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• Osceola claims 23-7 Classic victory

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 21:54

  By Ken JacksonSports WriterLooking at junior Kieron Williams quarterback the Osceola Kowboys Friday in the Kickoff Classic at Lyman, you'd never know it was just his second varsity start running Coach Doug Nichols' flex-bone offense. ...

• Dreary Kickoff Classic for Longhorns

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 21:32

  By Rick PedoneSports Editor A second-half rain shower was a fitting atmosphere for a dreary Kickoff Classic for Harmony High football fans Friday. Winter Springs rushed for over 300 yards and easily won the preseason game at Longhorn Field, 36-6. ...

• Police get weapons off streets

  County News

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 13:35

  

  News-Gazette Photos/Andrew SullivanAt left, KPD Sergeants Jamie Alberti, left, and Chris Succi record information about a shotgun collected during the department’s Kicks for Guns event Aug. 20. Firearms, li...

• R. Earl Partin dies of cancer

  County News

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 13:32

  

  R. Earl Partin By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer R. Earl Partin’s life was filled with simple things: his love of the land, cattle ranching, harvesting citrus trees, his family. He rode horses for m...

• Students give president conservation ideas

  County News

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 13:29

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Participants in America’s Great Outdoors Initiative listening session, held Thursday at the exhibition building at Osceola Heritage Park, volunteer to join in smaller gro...

• Hispanic business awards

  County News

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 13:16

  

  Photos/HispanicBusiness CouncilThis year’s Hispanic Business Council Amigo Award recipient was Linda Landman-Gonzalez, who is with the Orlando Magic. The Hispanic Business Council on Saturday, Aug....

• La Feria De La Familia

  County News

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 12:59

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Initially estimated to have an attendance of more than 20,000, the sixth year of Telemundo’s La Feria De La Familia was hampered somewhat by rain, but the popular...

• News Briefs for August 28, 2010

  County News

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 12:49

  

  Photo/Jay Bemiller, city of St. Cloud St. Cloud Beach — the lakefront on East Lake Tohopekaliga — will be closed Monday and Tuesday. St. Cloud Beach to be closed 2 days City of St. Cloud Parks ...

• Charged with 50 counts of capital sex battery

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 12:45

  

  Poitras Osceola County Sheriff’s Office detectives Aug. 25 arrested 23-year-old Kristian Leigh Poitras, of 2750 1st St., St. Cloud, and charged him with 50 counts of capital sexual battery. The in...

• Brothers arrested for multiple car burglaries

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 12:42

  

  D. Robles C. Robles Twin brothers accused of burglarizing cars at a nudist resort near Poinciana were jailed Tuesday. The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged Da...

• Juvenile arrested in car burglary/identity theft scheme

  Police News

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 12:39

  

  A fifth suspect linked to a rash of Osceola County burglaries and identity theft cases was recently nabbed by authorities. The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged Chevonne Crystal White, 17, of Poin...

• Park has ribbon cutting

  County News

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 12:37

  

  Osceola County Chairman/ District 5 Commissioner Fred Hawkins, Jr. was joined by Osceola County Sheriff Bob Hansell, county staff, park project team members and St. Cloud Youth Football League officials for a ribbon-cu...

• Meatballs and music at the Osceola Center for the Arts

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 12:32

  It will be a touch of Rome and Naples when the Viva Italia Dinner Show show comes to the Osceola Center for the Arts Sunday, Sept. 19, at 6 p.m. in the Edward A. Moore Studio Theatre.The popular show has been touring Central Florida audiences for more tha...

• Liberty rally falls short

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 12:30

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Mary McIntee Liberty running back Jalen Benn scored the Chargers first touchdown Thursday at the Kickoff Classic. Chargers score twice in final period of 21-13 loss By Rick Pedon...

• County athletics better last year

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 12:29

  

  By Rick PedoneSports Editor As the new school year gets under way, the question is whether Osceola County’s public and private athletic programs will improve from their performance during the 2009-10 school year? ...

• Kowboys’ Yawn earns grant to Iona College

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 12:23

  

  News-Gazette Photos/Andrew Sullivan Zach Yawn, wearing white headgear against Gateway, helped Osceola High qualify for the district water polo tournament last season. By Rick PedoneSports Editor Za...

• Gaither second at Youth Games

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 12:19

  

  Photo/Special to the News-Gazette OHS sprinter Tynia Gaither, competing for The Bahamas, finished second at 200 meters at the International Youth Games in Singapore Monday. By Rick PedoneSports Edit...

• Sports Briefs for August 28, 2010

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 12:16

  

  Chargers win PaddleThe CFAA Chargers won four of five Mid-Florida Football and Cheerleading Conference games at Poinciana Saturday to win “The Battle for the Paddle.”The Chargers won the Flag (29-0), Mighty Mites (...

• Here comes MacGruber — Saturday Night Live TV sketch makes Blu-ray/DVD debut

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 12:14

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor You’ve got to wonder why complete throwaway trash such as The Expendables can drum up fairly decent numbers at the box office, while a similar action-comedy like MacGruber died at the cinema just a few sh...

• The voters spoke

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 27 August 2010 07:28

  

  The voters spoke pretty clearly on all candidates Tuesday, electing some to office and sending others to run-offs or the general election on Nov. 2. ...