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• Kowboys eye conference crown

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 12:04

  

  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan Osceola High’s Steven Fowler is one of the favorites to become the Orange Belt Conference medalist. By Ken JacksonSports Writer Harmony won the boys Orange Belt...

• Harmony rules in volleyball

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 12:03

  

  By Ken JacksonSports Writer Play the Longhorns, get hooked. Harmony’s volleyball team romped through the Orange Belt Conference and Class 4A District 7 last year, earning the Longhorns their first conference title ...

• Sports Briefs for September 18, 2010

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 12:01

  

  Komen golf A golf tournament to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer walk will be Sept. 26 at 8 a.m. at Kissimmee Bay Golf Club. The $50 fee includes golf, lunch, awards and raffles. To register, call Tracey at 4...

• Touching lives

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 11:57

  

  The Education Foundation-Osceola County indeed has accomplished much over the last 25 years, with its college scholarships, mentoring and tutoring programs, funding of teachers' higher educations or classroom projects ...

• Here in the middle of nowhere

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 11:53

  

  Ross MackenzieTribune Media Steve McQueen, the quirky movie actor, said he'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on the planet. Roger that, bro'. ...

• Out of the media muck, an idiot emerges

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 11:52

  

  Leonard PittsTribune Media By the time you read this, Terry Jones will have burned the Quran. Or not. ...

• Letters to the editor for September 18, 2010

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 11:49

  

  Make your point To the editor: Letter writer Jeffery A. Goldmacher chastizes an earlier writer for stating "misinformation and emotion to make a point." Then, Goldmacher does exactly what he accuses. He states that i...

• A prince and a pig come to DVD this week —Disney’s Prince of Persia and The Black Cauldron arrive on DVD

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 08:59

        By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor Need a reason to get the Prince of  Persia? The just released 3-disc Blu-ray combo pack (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment) includes not only a standard DVD and Blu-ray versions  of the fi...

• Art stroll is set for Celebration today (Sept. 18)

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 08:56

  It’s alright to look over the artist’s shoulder at the third Celebration Art & Wine Stroll set for Saturday, Sept. 18, from 6:30 to 10 p.m. The Artists of Celebration and Lexin Realty will host the stroll on Market Street at the Square as local...

• South of the border at Epcot — Two new Mexican restaurants make their Epcot debut

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 08:54

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor Just in time for the return of the 15th annual Epcot Food and Wine Festival — it’s La Hacienda and La Cantina de San Angel, two new restaurants under one roof at Epcot’s World Showcase. The two-in-one dining e...

• Gunfight at Fenway Park — Boston locales are a highlight of Affleck’s The Town

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 17 September 2010 08:45

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor Next time I head up to Boston, I will make sure I have my six-guns and plenty of ammunition. Boston, if you can believe what Hollywood tells us, has more gunplay and a higher body count than Detroit and Mi...

• Commercial airboaters may have to bid for boat ramp use

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 15 September 2010 13:54

  

  By Marvin G. Cortner Editor Commercial airboat operators on Osceola County lakes may have to go through a bidding or proposal process in order to use county-owned boat ramps in the future. ...

• Tentative county tax rate: 6.7000

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 15 September 2010 13:50

  

  By Marvin G. Cortner Editor The Osceola County Commission Sept. 7 on a 3-2 vote approved a tentative county tax rate for the 2010-11 fiscal year that was lower than what county staff recommended. The millage the com...

• Flora Ridge has the Magic

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 15 September 2010 12:17

  

  6-foot-10-inch Orlando Magic power forward Ryan Anderson has a little fun at the expense of third-grader  Alfredes Nuñez, possibly because the student was wearing the jersey of Anderson's teammate, Vinc...

• Harmony lands ball fields project

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 15 September 2010 12:01

  

  Lentz By Marvin G. CortnerEditor The Harmony Development Company has landed the proposal to build eight amateur sports ball fields in its Harmony community using $7.5 million of Osceola County lodgi...

• Millage to increase, but no higher taxes

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 15 September 2010 11:59

  

  Polachek By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer The St. Cloud City Council Sept. 9 barely passed a millage rate increase to help fund the proposed budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year, which will be 40 perce...

• Secretary hears from jobless

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 15 September 2010 11:55

  

  U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis visited Kissimmee Sept. 9. By Fallan PattersonStaff Writer U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis visited Workforce Central Florida in Kissimmee Sept. 9 t...

• Sara Evans at arena Friday

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 15 September 2010 11:52

  

  Submitted PhotoCountry singer Sara Evans will perform at the Silver Spurs Arena Friday. She is releasing a new single on iTunes. By Peter CovinoEntertainment Editor With three children and a husband...

• News briefs for September 16, 2010

  County News

  Created: Wednesday, 15 September 2010 11:47

  

  Tomek Johnson Top administrative positions filled at Osceola County The Osceola County Commission on Sept. 7 at a special meeting filled two top positions under the county manager...

• Father arrested for child neglect

  Police News

  Created: Wednesday, 15 September 2010 11:41

  

  Carter Osceola County Sheriff’s Office deputies Sept. 9 arrested Jason Carter, 35, of 505 Del Shasta Way, Poinciana, and charged him with child neglect after he failed to report he injured his son ...