Filter  MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Year20032004200520062007200820092010201120122013 5101520253050100All Filter

• No need to go cold turkey on movies this weekend — There is a feast of films on Blu-ray and DVD

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 26 November 2010 09:32

  By  Peter Covino Entertainment Editor So you are done eating turkey and spent the day Friday shopping and you have already been to Disney World. What are you doing to do now Osceola County? Watch movies of course. There will be a list of some ho...

• It’s only rock and roll —Danny Boyle ventures back into Oscar territory with 127 Hours

  Entertainment

  Created: Wednesday, 24 November 2010 15:34

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor How long does it take to cut off your arm with the dull blade of a knife? Fortunately, it doesn’t take 127 Hours. Director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later, Millions) conti...

• Grad rates up for county schools

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 24 November 2010 09:02

  By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer More students graduated from Osceola County high schools in the 2009-10 school year than the previous year, according to a report released last week by the Florida Department of Education. Districtwide, the graduation rat...

• Adopting hugs, smiles and love

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 24 November 2010 08:57

  

  News-Gazette Photos/Andrew SullivanCarie Thompson shares a kiss with 20-month-old Jedidiah inside a courtroom at the Osceola County courthouse last Friday afternoon, minutes before the process for his adoptio...

• Go back in time during Shingle Creek festival

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 24 November 2010 08:55

  

  File photoMen paddle north along Shingle Creek in Kissimmee toward the city’s Babb property. By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor You can go back in time and explore the early history of Osceola ...

• Kid’s Closet gets big boost with sneakers

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 24 November 2010 08:51

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew SullivanOsceola County School District Chairperson Cindy Hartig looks for particular shoes for children in need. By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer An organization that provid...

• News briefs for November 25, 2010

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 24 November 2010 08:46

  

  Business Incubator to host tour The UCF Business Incubator in St. Cloud will host a Discovery Tour Open House for entrepreneurs from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, in the Corporate Campus building at Stevens Planta...

• Man charged with sexual battery on boy

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 24 November 2010 08:45

  

  A Kissimmee man was arrested and charged with sexual battery on a victim under 12 with injury Friday after he allegedly attacked a 10-year-old boy. Arrested was 20-year-old Angel Alamo. ...

• Double homicide marks anniversary

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 24 November 2010 08:40

  

  Rivera Santiago Nov. 20 marked the fourth anniversary of a double homicide at the Willows Apartments. ...

• Turkey drive: golfers swing for 350 pounds

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 24 November 2010 08:38

  

  By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer More than 350 pounds of turkey were donated to the Osceola County Council on Aging Osceola County after Sunday's Golf on Turkey Day event at Kissimmee Bay Country Club and Remington Gol...

• District to host purchasing training

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 24 November 2010 08:37

  The Purchasing Departments of the Osceola School District and Osceola County will host a joint training session on how to improve proposal submittals for solicitations issued by the district and County Thursday, Dec. 2, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Media and I...

• Turnovers, penalties cripple Osceola in football regionals

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 24 November 2010 08:30

  

  Osceola’s Robert Butler (9) brings down Oviedo running back Anthony Gonzalez (26) as OHS linebacker D.D. Montgomery (34) closes in during the second half of the Region 5A-1 playoff game at Oviedo Friday. ...

• Poinciana races past Gateway in tourney opener

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 24 November 2010 08:26

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Gateway’s Jordan Edmunds (21) shoots around Poinciana defender James Nicholson (15) during the Pink Halo Classic at Liberty High Monday. By Rick PedoneSports Edi...

• OHS champion Pete Baldwin will wrestle at Old Dominion

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 24 November 2010 08:21

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Rick Pedone Pete Baldwin, seated between his parents, Pete Baldwin Sr. and Diana Baldwin, signed a wrestling scholarship to Old Dominion University recently. Standing from left are OHS Pri...

• FHSAA fines Liberty; forces three forfeits

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 24 November 2010 08:17

  

  By Rick PedoneSports Editor Liberty High School must forfeit three football victories and pay an $800 fine for playing an ineligible student athlete, the Florida High School Athletic Association ruled Monday. ...

• Sports briefs for November 25, 2010

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 24 November 2010 08:14

  

  Rec basketball The city of Kissimmee Parks and Recreation De-partment is holding registration for the Kissimmee Youth Basketball League through Dec. 8. ...

• Historian Fisk known for his meticulous records

  County News

  Created: Tuesday, 23 November 2010 16:26

  

  Noted St. Cloud historian Robert “Bob” Fisk died Friday of pancreatic cancer at the age of 91. By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer St. Cloud historian Robert Fisk was known to give lectures to schoo...

• Some reasons to be thankful

  Opinions

  Created: Tuesday, 23 November 2010 12:20

  

  It’s again that time of year to be thankful, even more so than other times of the year. The Thanksgiving holiday gives us time to take a pause in our lives and reflect on the truly important things — not the fancy...

• Scatter-gun comments on a variety of targets in the news

  Opinions

  Created: Tuesday, 23 November 2010 12:17

  

  Ross MackenzieTribune Media Given their miserable Nov. 2 record, it’s difficult to understand why Democrats don’t demand the departure from party posts of Democratic National Chairman Tim Kaine and House Speaker N...

• Punchless Kowboys fall, 10-0

  County News

  Created: Friday, 19 November 2010 23:55

  By Rick PedoneSports Editor Pull out the recipe book, look under “ingredients for defeat,” and you will find the list of mistakes that the  Osceola Kowboys executed at Oviedo Friday. The result, not surprisingly, was a 10-0 Class 5A Region 1 loss t...