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• Kissimmee woman facing sexual battery charges

  Police News

  Created: Saturday, 31 December 2011 08:46

  O'Neill Smith By Fallan Patterson Staff Writer A Kissimmee woman is facing sexual battery charges after she allegedly took part in several threesomes with her married boyfriend and a 7-year-old girl last year. Marg...

• Much work to do

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 30 December 2011 16:29

  

  When the Osceola County Commission considers recommendations relating to a plan to revitalize and redevelop West U.S. Highway 192, it will have to think outside the box to undue a situation that has been decades in the...

• Letters to the editor for December 31, 2011

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 30 December 2011 16:26

  

  

  The opportunity is here To the editor: Recently, it was announced that Kim Jung Il died of a heart attack on a train in North Korea. While I’m sure this news reverberates around...

• Who’s it for?

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 30 December 2011 16:22

  

  By Robert B. ReichTribune Media ServicesAmerican Voices The defining political issue of 2012 won’t be the government’s size. It will be who government is for. Americans have never much liked government. After all...

• Francis made plays

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 30 December 2011 16:04

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Osceola linebacker Akim Francis (11) swoops in to make a tackle against St. Cloud quarterback Phillip Steinmetz. Francis led OHS with 121 tackles. Kowboys lineback...

• NFL season finally ends for Florida

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 30 December 2011 16:02

  The NFL regular season comes to its end this weekend, and the huddled masses in Jacksonville, Tampa and Miami can only say: What took so long? It doesn’t seem possible, but Florida’s NFL franchises screwed up worse this year than Netfli...

• Shootout: No. 1 Lake Wales presses to victory

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 30 December 2011 15:49

  

  Moody By Rick PedoneSports Editor The good news for Osceola, Gateway and Poinciana high schools at the 31st Great Florida Shootout at the Kissimmee Civic Center was that all three won at least one g...

• Sports briefs for December 31, 2011

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 30 December 2011 15:37

  

  AAU volleyballGirls who would like to participate in AAU 10-U and middle school volleyball programs in St. Cloud should email Coach Ettie Singleton at singlete@osceola.k12.fl.us. for information.SC soccer club ...

• City extends its ban on new pain clinics

  County News

  Created: Friday, 30 December 2011 15:27

  

  Steigerwald By Brian McBrideAssociate Editor The Kissimmee City Commission agreed Dec. 20 to extend a moratorium on new pain management clinics, commonly referred to as pill mills, for an extra six ...

• West 192 corridor under review

  County News

  Created: Friday, 30 December 2011 15:21

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew SullivanThe building formerly occupied by Shell World on West U.S. Highway 192 is one of dozens of vacant structures along this tourist corridor in Osceola County. The business re...

• St. Cloud had its share of violent crime in 2011

  County News

  Created: Friday, 30 December 2011 15:13

  

  Jung By Fallan Patterson Staff Writer In what was its deadliest year in recent memory, St. Cloud saw a spike in violence in 2011 – two unrelated murder-suicides, the double homicide of two brothe...

• Charter committee to meet Thursday

  County News

  Created: Friday, 30 December 2011 15:11

  

  The next meeting of the Osceola County Charter Review Advisory Commission will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Osceola County Administration Building, conference room 4727, 1 Courthouse Square, Kissimmee. ...

• Two arrested for car burglary at Best Buy

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 30 December 2011 15:06

  

  Patino-Orozco Arenas Osceola County Sheriff’s Office deputies have arrested Jack Arenas, 28, of Rego Park, N.Y., and Jaime Andres Patino-Orozco, 17, of Orlando, and charged them with car bur...

• Kissimmee police arrest three for robbery

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 30 December 2011 15:00

  

  Brown Centeno Jenkins Kissimmee police have arrested three suspects – all Kissimmee residents – for allegedly robbing a Walgreens employee Dec. 23.On Dec. 23 at approximately 2 a.m....

• Beware of look-alike websites for online motorist services

  County News

  Created: Friday, 30 December 2011 14:51

  

  The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has issued a warning to its customers about deceptive websites that lure people into paying a fee to access DHSMV’s online motorist services. ...

• Arrested for drug trafficking

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 30 December 2011 07:06

  Matos On Thursday at approximately 1:59 a.m., Osceola County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the area of Osceola Parkway and Buenaventura Lakes Boulevard after receiving a call regarding a possible reckless driver. Deputies lo...

• Lake Wales is Shootout champ

  County News

  Created: Thursday, 29 December 2011 22:35

  By Rick PedoneSports Editor Lake Wales won the 31st Great Florida Shootout championship Thursday the same way it reached the title game: with depth, balance and relentless pressure. The Highlanders, with four players in double figures, beat Peachtree Ri...

• Let the good times roll: 2012 is almost here . Kissimmee has its first “Cube Drop” and more area New Year’s Eve events

  Entertainment

  Created: Thursday, 29 December 2011 16:08

  By PeterCovino Lifestyles Editor The coolest cube on the block in downtown Kissimmee won't be watering down your favorite alcoholic beverage this New Year's Eve. It will ease slowly down from a height of 80-feet to officially welcome 2012. The lit c...

• HBO’s award-winning series Boardwalk Empire and Mildred Pierce make Blu-ray, DVD debuts

  Entertainment

  Created: Thursday, 29 December 2011 15:53

  By Peter Covino Lifestyles Editor Start the new year out with two of HBO Home Entertainment's latest award-nominated series Boardwalk Empire: The Complete First Season and Mildred Pierce: Collector's Edition. The two shows are just the latest...

• Lake Wales runs into Shootout final

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 28 December 2011 22:54

  By Rick PedoneSports Editor Lake Wales made it five basketball wins in a row over Osceola in decisive fashion at the Great Florida Shootout Wednesday at the Kissimmee Civic Center. The Highlanders, ranked No. 1 in Class 5A, finished the first half on a ...