainment

  Created: Thursday, 28 October 2010 14:49

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor If you ever wished you could go back in time to that fateful day when someone said, “John Lennon, I would like you to meet Paul McCartney,” Nowhere Boy is the film for you.  Nowhere Boy is a nicely made Bri...

• Elections office under fire; supervisor says 'honest mistake'

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 12:44

  

  Colón Arrington By Rick MadewellAssistant Editor An Osceola County Commission candidate has filed a complaint with the Florida Commission on Ethics in Tallahassee accusing the co...

• Party injected into School Board race

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 12:40

  

  By Marvin G. CortnerEditor The district 5 Osceola County School Board campaign veered off the nonpartisan track earlier this week when a third-party mailer prominently touted that incumbent John McKay was a member of ...

• Residents, officials eyeing jobs at Lake Nona

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 12:33

  

  Artist’s rendering/Orlando VA Medical CenterThe Orlando VA Medical Center, shown in the artist's rendering above, is one of the medical facilities under construction at Lake Nona near the Orange/Osceola Cou...

• Preparing for the future

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 12:30

  

  Submitted PhotoHard at work at Poinciana High School, from left, are: Dashiely Garcia, Stefanie Messam, Adele Pierre and Elizabeth Izquierdo. By Ken JacksonStaff Writer Chris Pryor isn’t afraid t...

• Crime up in Kissimmee and down in St. Cloud

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 12:20

  

  Shepard Crime up 7.5 percent overall By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer While the state’s overall violent crime index for the first six months of 2010 was down nearly 5 percent, Kissimmee’s index ...

• Bidding farewell

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 12:17

  

  The Osceola County Commission Oct. 21 hosted a farewell gathering for Commissioner Ken Smith, who is retiring after 14 years in office. More than 150 friends, supporters and community leaders gathered at the Historic...

• News Briefs for October 28, 2010

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 12:08

  

  Graph/Agency for Workforce InnovationThe chart above shows the state and national jobless rate since January of 2000. Joblessness up again Osceola County’s jobless rate in September (not seasona...

• Fatal crash on State Road 60

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 12:06

  

  A Boynton Beach resident, William Wilke, 26, was killed Friday, Oct. 22, at about 8:15 p.m. in a three-vehicle crash on State Road 60 west of Peavine Road in Osceola County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...

• Arrested for molestation

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 12:00

  

  Johnson Osceola County Sheriff’s Office detectives Oct. 21 charged Jimmie Don Johnson, 64, of Krum, Texas, with two counts of lewd and lascivious molestation. ...

• Authorities strive for a safe Halloween

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:56

  

  Hansell By Brian McBrideAssociate Editor With the fictitious ghosts and goblins ready to come out Sunday, local law enforcement officials want to prevent any real threat by monitoring registered sex...

• Facing the Wildcats

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:47

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Mary McIntee Osceola running back Frank Thomas (3), who rushed for 133 yards, is tackled by Lakeland’s D.J. Armstrong (6) during last week’s game at Kowboys field. OHS will pl...

• St. Cloud in a must win at Chargers

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:46

  

  By Rick PedoneSports Editor There is much riding on the outcome of Friday’s St. Cloud at Liberty football game for the Bulldogs as the 4A District 7 playoff race builds to a conclusion. ...

• James Cameron agrees to do Avatar 2 and 3

  Entertainment

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:44

  LOS ANGELES (October 27, 2010) __ Moving forward with the most anticipated films of the next decade, Fox Filmed Entertainment Chairmen Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman announced today that Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Cameron has agreed to make A...

• Longhorns take on 6-0 East River in district test

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:43

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Debra Edgar Harmony quarterback Adam Harvey (14) looks for running room against Edgewater last week. By Ken JacksonSports Writer The first-round FHSAA regional playoff games are ...

• Playoff-bound opponents await Celebration, Poinciana, Gateway

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:41

  

  By Ken JacksonSports Writer The story is similar Friday for Gateway, Celebration and Poinciana — all coming off losses last week, and all three teams preparing to face talented playoff-bound squads. ...

• Panthers in volley regionals

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:39

  

  Gateway earned its second straight trip to the regional volleyball playoffs with a five game win in the 6A District 6 semifinals at Vero Beach High School. The Panthers defeated Treasure Coast, 25-18, 14-25, 25-13, 20...

• Sports Briefs for October 28, 2010

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:36

  

  Skate fundraiser A fundraiser for Kissimmee roller figure skating national champion Jessica Feuerstein  is Nov. 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Skate Reflections, 1111 Dyer Blvd., Kissimmee. Feuerstein will make her fourt...

• ISA tourney champs

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:27

  

  The St Cloud Yellow Jackets 14-U softball team won the ISA Real Border Wars Tournament at Bartow recently. The team went undefeated, outscoring its opponents 35-12. Team members are, front, from left: Lisa Poon, Jaden ...

• Vote yes on tax exemption

  Opinions

  Created: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:25

  

  We like the idea of generating more jobs locally through a local economic stimulus/incentive program. Voters Tuesday will have the chance to establish that stimulus by voting on a countywide referendum that, if passed,...