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• New districts surprise

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 10 December 2010 14:20

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Harmony and St. Cloud will remain football district rivals in 6A-13 for the next two seasons. Osceola, Liberty, Gateway together By Ken JacksonSports WriterIf the...

• Coaching shuffle now the norm

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 10 December 2010 14:17

  

  Rick PedoneSports Editor Forget Joe Paterno’s unfathomable record at Penn State: 400 career victories? You kidding me?The way things are now at major college football programs, coaches usually aren’t around long e...

• Many NBA stars were on Osceola gym floor

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 10 December 2010 14:13

  News-Gazette File Photo Justin Thompson throws down one of his many spectacular dunks during a Great Florida ShootOut game at the Osceola High gym in 1989. By Rick PedoneSports Editor The last basket has been scored at the old Osceola...

• Soccer champs look like winners again

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 10 December 2010 14:05

  

  By Ken JacksonSports Writer Last year’s Orange Belt Conference soccer champions have the look of repeat winners. Celebration’s boys and Harmony’s girls have steamrolled through their county schedules thus far, ...

• Safety in mind

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 10 December 2010 14:00

  

  The holidays are just around the corner. It's a time for families to celebrate a joyous Christmas together and hope for a prosperous 2011 as they ring in the New Year. But it's no time for a fire to put a damper on the...

• Documentary reveals true crime behind great recession

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 10 December 2010 13:58

  

  Robyn BlumnerTribune Media Want to see one of the best true-crime flicks ever made? Go see "Inside Job," a new documentary about the financiers who turned our economy into a giant Ponzi scheme, enabled by a posse of p...

• It’s beyond time to lose these high impact fees, get jobs

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 10 December 2010 13:46

  

  Mike HornerChamber president To draw employers to Osceola we need to put an end to our exorbitant impact fees. Osceola County is still mired in recession, with 12-percent unemployment and a frighteningly high foreclos...

• Lame-duck Congress stuck ... on stupid

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 10 December 2010 13:38

  

  Ross MackenzieTribune Media In his marvelous book "Decision Points," former President George W. Bush cites the comment of a general during a review of flagging American policy in Iraq. Bush quotes the general as sayin...

• Eagles soar over Bulldogs, 62-48

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 10 December 2010 09:45

  By Rick PedoneSports EditorPoinciana remained unbeaten in the Orange Belt Conference Thursday with a 62-48 boys basketball win at St. Cloud.The Eagles, 6-1 and 2-0 in the conference, were led by Osanto Marc's 18 points. ...

• Shows of Christmas past is this week’s DVD highlight — Plus HBO Clinton/Blair drama also makes it DVD debut

  Entertainment

  Created: Thursday, 09 December 2010 16:22

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor Remember when just about every TV show had a Christmas episode? You can share some TV holiday memories with ghosts of Christmas past with the Classic TV Christmas Collection from the Warner Archive. The ten-show fo...

• Who is that at Unversal —Whoville, Macy’s and a Sea of Trees come to the theme parks in December

  Entertainment

  Created: Thursday, 09 December 2010 16:15

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor Deck the halls and the theme parks — Universal Orlando and SeaWorld are ready for the holidays. Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure kicked off their holiday celebrations last weekend with new versions of th...

• Nothing first class about The Tourist — Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie add little but scenery

  Entertainment

  Created: Thursday, 09 December 2010 16:08

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor Johnny Depp is supposed to be “Joe Average” in The Tourist, a film about an American guy on vacation who  becomes mixed up in murders, mystery and intrigue. But Depp isn’t average in this film �...

• First novel looks like hit for local author

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 08 December 2010 13:59

  

  Leach By Rick MadewellAssistant Editor Mike Leach received an indelible influence early on by the veterans around him. He spent time on the front porch steps of cracker homes in St. Cloud as they sw...

• Teen Grammy-bound

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 08 December 2010 13:58

  

  By Peter CovinoEntertainment Editor Enrique Sanchez won't be receiving a Grammy Award this year, but he will be part of the ceremonies. But a Grammy Award might not be out of the question sometime in the future for t...

• KPD looks for hit-and-run suspect

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 08 December 2010 13:57

  

  The Kissimmee Police Department is seeking information on a silver Jeep that may have been involved in a hit-and-run at approximately 2:30 a.m. Dec. 3 on Orange Avenue and Columbia Avenue. ...

• Lynx driver cited in death of boy

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 08 December 2010 13:52

  

  Fernando L. Vega, the Lynx bus driver that hit and killed 10-year-old Matthew Robinson of Kissimmee Nov. 4, was at fault in the crash according to a completed Kissimmee Police Department investigation. After toxicolog...

• Police on lookout for naked driver

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 08 December 2010 13:51

  

  Kissimmee police are searching for a man who reportedly touched himself inappropriately in front of two victims Monday while driving nude in a pickup truck. ...

• News briefs for December 9, 2010

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 08 December 2010 13:48

  

  Posey to host second summit Florida Congressman Bill Posey will host a second event in January to continue to bring together various entrepreneurs from across the Space Coast region to showcase their innovative techno...

• Eagles, OHS look good

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 08 December 2010 13:35

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Poinciana’s Steffon Moody (11) goes to the basket against Gateway’s Erick Marino. The Eagles are a favorite to claim the OBC title. Speed, depth may propel loc...

• Knights get a (too) cool bowl game

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 08 December 2010 13:33

  

  Ken JacksonSports Writer Random ramblings from the comfy, tan recliner, now out of place to make room for the Christmas tree and sharing space with a wax mouse with a hat ... ...