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• Expanding Osceola County company to create high-wage jobs

  County News

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2009 08:14

  By Jessica SolisStaff WriterOfficials today announced plans to expand the corporate headquarters of INViSiON Industries, makers and sellers of mobile entertainment systems, which will create 100 new jobs in Osceola County....

• Kowboys earn 'special' win

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 28 August 2009 15:50

  By Rick PedoneSports EditorOsceola came at out-manned Longwood Lyman from too many angles Friday, emerging with an impressive 47-6 Kickoff Classic win at Kowboy field....

• Be responsible for school safety

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 28 August 2009 10:23

  Tuesday morning, Osceola Parkway, 7:20 a.m.; a school bus is stopped with its red lights flashing and multiple stop signs extended. Two cars pass the bus on the left from behind. ...

• What our children need to succeed in school

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 28 August 2009 10:22

  Wade DavisDavis is a candidate in district 5 for the School Board...

• Letters to the Editor for August 29, 2009

  Opinions

  Created: Friday, 28 August 2009 10:20

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• Badminton is growing sport at Civic Center

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 28 August 2009 10:16

  By Rick Pedone Sports Editor Mention badminton and for many of us images of sagging nets and lazy strokes at summer picnics come to mind. ...

• Volleyball teams begin play at OBC jamboree

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 28 August 2009 10:16

  By Ken Jackson Sports Writer Annnnnnnnnd we’re off! The results won’t count, and in many ways won’t matter, but when six county volleyball squads took to the Gateway gym in Thursday’s Orange Belt Conference pre-season jamboree, it ...

• Eagles’ Irizarry joins Polk State volleyball

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 28 August 2009 10:15

  Eagles’ Irizarry joins Polk State volleyballBy Ken Jackson Sports Writer One of Poinciana High’s most decorated career athletes has taken her ability to the next level. ...

• Jim Scible missing the sidelines

  Sports

  Created: Friday, 28 August 2009 10:13

  Rick PedoneSports Editorrpedone@osceolanewsgazette.com...

• Superintendent sets district goals

  County News

  Created: Friday, 28 August 2009 05:57

  By Jessica Solis Staff Writer With the first week of school now in the books, Osceola County school officials this week took a first look at Superintendent Michael Grego’s plans for the new academic year. ...

• Program helped families end their homelessness

  County News

  Created: Friday, 28 August 2009 05:54

  Recent Helping Others Make the Effort, or HOME, program graduate Layka Perez stands in her daughters' bedroom at the family's new home. Ariangely, 7, foreground, and Michelle, 9, are both happy to finally be able to sleep in separate beds. By Juli...

• TDC looking at grants program

  County News

  Created: Friday, 28 August 2009 05:52

  By Jessica Solis Staff Writer Osceola County tourism officials are seeking a clearer direction on how – and which – groups should benefit from tourist tax dollars. ...

• Crist taps LeMieux to replace Martinez

  County News

  Created: Friday, 28 August 2009 03:51

  Florida Gov. Charlie Crist Friday morning announced he has chosen his former chief of staff, George LeMieux, to replace Republican U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez. LeMieux is Crist's closest political adviser and will hold the Senate seat Crist hopes to win i...

• New DVDs: Henry Lee Lucas, Richard Ramirez and even Donna Reed, but do they have killer instinct?

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 28 August 2009 03:07

  By Peter CovinoEntertainment Editor  I've never met a serial killer I didn't like — well to watch on DVD anyway. The collection of serial killers on DVD includes a few on Ted Bundy (Mark Harmon does a good job in the hard to find TV mo...

• Vinito Ristorante: Italian like mama used to make

  Entertainment

  Created: Friday, 28 August 2009 01:33

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor Vinito Ristorante is an unlikely place for most Central Florida residents to dine. Unless you really like mixing it up with the tourists at the often crowded Prime Outlets shopping center off of International Drive, it...

• Burglaries at county government complex

  Police News

  Created: Thursday, 27 August 2009 09:11

  Kissimmee Police Department detectives arrested two men they believe broke into eight Osceola County-owned vehicles Aug. 11 at the Beaumont Street government complex.Marco Larosa, 33, and Michael Coleman, 32, both of Kissimmee, were charged with multiple ...

• Road Wary: Will paint, by number, but can only count to ten

  Entertainment

  Created: Thursday, 27 August 2009 08:57

  By Peter Covino Entertainment EditorDumbest thing I have seen this week. So I am barely awake driving to work this week. It’s a short distance to the office from home. I could walk it in my sleep. If I could walk. If I got some sleep. ...

• Tourism officials seek more grant details

  County News

  Created: Thursday, 27 August 2009 08:47

  By Jessica Solis Staff Writer Osceola County tourism officials are seeking a clearer direction on how – and which – groups should benefit from tourist tax dollars. ...

• A joyful kind of noise at theme parks: Night of Joy and Rock the Universe return to Disney and Unive

  Entertainment

  Created: Thursday, 27 August 2009 07:34

  By Peter Covino Entertainment Editor It’s almost time to raise the curtain on Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando’s duo Christian music weekends . Both Night of Joy at the Hollywood Studios and Rock the Universe at Universal Studios return...

• We're off to see the Wizard —classic film is on the big screen, plus it's on Blu-Ray too

  Entertainment

  Created: Thursday, 27 August 2009 07:16

  By Peter CovinoEntertainment EditorProbably in some remote corner of the world, they are still awaiting the big screen debut of The Wizard of Oz. For those old enough to remember, that most classic of classic films made its debut 70 years ago this week in...