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• Course offers road to financial peace of mind

  County News

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 13:07

  

  By Ken JacksonStaff Writer Imagine a pack mule or a donkey pulling a trailer with goods and boxes. When the weight of the boxes gets to be too much, the animal can’t pull. If it’s way too heavy, the boxes pull to...

• Meeting on proposed wildlife refuge set for Wednesday in Kissimmee

  County News

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 13:05

  

  There will be a public meeting from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Kissimmee Civic Center, 201 E. Dakin Ave., Kissimmee, on the proposal to establish a new national wildlife refuge in Florida. The 150,000-acre Everglade...

• Suspect charged with sex battery, lewd and lascivious

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 13:03

  

  Pena Osceola County Sheriff’s Office deputies Monday arrested 74-year-old Antonio Pena, of 9 Dorset Court, Poinciana, and charged him with sexual battery, lewd and lascivious molestation and lewd a...

• Bank of America robbed in BVL

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 12:55

  Robbery Suspect Osceola County Sheriff’s Office detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying a robbery suspect. On Thursday at approximately 11:05 a.m., Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to Bank of America, 2000 E...

• Lady Horns in regional

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 12:50

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Harmony’s Kaley Ward, seen here heading the ball on goal during an early season match, scored three goals and had three assists in the Lady Longhorns’ 8-0 win over Tava...

• Car auction stirs many memories

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 12:46

  

  Rick PedoneSports EditorSince 90 percent of this column won’t make sense to 90 percent of you,  I’ll throw in a couple of football picks at the end just to make it worse.“Grumpy’s Toy” is going to be in ...

• Female lifters prep for sectional

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 12:36

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Harmony’s Melissa Albert is one of the top weightlifters in Central Florida at 139 pounds. By Rick PedoneSports Editor Several Osceola County weightlifters have...

• Poinciana girls win OBC hoops

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 12:33

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Poinciana’s Kadesia Johnson (23), here defending against Gateway’s Ana Collazo earlier in the season, scored 16 points to lead the Lady Eagles past Liberty Wednesday. ...

• Sports briefs for January 22, 2011

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 12:30

  

  OHS, PHS win The Osceola Kowboys improved to 15-5 Thursday and 8-2 in 5A District 5 with a 59-55 boys basketball win over Winter Haven at the OHS gym. Jedarian Jackson led the Kowboys with 19 points. ...

• Hartig: Right path

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 09:52

  

  Over the last decade, the Osceola County School District built numerous schools and put in hundreds of portable classrooms to accommodate population growth. However, that growth has now slowed dramatically and the need...

• We were young ... for one brief and shining moment

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 09:49

  

  Leonard PittsTribune Media Once upon a time, on a snow-filled day when we were young, we saw a man give a speech from a podium in front of the Capitol building. Do you remember? He had just taken the oath of office t...

• Our schools’ improvements can bring jobs

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 09:01

  

  Linda Goodwin-NicholsChamber of Commerce The Kissimmee/Osceola County Chamber of Commerce has always held that the success of our public school system is key to improved economic prosperity and quality of life in Osce...

• Letters to the editor for January 22, 2011

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 08:52

  We can move forward To the editor: Taking care of children, especially those at risk of abuse and neglect, requires that we push beyond geographical boundaries and employ creative, out-of-the-box approaches that will enhance services and protect childre...

• Pirates really do take over the Disney Dream

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 21 January 2011 01:15

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor   It's the internet that sunk a thousand ships. But the Disney Dream sails on,  surfing a wave of web mediocrity. All is well though. Castaway Cay, Disney's getaway island, has lots of new improvem...

• Day two Disney Dream: All a shore that is going a shore

  Entertainment

  Created: Thursday, 20 January 2011 09:54

  By Peter CovinoEntertainment EditorI think I am having a Dr. Malcolm moment.   It is nearly 1 a.m. and all is quiet on the inaugural christening voyage aboard the Disney Dream, but that glass of water sitting by the nightstand in my stateroom looks ...

• Stirring the heat

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 19 January 2011 14:13

  Tampa resident Don Stuewe, of Grumpy Gus' Chili, was one of more than a dozen competing teams at the 15th Annual Sunshine Regional Chili Cook-Off Saturday at the Kissimmee Civic Center. At right, Dead Serious Chili team member Doug Smith and 2-year-old so...

• Council airs roadwork concerns

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 19 January 2011 14:09

  

  Fertic By Fallan Patterson Staff Writer Local contractors filled the St. Cloud City Council chambers Jan. 13 to air grievances against Turner Construction’s bidding process for the New Nolte Road...

• One in four on food stamps

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 19 January 2011 14:04

  

  News-Gazette Photos/Andrew SullivanHands of Love Outreach volunteer Virginia Figueroa de Rodriguez, above left, on Jan. 13 helps 20-year-old Vilma Alvarez through the sign-up process to reapply for food stamp...

• Headed to Carnegie Hall

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 19 January 2011 13:59

  

  Submitted PhotoEric Troop, a music teacher and the band director at Bellalago Academy, will be honored at Carnegie Hall in New York City in March by the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation. By Fallan Pat...

• Housing for elderly in the works

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 19 January 2011 13:51

  

  Drawings/Osceola CountyAbove top is a drawing of the planned main community center building at St. Anthony Garden Courts in St. Cloud. Above is a drawing of the units in the project, which is being funded mai...