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• Tweetup, up, up and away — St. Cloud resident gets front seat for shuttle launch and will Tweet the experience

  Daily News Updates

  Created: Wednesday, 27 April 2011 11:23

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Rick Madewell Jillian Davis will get a front row seat to the Endeavour shuttle launch Friday afternoon as part of a NASA Tweetup event. By Peter CovinoEntertainment ...

• Our condolences; home OK

  Opinions

  Created: Wednesday, 27 April 2011 09:17

  We’ll have to side with the majority on the Osceola County Commission’s recent approval of a conditional use permit that allows a funeral home to be developed in a former Sonny’s barbecue restaurant at 3189 S. John Young Parkway in the Shoppes of Ki...

• Letters to the editor for April 28, 2011

  Opinions

  Created: Wednesday, 27 April 2011 09:14

  Mom changed my grades, too! To the editor: When I first heard the alleged story about Cindy Hartig, the chairperson of the Osceola County School Board, making a teacher change her daughter’s grade, it made me chuckle — not because there is anything...

• OHS softball advances

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 27 April 2011 08:28

  By Rick PedoneSports EditorOsceola scored three times in the bottom of the fourth inning and held on to beat Lakeland George Jenkins, 3-2, Tuesday at Coffey Field in the Class 5A regional softball quarterfinals. ...

• County Commission moves forward on right of way audit

  County News

  Created: Tuesday, 26 April 2011 14:56

  

  By Marvin G. CortnerEditor The Osceola County Commission Monday in a 3-2 vote narrowed the scope of the proposed audit for the purchase of right of way for road projects. ...

• Leadercast event set for Friday, May 6

  County News

  Created: Tuesday, 26 April 2011 11:16

  

  Behrman By Brian McBrideAssociate EditorA Big 12 college football coach, a television commentator and the head of The Coca-Cola Company are just some of the motivational speakers who will be broadcas...

• Food banks helping out in hard times

  County News

  Created: Tuesday, 26 April 2011 11:14

  

  By Fallan Patterson Staff Writer After her daughter-in-law's unemployment ran out in September, Ella Wilkie was unsure how her family would get by. She credits the Osceola County Council on Aging for getting her thr...

• Public meeting to provide updates on snail kites, Kissimmee Chain invasive-plant management

  County News

  Created: Monday, 25 April 2011 09:48

  

  Updates on snail kites and invasive-plant management on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes is the focus of a public meeting in Kissimmee on Thursday, April 28, from 10 a.m. until noon. The meeting will be on the fourth floor...

• Broadway store fills downtown niche

  County News

  Created: Friday, 22 April 2011 13:25

  

  News-Gazette Photos/Andrew SullivanDusty Kirk, assistant store manager of the Marketplace Express in Kissimmee, straightens products on the shelf. By Peter CovinoEntertainment Editor Take the dog to...

• Former St. Cloud mayor dies

  County News

  Created: Friday, 22 April 2011 13:22

  

  Word By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer Former St. Cloud mayor Richard G. Word died Wednesday morning from lung cancer at his Virginia Avenue home surrounded by family. Word, 83, served as a St. Cloud...

• All ‘duct’ out for the prom

  County News

  Created: Friday, 22 April 2011 13:10

  

  Photo/Courtesy of Lori WallSean Turner and Erin Wall pose for a photo at Gateway High School’s prom. By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer It started with a 3-D duct tape rose on Valentine’s Day. Gat...

• News briefs for April 23, 2011

  County News

  Created: Friday, 22 April 2011 13:04

  

  Steffee landing Park to be closed temporarily The city of Kissimmee Public Works and Engineering Department  has announced the temporary closure of Steffee Landing Park. ...

• Arrested on molestation charges

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 22 April 2011 13:00

  

  Kanagasbapathy On April 19, Osceola County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Celebration High School.  Upon arrival, deputies spoke with s 14-year-old girl, who indicated for the past year, a re...

• Kissimmee man arrested for sexual battery

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 22 April 2011 12:57

  

  Brown A Kissimmee man was arrested for sexual battery Wednesday. On April 10, officers responded to an area of West Cherry Street in Kissimmee to investigate a report of lewd and lascivious activity...

• Lady Dogs, Storm rule

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 22 April 2011 12:53

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan St. Cloud freshman Kirsten Chambers won the 100 meters hurdles Wednesday, helping the Lady Bulldogs win the district championship. County teams dominate in 3A-6 B...

• Horns, OHS in regional softball

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 22 April 2011 12:51

  

  By Rick Pedone Sports Editor Osceola and Harmony had to ride an hour to their respective district championship softball games Thursday, but the trips were worth it. Osceola, behind pitcher Sasha Mendez, beat Lake Wa...

• Gateway rolling as 6A-6 baseball tourney looms

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 22 April 2011 12:27

  

  By Ken JacksonSports Writer Gateway last won the Orange Belt Conference baseball title in 2004. The Panthers also claimed their last district title that year, so karma bodes well for them. ...

• OHS, Liberty send many to regionals

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 22 April 2011 12:02

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Whatever Celebration’s Tyler Osorio and Coach Joel Fox discussed at the 3A-6 district track meet Wednesday worked: Osorio won two events and the Storm claimed their first...

• Efforts are flawed

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 22 April 2011 11:58

  

  Residents of Buenaventura Lakes certainly have a right to organize a recall effort to oust Osceola County Commissioner John Quiñones from office but their efforts, based on our reading of state statute, are flawed. In...

• Reducing impact fees creates jobs in county

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 22 April 2011 11:55

  

  Mike HornerChamber of Commerce Osceola County needs to build on the success of its commercial impact fee moratorium by passing a similar measure for residential property. ...