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• County squads at district and regional track meets today

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 20 April 2011 12:10

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Octavian Cantilli Osceola’s Chelsea Thomas takes the baton from Jodiann Crooks during the third leg of the 4 x 400 relay at the Orange Belt Conference meet. By Rick PedoneSports...

• Lady Horns No. 1 seed in flag

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 20 April 2011 12:07

  

  By Ken JacksonSports Writer Harmony’s flag football team is downright stingy. The Longhorns gave up just 14 points over nine games following a dominating 33-2 win of Cypress Creek on Tuesday. ...

• Harmony in 4A-6 softball title game

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 20 April 2011 12:05

  

  By Rick PedoneSports Editor The district softball tournaments got under way this week with predictable results. ...

• Sports briefs for April 21, 2011

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 20 April 2011 12:02

  

  State tennis tourney The three Osceola County participants at the Class 3A state tennis tournament in Seminole County were eliminated in the first round Monday. ...

• Florida Film Festival winners announced, The Happy Poet Grand Jury Award winner

  Entertainment

  Created: Wednesday, 20 April 2011 09:58

  Following 10 days, 165 films, and tens of thousands of moviegoers, the 20th annual Florida Film Festival, sponsored by Full Sail University, came to a close last weekend with a highly anticipated awards reception recognizing the best in American independ...

• Bluesmaster Music Festival comes to Osceola Heritage Park April 30

  Entertainment

  Created: Wednesday, 20 April 2011 08:54

  The Bluesmaster Music Festival, an all-day  music festival l featuring Mickey Thomas and special guests John Mayall, Elvin Bishop, Ruthie Foster, Kenny Neal, Shemikia   Copeland,  Eddie Shaw and the Wolfgand and Eric Gales  comes ...

• County approves funeral home for strip mall

  County News

  Created: Tuesday, 19 April 2011 12:49

  

  By Marvin G. Cortner Editor The Osceola County Commission Monday on a 3-2 vote approved a conditional use permit for a funeral home in the former Sonny's barbecue restaurant in the Shoppes of Kissimmee strip mall at ...

• Latest info on upcoming Tribeca Film Festival, including selection of judges (Dianne Wiest, Paul Dano, Whoopi, Michael Cera)

  Entertainment

  Created: Monday, 18 April 2011 12:23

  The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by American Express, the Founding Sponsor of the Festival, today announced its jurors – a diverse and talented group of 38 individuals, including award-winning filmmakers and screenwriters, celebrated actors, ...

• Title programs under review at School District

  County News

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 16:38

  The Florida Department of Education is conducting a scheduled, five-year cycle monitoring of the 2009-10 fiscal school year of the Osceola County School District Title programs and one problem that was discovered is being corrected. ...

• Bistro owner says he’s not violating county code

  County News

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 14:06

  

  Howard By Rick MadewellAssistant Editor John Howard just wants to sell his Philly cheese steaks, pizzas and other baked foods at the Corner Bistro. But every time he turns around, he said, Osceola C...

• Wee Read plants the seeds for early literacy

  County News

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 13:39

  

  News-Gazette Photos/Andrew SullivanDuring a Wee Read Early Literacy promotion at a Kissimmee La Petite Academy, Kathy Unger, prekindergarten specialist for the Osceola County School District, discusses with p...

• News briefs for April 16, 2011

  County News

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 13:32

  

  Free gas cards to be offered at City of Life Easter service City of Life Church in Kissimmee has announced its Easter Experience program at 10 a.m. Sunday, April 24, at the Silver Spurs Arena, 1875 Silver Spurs Lane, ...

• Orlando man arrested for sexual battery

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 13:26

  

  An Orlando man was arrested Wednesday for a sexual battery that occurred approximately three years ago in Kissimmee. ...

• Juveniles arrested for vehicle burglaries

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 13:15

  

  The St. Cloud Police Department arrested and charged three juveniles Wednesday with grand theft and armed burglary after they allegedly broke into about 10 vehicles, including an Osceola County Sheriff’s Office vehic...

• Fatal crash Thursday

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 13:12

  

  A Poinciana man, Enrique Lopez, 72, died from injuries suffered in a car crash Thursday after he pulled into the path of a pickup truck, authorities said. ...

• And the Masters winner is?

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 13:06

  

  Ken JacksonSports Writer Hey, wasn’t that Masters great last weekend?Would you know good golf if it hit you in the plaid pants?If you need me to tell you that it was, well it really, really was. The golf people in t...

• Previews and more for Cowboys & Aliens starring Harrison Ford (Spielberg/Ron Howard production)

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 12:51

  The preview trailer for Daniel Craig/Harrison Ford's eagerly anticipated Cowboys & Aliens is now online. Here are several sites where you can view trailers and get info. on the Jon Favreau film, produced by Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer a...

• National record holder

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 12:38

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Even a state champion needs to cut loose and have some fun now and then, as Osceola’s Pete Baldwin does here with a teammate during a tournament last season at the OHS gy...

• It’s home and garden show time — Event returns to the Orange County Convention Center this weekend

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 12:28

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor You really can make your home your castle at the 2011 Central Florida Home & Garden Show returning to the Orange County Convention Center this weekend. The home and garden show has proven to be one...

• Three locals at Class 3A state tennis tourney

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 12:18

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan St. Cloud’s Trevor Foshee will play  at the state tournament at Lake Brantley Monday. By Rick PedoneSports Editor St. Cloud’s Trevor Foshee, a small play...