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• Letters to the Editor for May 27, 2010

  Opinions

  Created: Wednesday, 26 May 2010 12:09

  Supports Horner To the editor: I would like to address two recent letters to this paper that criticized state Rep. Mike Horner's position against the recently passed 2,000-plus page health care bill that was rushed through Congress, as well as Horner's ...

• KFD at the Firefighter Challenge

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 26 May 2010 10:02

  

  Photos by Andrew Sullivan Firefighters from the Kissimeme Fire Department participated in the Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge Saturday at Old Towne, on U.S. Highway 192. Kissimmee wa...

• Fight Night - Boxing at the Kissimmee Civic Center

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 26 May 2010 09:49

  

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• Long running for School Board

  County News

  Created: Tuesday, 25 May 2010 10:21

  

  Tom Long, of St. Cloud, announced Monday he was running for Osceola County School Board, district 5. “I offer fresh leadership ready to tackle the responsibility of providing our children with a world-class educatio...

• 10-year-old arrested for assault

  Police News

  Created: Monday, 24 May 2010 12:53

  

  A 10-year-old student was arrested for threatening three other students with an 8-inch knife he brought into Boggy Creek Elementary School Thursday morning, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office reported. Three elementa...

• Suspicious package investigated at Kissimmee mall

  Police News

  Created: Monday, 24 May 2010 12:52

  

  A suspicious package at Osceola Square Mall caused the Kissimmee Police Department to evacuate the east side of the mall Saturday night while the Orange County Sheriff's Office bomb squad investigated. Not long after th...

• A dining offer you just can’t refuse

  Entertainment

  Created: Saturday, 22 May 2010 00:00

  Francis Ford Coppola inspired the menu at Hollywood & Vine dining event By Peter CovinoEntertainment EditorYou may not be able to dine with Academy Award-winning director Francis Ford Coppola but you can sample some of his finest wines at the Hollywo...

• Michael Jackson set to return at Epcot

  Entertainment

  Created: Saturday, 22 May 2010 00:00

  Captain EO, original 3-D experience returns to Disney in July Michael Jackson will live on with the return of Captain EO, the classic Walt Disney World favorite. ...

• Meryl Streep stars in two films

  Entertainment

  Created: Saturday, 22 May 2010 00:00

  Peter CovinoEntertainment EditorPlus Doctor Zhivago makes a house call with a 45th anniversary editionI am always a sucker for movies that capture the spirit of an old Rock Hudson and Doris Day film, and It’s Complicated does that quite nicely. ...

• Escaped inmate found with St. Cloud resident's help

  County News

  Created: Friday, 21 May 2010 15:10

  

  Christopher Updated: Wednesday, May 26 By Juliana A. TorresStaff Writer Michael France, a 21-year-old Florida Department of Corrections inmate, who escaped from his work crew last week Thursday mor...

• It's almost here – are you ready?

  County News

  Created: Friday, 21 May 2010 13:34

  Map/National Hurricane CenterHurricane Charley's path in 2004 took it through the western part of Cuba and into the west coast of Florida. The storm remained a hurricane throughout the time it traversed the state. By Brian McBride Ass...

• More access to Shingle Creek?

  County News

  Created: Friday, 21 May 2010 12:59

  

  File PhotoCity of Kissimmee and Osceola County officials paddle north along Shingle Creek in Kissimmee in 2008 toward the Babb property, which is now part of the county-maintained Shingle Creek Regional Park....

• No house in the end

  County News

  Created: Friday, 21 May 2010 12:51

  

  Brown By Juliana A. TorresStaff Writer When Lee Brown, a 63-year-old father of seven and disabled Army veteran, pushed his walker over the threshold of a brand new house built by Habitat of Humanity...

• News Briefs for May 22, 2010

  County News

  Created: Friday, 21 May 2010 12:28

  

  Owen Paul Owen out of commission race The Osceola County Commission district 4 candidate slate became one contender smaller this week with Republican Paul Owen dropping out, according to the Supervi...

• Escaped prisoner on the loose

  County News

  Created: Friday, 21 May 2010 12:26

  

  UPDATE: At around 1 p.m., Michael France was apprehended by Osceola County Sheriff's Office deputies in a wooded area near the Church of St. Luke and St. Peter at  2745 Canoe Creek Road. Several schools that went...

• Anything’s possible — it is, isn’t it?

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 21 May 2010 12:23

  

  Ken Jackson Sports Writer It hurts. It stings. And it’s not a sunburn. (Just ask a football player in spring practice what that’s like.) So, it must be the lofty, yet unfulfilled expectations of your Orlando Mag...

• Flight ground Majic; Late surge lifts Florida, 131-117

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 21 May 2010 12:16

  

  News-Gazette Photo / Andrew Sullivan Florida Flight forward Willie Irick (20) beats Gwinnett’s B.J. Puckett (21) to the basket during the first half of the Flight’s 131-117 win at the Kissimmee Civic Cen...

• Former Kowboy Sippio joins Orlando Predators

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 21 May 2010 12:11

  

  News-Gazette File Photo Receiver Bobby Sippio played for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2007. The Osceola High graduate joined the Arena Football League Orlando Predators Wednesday. By Rick PedoneSports ...

• Osceola lineman Matt Hedrick to West Va. State

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 21 May 2010 12:06

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Rick Pedone Matt Hedrick recently celebrated his football scholarship to West Virginia State with, standing from left, his mother, Beth, father, Mark, brother, Bryan, and Osceola High Prin...

• Sports Briefs for May 22, 2010

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 21 May 2010 11:55

  Gateway falls Gateway lost its spring football game at Lake Nona, 35-7, Thursday. Quarterback Kevin Sousa threw four touchdown passes as the Lions built a 21-0 halftime lead. ...