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• St. Cloud offers balloon rides at celebration

  Around Osceola

  Created: Thursday, 23 June 2011 09:03

  The Fourth of July Celebration at the St. Cloud lakefront gets an early, 6 a.m. lift off. ...

• Give Kids the World gets key to Kissimmee

  Around Osceola

  Created: Thursday, 23 June 2011 08:59

  Give Kids The World village, a nonprofit resort that has provided happiness and hope for more than 107,000 children with life-threatening illnesses and their families, was honored June 7 by Kissimmee  Mayor Jim Swan with a key to the city. ...

• Kissimmee Utility Authority takes home 11 awards

  Around Osceola

  Created: Thursday, 23 June 2011 08:57

  Kissimmee Utility Authority’s annual report, hurricane handbook, electrical safety calendar and 25th anniversary poster have been honored with a combined 11 awards in the 17th annual Communicator Awards program. ...

• Youths earn VFW awards

  Around Osceola

  Created: Thursday, 23 June 2011 08:56

  On May 25, Kissimmee Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 4225, Senior Vice Commander Scott Carmean, presented Patriot's Pen, Youth Essay Award citations to a number of Trinity Lutheran School of Kissimmee students. ...

• Phillips likes FAMU

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 22 June 2011 14:45

  News-Gazette Photo/Rick Pedone From left, Osceola High boys track coach Mike Clemens, Christina Brown, Defario Phillips and Principal Gary Preisser celebrate Phillips’ track scholarship to FAMU at the OHS gym. Aunt helped Osceola spr...

• Magic 16th in Ultimate Standings

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 22 June 2011 14:36

  Rick Pedone Sports Editor The Orlando Magic and Tampa Bay Rays are down, the Tampa Bay Lightning is way up, and Florida’s NFL franchises are barely visible in ESPN The Magazine’s ninth annual Ultimate Standings. ...

• Mike Clark takes Horns softball

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 22 June 2011 14:30

  By Rick PedoneSports Editor After a 10-year layoff, Mike Clark will be back in the softball dugout next season as the head coach at Harmony High. ...

• Top Team champs

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 22 June 2011 14:26

  The Kissimmee Braves won the District 3 Majors Top Team championship at the Oak Street fields recently with a 5-1 decision over St. Cloud. The Braves came from the loser’s bracket to win six in a row. Team members, front row from left: Connor Parker, Co...

• Sports briefs for June 23, 2011

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 22 June 2011 14:11

  GOU soccer The Greater Osceola United Soccer Club will hold competitive travel roster fill-in days for players ages 4-18 Tuesday and June 30 at Austin-Tindall Park from 6 to 8 p.m. ...

• Higher temperatures, higher bills

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 22 June 2011 14:01

  Near-record electricity consumption this week by customers of Kissimmee Utility Authority will likely lead to higher power bills in the coming weeks. ...

• Successful defense ... but

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 22 June 2011 13:51

  With his ethics complaints now behind him, we urge district 1 Osceola County School Board Member Jay Wheeler to renew his focus on running our schools, which includes overseeing both the educational and business aspects of the School District. ...

• Letters to the editor for June 23, 2011

  Opinions

  Created: Wednesday, 22 June 2011 13:47

  Now is not the time to criticize To the editor: A clash of leadership on the Osceola County School Board and the surprise promotion of Mr. Terry Andrews to the position of superintendent of the district have led to much controversy. ...

• Cited for careless driving on I-4

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 22 June 2011 13:39

  Eduardo Leonardo, 51, of Kissimmee, was charged with careless driving Wednesday, June 15, after he overturned his box truck on Interstate 4 in Osceola County. ...

• Lakefront vendors seek ban leniency

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 22 June 2011 13:33

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew SullivanBruce Brock, who owns and runs Brock’s Snow Cones, shown here holding an assortment of popsicles at his ice cream truck’s window, is one of several vendors operating near the St. Cloud lakefront trying to co...

• Valencia College starts campus at Lake Nona

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 22 June 2011 13:20

  

  Drawing/Valencia CollegeValencia College next week will start construction on the first building at its new campus at Lake Nona. Above is a drawing of the  building where advanced math and science classe...

• News briefs for June 23, 2011

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 22 June 2011 13:13

  

  Osceola County joblessness drops Osceola County’s unemployment rate for May (not seasonally adjusted) was 10.7 percent, down from April’s 10.9 percent and down more than 1 percent from 11.8 in May 2010, according ...

• Gov. Scott signs Property Tax Relief Bill

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 22 June 2011 12:54

  Gov. Rick Scott today in West Palm Beach signed legislation that will save homeowners and businesses throughout Florida $210.5 million on property taxes due in 2012. ...

• Mike Clark takes Harmony softball

  County News

  Created: Tuesday, 21 June 2011 16:22

  By Rick PedoneSports EditorFormer St. Cloud High Coach Mike Clark accepted the Harmony High softball job Tuesday. Principal Buddy Butler called Clark the best candidate for the job. "We're very happy that he accepted," Butler said. ...

• County OKs Christian school, new district map and park improvements

  County News

  Created: Tuesday, 21 June 2011 11:23

  By Marvin G. Cortner Editor The conversion of a daycare center off Boggy Creek Road into an 88-student private Christian school received the green light Monday evening from Osceola County commissioners despite opposition from nearby residents. ...

• 20 arrested today in St. Cloud on drug charges

  County News

  Created: Monday, 20 June 2011 15:44

  By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer St. Cloud Police officers today conducted a massive sweep of the city and arrested 20 people on narcotic charges in Operation Tear Drop. ...