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• DBA Elects 2011 Officers

  Community

  Created: Saturday, 30 April 2011 13:10

  The Downtown Business Association of Kissimmee, Inc.,  founded in 1967, has elected officers and directors to serve for the year 2011-2012.  John Fields, Attorney at Law was re-elected President/Director, Sharon Lanier, of Lanier's His...

• Harmony softball advances; OHS out

  Sports

  Created: Saturday, 30 April 2011 08:14

  By Rick PedoneSports EditorHarmony defeated Tavares, 6-4, Friday to advance to the 4A Region 2 softball finals Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Dade City Pasco. ...

• State crime rate falls to 40-year low

  County News

  Created: Friday, 29 April 2011 13:55

  

  Kissimmee crime rate is up; major crime in St. Cloud and unincorporated area falls By Fallan PattersonStaff WriterFlorida’s crime rate is at a 40-year low, Gov. Rick Scott announced Tuesday, and both state and local...

• Snail kites making comeback – hydrilla, too

  County News

  Created: Friday, 29 April 2011 13:53

  

  By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer An invasive aquatic plant and an endangered native bird are both making a comeback on Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials announced Thursday i...

• Otero to challenge Swan for mayor’s seat

  County News

  Created: Friday, 29 April 2011 13:43

  

  Otero Swan By Brian McBrideAssociate Editor Kissimmee City Commissioner Art Otero said he, not Mayor Jim Swan, can take the city to the next level. That’s why he decided to run...

• Community pulls together for fundraiser

  County News

  Created: Friday, 29 April 2011 13:33

  

  Hunter Muller By Rick MadewellAssistant Editor Jessica Lynn Muller died a horrific death Feb. 19 at the hands of her longtime boyfriend, Theodore Johnson, who took his own life a short time later. ...

• News briefs for April 30, 2011

  County News

  Created: Friday, 29 April 2011 13:29

  Tourism taxes up for February, fiscal year Osceola County’s tourist development tax revenue continues to be up so far this fiscal year compared to last year, up 7 percent in February compared to the prior year after a 5.7 percent increase in January, a...

• Five arrested in Operation Weed & Speed

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 29 April 2011 13:16

  Brooms Fender Macki Stites White Osceola County Investigative Bureau agents Thursday, in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration, concluded Operati...

• Sprint Store burglarized April 23

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 29 April 2011 13:13

  

  Kissimmee police detectives are looking for two suspects who burglarized the Sprint Store at 1001 W. Vine St. in Kissimmee. ...

• Detectives arrest burglary suspect

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 29 April 2011 13:11

  

  Soto Osceola County Sheriff’s Office deputies Wednesday, with the Community Response Team and detectives with West Property Crimes, conducted an undercover operation after reports of numerous burgl...

• Detectives looking for ATM armed robbery suspect

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 29 April 2011 13:06

  

  Suspect Osceola County Sheriff’s Office detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying a robbery suspect. ...

• Spring football begins

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 29 April 2011 12:48

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan St. Cloud running back Irving Huggins, here being tackled by Lake Gibson defenders during a 2009 playoff game, will not return to the Bulldogs for his senior season. ...

• Stevens pitched HHS into regionals

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 29 April 2011 12:43

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Harmony pitcher A.J. Stevens suffered a concussion and chest injuries following an auto accident after the team’s victory over Tavares Wednesday. By Ken JacksonS...

• Knocking off Tigers was thrill, until ...

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 29 April 2011 12:34

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Junior pitcher Breann Vanderzyl pitched three innings in Harmony’s 11-4 win over Dunnellon Wednesday before breaking her leg in an auto accident after the game. ...

• Osceola’s Gaither toughs it out at regional track

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 29 April 2011 12:28

  

  By Rick PedoneSports Editor Although injured, Osceola High senior Tynia Gaither remains one of the nation’s premier sprinters. She demonstrated that Wednesday by winning 100- and 200-meters championships at the 4A ...

• ‘J.J.’ selects Santa Fe hoops

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 29 April 2011 12:04

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Osceola basketball player Jedarian Jackson (seated center), flanked by his mother, Yolanda Coats (seated right) and grandmother Eunice Whitted (seated left), celebrated his...

• Lady Horns fall in flag football

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 29 April 2011 12:00

  

  By Ken JacksonSports Writer Despite throwing three interceptions, Harmony was still a player in the District 8 flag football championship game against Dr. Phillips. ...

• Storm, Lady Dogs solid at 3A-2 track

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 29 April 2011 11:56

  

  By Rick PedoneSports Editor Celebration boasted two champions at the 3A Region 2 track meet Thursday at Harmony High, led by two-event winner Tyler Osorio. ...

• 2011 Tribeca Film Festival announces Awards

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 29 April 2011 11:33

  The 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival, co-founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, and presented by founding sponsor American Express, announced the winners of its competition  at a ceremony hosted at the W Union Square in New Yor...

• A wake-up call

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 29 April 2011 10:17

  

  There’s nothing like a bid protest at the Osceola County School District from a national company to shed light on what appears to have been a flawed selection process for a construction manager at risk firm for a new...