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• Softball teams at district tourneys

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 12:09

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Jessica Callahan connects for Osceola at the Kissimmee Klassic tournament two weeks ago. Callahan had three hits during Osceola’s 9-0 win at St. Cloud Thursday. ...

• Sports briefs for April 16, 2011

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 12:03

  OHS water polo The Osceola High water polo team will hold a fundraiser Monday at 5:30 p.m. at Fantasy Surf on Poinciana Boulevard. ...

• TWA: Right move

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 12:00

  

  The Toho Water Authority board of supervisors made the right decision Wednesday to require the utility to resume providing carbon water filters to households in Harmony, where the potable water has been out of complian...

• Hartig files lawsuits against Wheeler, resident

  County News

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 11:55

  By Fallan Patterson Staff Writer Osceola County School Board Chairman Cindy Hartig filed two lawsuits seeking damages against a fellow school board member for calling her “mentally ill” and against a resident for publicly alleging Hartig bullied a...

• Letters to the editor for April 16, 2011

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 11:55

  Taxes to curb consumption To the editor: With the annual tax filing date just around the corner, pundits are searching for ways to make our tax code fairer and more reflective of our social incentives and burdens. In this regard, there is a growing inte...

• Looking back, our schools grew under leadership of Grego

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 11:52

  

  Jay Wheeler School Board, D-1 All of us in Osceola County have been blessed to have Dr. Michael Grego lead our School District as superintendent since 2008. In a relatively short period of time, Dr. Grego has success...

• Get ready for the summer — here is a preview of 101 Things to Do This Summer

  Daily News Updates

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 11:42

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor Last year, right at about this same time, my fingers nearly bled from all the typing that went into the Osceola News-Gazette's 101 Things to Do This Summer special section. ...

• Turner Construction protests ranking for DD middle school

  County News

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 11:39

  

  By Marvin G. CortnerEditorTurner Construction Company Monday filed a written protest with the Osceola County School District over the selection of the construction manager at risk for the $15.5 million DD middle school...

• Unemployment rate drops in Osceola County

  County News

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 11:18

  Osceola County's unemployment rate for March (not-seasonally-adjusted) was 11.3 percent, down from February's 11.9 percent and down from 12.3 percent in March 2010, according to the latest report from the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation. This repr...

• Bid protest filed over cement contract; two School Board member face ethics complaints

  County News

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 10:11

  

  By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer An Orlando-based ready mix concrete company has filed a bid protest against the Osceola County School District and two School Board members alleging “irregularities, improprieties and...

• oooh oooh.. it's Car 54 Where are You? on DVD for the first time, plus the complete Tracy & Hepburn collection

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 15 April 2011 08:30

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor So many review DVDs arrive at the office — timeless classics, new Blu-rays, collector box editions, but nothing was quite exciting as the recent arrival of Car 54 Where are You? (season one). I still hav...

• Harmony residents angry, worried about water quality

  County News

  Created: Thursday, 14 April 2011 15:07

  

  By Marvin G. CortnerEditor Some Harmony residents are fed up with the poor quality of their tap water and want more action than band-aid fixes – such as carbon water filters that attach to faucets – from the Toho ...

• County Commission OKs tourist council term limits

  County News

  Created: Thursday, 14 April 2011 15:05

  

  By Marvin G. Cortner Editor The Osceola County Commission Monday approved an ordinance change to set in place term limits for both the chairman of the Osceola County Tourist Development Council and council members. ...

• No need to put all your eggs in one basket — there is a lot to see and do for the Easter holiday

  Daily News Updates

  Created: Thursday, 14 April 2011 14:08

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor Maybe the phrase should  "busy as a bunny" instead of  a beaver. The Easter Bunny looks like he is running himself ragged this holiday season with appearances, events and  brunches all over Central Fl...

• Scream 4 is not for the squeamish — Gore factor is high in fourth film, plot isn’t so important

  Entertainment

  Created: Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:45

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor There may be more gore than I remember from any of the three previous Scream films, but one thing is for sure: I didn’t scream, not even once during the screening of Scream 4. This is not the best of the...

• oh the horror, the horror — horror films coming to AMC theaters nationwide

  Entertainment

  Created: Thursday, 14 April 2011 11:19

  By Peter CovinoEntertainment Editor Bloody Disgusting and The Collective have started a new series bringing horror films to AMC Theaters on a regular basis. The first in the series is  German zombie film Rammbock: Berlin Undead, May 4. I got a cha...

• News briefs for April 14, 2011

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 13 April 2011 14:20

  

  Hartig Hartig files to run for School Board Cindy Hartig, chairwoman of the Osceola County School Board, has officially filed her paperwork with the Supervisor of Elections to run for a second term ...

• April 30 talk to be on pond cemeteries

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 13 April 2011 14:04

  

  Rachel K. Wentz, director of the Florida Public Archaeology Network East Central Region,  will be the guest speaker for the program. Water burials used by Native Americans in Archaic period The...

• OBT public hearing to be May 10

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 13 April 2011 14:01

  

  The Florida Department of Transportation at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, will conduct a public hearing concerning a project development and environment study that examines proposed improvements on Orange Blossom Trail/U....

• VA Medical Center to have career expo

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 13 April 2011 14:00

  

  The Orlando VA Medical Center, in partnership with the Center for Independent Living/Business Advisory Council, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday will sponsor the Fourth Annual Welcome Home Event and Career Expo for Inde...