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• Deputy carries torch for Florida

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 14:10

  

  File PhotoOsceola County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Joe Whitson leads the way down Kissimmee’s Main Street to start the 2008 Torch Run to benefit the Special Olympics. By Brian McBrideAssociate Edit...

• Learning pioneer ways

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 14:02

  

  News-Gazette Photos/Andrew SullivanKattya Graham, a camp volunteer at the Pioneer Village on Bass Road in Kissimmee, explains how Florida settlers kept what foods they had edible by pickling, preserving or sm...

• Marina plan runs into opposition

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:59

  

  By Marvin G. CortnerEditor The Osceola County Planning Commission July 8 on a 7-2 vote recommended denial for a controversial proposed “eco-tourism” business using mainly airboats that would tie up at a 10-slip ma...

• News-Gazette circulation drive

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:57

  

  The Osceola News-Gazette is again conducting a circulation renewal effort to make sure customers continue receiving their free editions of the newspaper. The newspaper held a similar effort earlier this year and the n...

• Sex Offender arrested for illegally accessing computer

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:55

  

  Colon Osceola County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested registered sex offender Alexander Colon, 32, of 205 London Drive, Kissimmee, for downloading without permission a nude photo of a female his ...

• Arrested for lewd and lascivious molestation

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:51

  

  Melendez Osceola County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested and charged a Louisiana man July 8 with lewd and lascivious molestation after he allegedly touched two girls inappropriately in an area hote...

• Pedestrian killed on Boggy Creek Road

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:50

  

  A Kissimmee man was fatally injured when he was struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross Boggy Creek Road on foot.Phillip Michael Mikolajek, 30, was killed while trying to cross Boggy Creek Road south of Gus Road ...

• Suspects face drug, firearm and burglary charges

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:33

  

  Santiago-Guerrero Morales Two Osceola County men were arrested on drug, firearm and burglary charges July 6 after Osceola County Sheriff's Office deputies conducted a traffic stop....

• Worker killed in industrial accident

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:27

  

  On Friday, July 9, at approximately 10:35 a.m., Osceola County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex at 700 S. Victory Way for a report of a workplace accident.Upon arrival, dep...

• Arrested for lewd battery

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:22

  

  Collins Osceola County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested a St. Cloud man after he allegedly forced a boy to perform a lewd act on him. Arrested was Joseph Andrew Collins, 22, of 5130 Pierre Ave.,...

• District champs play on

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:16

  

  Photo/Special to the News-Gazette St. Cloud National All-Stars claimed the 9- 10-year-old District 3 championship Saturday with a 5-1 win over South Orange. The team plays Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday mo...

• Cleveland: a fine place to be from

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:06

  

  Rick PedoneSports Editor It’s been a week since LeBron’s hour-long free-agent extravaganza on ESPN, but the lasting impression of that evening was that, really, have you ever seen a bigger loser in your life than ...

• Day’s vision lives at BVL park

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 12:57

  

  Photo/Special to the News-Gazette Beverly Day, second from left in front, is joined by her family at the dedication of the Joe Day Recreational Field at Archie Gordon Park on July 8 in honor of her late husb...

• Summer hoops league keeps players sharp

  Sports

  Created: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 12:50

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Harmony’s new girls basketball coach, Paul Strauch, goes over a play during a recent Midnight Basketball League game. By Ken JacksonSports Writer Yes, those a...

• Fire fees increase had to be

  Opinions

  Created: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 12:46

  The Osceola County Commission’s 3-2 vote Monday to raise fire fees – so that fire service will be maintained at its current level – will not be an easy pill to swallow for businesses and homeowners, but, we believe, it is a step that had to be taken...

• Sis Boom Bah, Go Beck U.!

  Opinions

  Created: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 12:42

  Leonard PittsTribune Media A scene from the near future: Augustus Merryweather IV glanced up at the tapping on his office door. Harvey Carbunkle stood there in bowtie and shirtsleeves, smiling eagerly from behind horn-rimmed glasses. Augustus sighed. H...

• Minister celebrates his 50th anniversary as church pastor

  Around Osceola

  Created: Tuesday, 13 July 2010 14:12

  Grace Baptist Tabernacle, 2947 Old Hickory Tree Road, St. Cloud, is celebrating the Rev. Howard F. Gregory’s 50th anniversary (April 14, 1960 – April 14, 2010), as its pastor of the church. Gregory has devoted nearly his whole life, not only in preach...

• Council approves texting resolution

  Around Osceola

  Created: Tuesday, 13 July 2010 13:45

  The St. Cloud City Council adopted a resolution during a regular council meeting in June establishing procedures in reference to city employees texting and instant messaging procedures. Effective immediately, city employees are prohibited from sending or...

• City announces new transfer station hours

  Around Osceola

  Created: Tuesday, 13 July 2010 13:44

  The city of St. Cloud Public Services’ Solid Waste Division began new hours of operation June 21 at the Transfer Station, 2701 Peghorn Way. The hours for residents to drop off waste materials at the Transfer Station’s drop-off areas have been extende...

• Gimeno celebrates 50th

  Around Osceola

  Created: Tuesday, 13 July 2010 13:14

  St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in St. Cloud celebrated Monsignor Fabian Gimeno’s 50th anniversary in the priesthood on Sunday, June 20.   The event began with a celebratory 6 p.m. Mass on Sunday evening, followed by a parish-wide reception in ...