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• Fifth Third Bank robbed

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 15:44

  Osceola County Sheriff's Office detectives are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect involved in an armed robbery today at the Fifth Third Bank, 9020 W. U.S. Highway 192, Kissimmee.   ...

• Two arrested in St. Cloud armed robbery

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 14:53

  

  Palmieri Willison St. Cloud police today arrested two city residents, Angelo J. Palmieri, 20, and his mother, Cindy M. Willison, 47, both of 343 Columbia Ave., in connection with t...

• County’s population hits 268,685

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 13:47

  

  By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer In just 10 years, Osceola County’s population rose by nearly 100,000 residents, from 172,493 in 2000 to 268,685 last year, according to 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data released March 17....

• New foster care agency coming aboard April 1

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 13:41

  

  Casel By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer The child-welfare system, including foster children and social workers, in Osceola and Orange counties will soon be managed by a new lead agency. ...

• Sheriff’s Office honored for DUI enforcement

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 13:37

  

  Photo/Osceola County Sheriff’s OfficeThe Osceola County Sherff’s Office was recently honored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving for its DUI checkpoint work. Pictured from left are: Deputy Jason Teems,, Depu...

• Kissimmee agency has new office and museum

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 13:28

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Kelly TraceGail Hamilton, director of the Kissimmee Community Redevelopment Agency, explains what it took to restore the Bryan House – the new home of the agency – back to its original ...

• New college to hold grand opening

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 13:27

  

  Florida Technical College Kissimmee will have its grand opening Thursday, March 31, at 5 p.m. The new college will be at 3831 W. Vine St., Suite 50, Kissimmee. ...

• Traffic stop leads to grow house on Flora Drive

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 13:14

  Martinez Fernandez Diaz A traffic stop by Osceola County Sheriff’s Office deputies Friday led to a marijuana grow house on Flora Drive in Buenaventura Lakes, where 93 plants were confiscated. ...

• Police looking for fraud suspects

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 13:08

  

  Fraud Suspect Kissimmee police detectives are asking for the public’s help to identify two fraud suspects. ...

• Deputies find grow house while investigating suspicious incident

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 13:04

  

  Castillo Osceola County Sheriff’s Office deputies on March 17 discovered a grow house at 2407 Karba Way, Kissimmee, confiscated 40 marijuana plants and arrested resident David Castillo, 32. ...

• Homeless man charged for burglaries

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 13:00

  

  Calderon-Perez A 32-year-old homeless man arrested by Kissimmee police over the weekend for burglary has been linked to several more break-ins throughout Kissimmee. ...

• Kissimmee man charged with DUI

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 12:58

  

  A Kissimmee resident, 32-year-old Oscar Martinez, was arrested March 19 and charged with running a red light and causing a crash with injuries and property damage while under the influence of alcohol. ...

• OHS softball champ

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 12:43

  

  News-Gazette Photos/Andrew Sullivan The dirt was flying on the base paths of Coffey Field Friday when Harmony played Osceola for the Orange Belt Conference championship. Osceola third baseman Alexa Ballard f...

• ’Noles and Gators to Final Four?

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 12:40

  

  Rick Pedone SportsEditor Contributing mightily to the carnage that is our NCAA basketball tournament pool sheets are the Florida State Seminoles, an ACC basketball bit player that is doing a disservice to Seminoles fa...

• Harmony’s Bruns to Chipola College

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 12:37

  

  Photo/Special to the News-Gazette Harmony softball player Brittany Bruns, seated between her parents, Tom and Diane Bruns, signed a softball grant to Chipola College. Standing from left are Athletic Director...

• The Dark side tops in Senior All-Star basketball games

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 12:32

  

  By Ken JacksonSports Writer Both the boys and girls basketball games came down to the final shot in the Osceola County Senior All-Star Game on Saturday at Osceola High School. ...

• Sports briefs for March 24, 2011

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 12:28

  Storm golf tourney The Celebration High School football program will host the inaugural Storm Golf Tournament April 30 at Celebration Golf Club at 8 a.m. Proceeds will be used to purchase needed equipment. ...

• County votes to cut legal budget

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 12:23

  

  Arrington By Marvin G. CortnerEditor The Osceola County Commission Monday in a 4-1 vote cut the county legal department budget down to $1 million or less for the next fiscal year and agreed to conti...

• Rehiring firm a good move

  Opinions

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 12:20

  

  Finding itself between a rock and a hard place last week, the Osceola County School Board rightly chose to rehire Schenkel Shultz Architecture to complete design work on the new DD middle school planned for a site alon...

• Letters to the editor for March 24, 2011

  Opinions

  Created: Wednesday, 23 March 2011 12:19

  Board works for us To the editor: By now I hope the majority of the parents and members of the community have watched recent Osceola County School Board meetings and read articles in the newspaper along with the letters to the editor. If not, please do ...