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• City playgrounds featured in national guide

  Created: Wednesday, 26 January 2011 00:00

  The city of Kissimmee Parks and Recreation Department announced that two recently constructed neighborhood playgrounds are featured in a national catalog. ...

• Rotary Club of Kissimmee set to host charity poker challenge

  Created: Wednesday, 26 January 2011 00:00

  The Rotary Club of Kissimmee will present the Seventh Annual Texas Hold'em Charity Poker Tournament to begin Thursday, Feb. 10, at the Barney E. Veal Center, Kissimmee. ...

• Informational meetings scheduled for PATHS

  Created: Wednesday, 26 January 2011 00:00

  Osceola County School District's Professional and Technical High School (PATHS) will host an open house for students and parents interested in attending the school for the 2011-12 school year. ...

• Dance team members to tour professionally

  Created: Wednesday, 26 January 2011 00:00

  Several members of the Gateway High School Dance Team who attended summer camp were invited to audition for the Eastern Dance Association. ...

• City playgrounds featured in national guide

  Created: Wednesday, 26 January 2011 00:00

  The city of Kissimmee Parks and Recreation Department recently announced that two recently constructed neighborhood playgrounds are featured in a national catalog. ...

• St. Cloud Life event lasts all day March 5

  Created: Wednesday, 26 January 2011 00:00

  The annual St. Cloud Life will be Saturday, March 5.The free event will bring a day of live entertainment, interactive exhibits, culinary creations and beverages. From 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., high-energy festivity will fill the St. Cloud Civic Center at 300...

• St. Cloud Fire Rescue makes use of grant funds

  Created: Wednesday, 26 January 2011 00:00

  Members of St. Cloud Fire Rescue said they feel fortunate to have been awarded several grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over the past few years that help achieve their mission — to protect the lives and property of residents, with th...

• Osceola chosen for prekindergarten violin literacy pilot program

  Created: Wednesday, 26 January 2011 00:00

  The Florida Department of Education has selected the Osceola County School District to pilot an Early Childhood String Program, providing the funding that will provide string instruction to pre-kindergarten students. ...

• KUA prepared to respond to potential storm damage

  Created: Tuesday, 25 January 2011 15:24

  

  Kissimmee Utility Authority personnel are prepared to respond to the severe weather currently threatening Central Florida, according to a utility press statement shortly after 3 p.m. A tornado watch has been issued fo...

• Contractors want better notice on school projects

  Created: Tuesday, 25 January 2011 15:18

  

  By Rick MadewellAssistant Editor Some local contractors apparently are not receiving notice they can bid on school projects, and that prompted some angry comments at the Jan. 18 Osceola County School Board meeting. C...

• Sports schedules revised after Tuesday's storm

  Created: Tuesday, 25 January 2011 15:10

  By Ken Jackson Staff Writer Athletic directors across the county scrambled Wednesday morning to reschedule contests after the Osceola County School District canceled all after-school, extra-curricular activities on Tuesday. The decision c...

• Two sites still on list for commercial airboat operations

  Created: Tuesday, 25 January 2011 10:05

  

  By Marvin G. Cortner Editor The process for allowing commercial airboat companies engaged in eco-tourism to use two publicly-owned boat docks and ramps – at Whaley's Landing on Lake Tohopekaliga and the other at La...

• Harmony wins soccer title, hosts regional Thursday

  Created: Monday, 24 January 2011 14:54

  By Ken Jackson Sports Writer The Harmony girls soccer team claimed the first district title in program history Friday, beating the host Eustis Panthers, 3-1, in the Class 4A District 6 tournament final. Sage Leffew and Emily Johnson scored first-half g...

• Visitors bureau director resigns

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 14:08

  

  Lang Tom Lang resigned Friday as director of the Kissimmee Convention & Visitors Bureau, according to Osceola County spokesman Larry Krause. Lang, who also is an attorney, was hired in June of 2...

• Joblessness dropped in December

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 14:07

  

  Florida’s not-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in December was 11.6 percent, down from the 12.2 percent in November, according to the latest report from the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation. The national ...

• News briefs for January 22, 2011

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 13:45

  Car wash fundraiser is todayA car wash is planned today from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Kissimmee Police Department, 8 N. Stewart Ave., to benefit the TEARS (Travel Expenses and Reservations for Survivors) Foundation formed by Stephanie and Sandy Kocab, the siste...

• Razing OHS

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 13:39

  

  Contractor Clancy & Theys Construction Company earlier this week began demolition of the administrative offices of Osceola High School in Kissimmee. Crews leveled three structures in preparation for new buildings t...

• City rejects impact fee moratorium

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 13:34

  

  Gemskie By Brian McBride Associate Editor Saying it would be difficult to subsidize more than an estimated $1 million this year if it suspended transportation impact fees linked to upcoming privat...

• 3 honored at MLK banquet

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 13:20

  

  News-Gazette Photos/Andrew SullivanEvangelist Sandra Theresa Nixon Tynes channeled the spirit of the late Martin Luther King Jr. during her time at the podium Monday evening as guest speaker for the Osceola V...

• Commission looks at charter offices, OHP rights

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 13:09

  

  Harford By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer Osceola County commissioners held a workshop Jan. 14 where they outlined their ideas of the roles of the county manager, commission auditor and attorney as we...