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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
A Buenaventura Lakes man was arrested Friday on charges including second-degree murder after Osceola deputies said he beat a man to death. Angelo Nieves, 43, punched Gary Stroup, 54, of Campbell City in the head and face a week ago after finding him at Nieves' ex-girlfriend's Kissimmee-area home, investigators said. Stroup died Friday. Nieves was in the Osceola County Jail without bail on suspicion...
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Officials will kick off a project to widen Narcoossee Road at 9 a.m. Monday. The work will be divided into three sections -- from U.S. Highway 192 to Rummell Road, from Rummell Road to Jack Brack Road and from Jack Brack Road to the Osceola/Orange County line. When complete, Segment 1 will have four 12-foot-wide lanes, a 4-foot-wide bike path in both directions, a 46-foot-wide grass median, an 8-foot-wide...
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | yesterday
The fuse was lit Thursday for some potential budgetary fireworks when county commissioners indicated they didn't want to increase the tax rate.
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | yesterday
County commissioners tentatively increased the tax rate for 2008-09 by about 7 percent Thursday afternoon, but they told County Manager Mike Freilinger they wanted options for more budget cuts so the tax rate would remain the same in this year's budget. To do so, Freilinger will have to find more than $7 million in cuts. Osceola's proposed budget is already 10.3 percent less than this year's $910 million...
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
At the Kissimmee Utility Authority, employees are given time off work to mentor and help struggling students at local schools.
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
The fourth annual USO Operation Care Package Benefit Ride is scheduled for Sept. 14.
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Give Kids the World will be along for the ride with Tony Stewart on Aug. 16 at the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Michigan International Speedway.
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
A July 31 town-hall meeting that would have allowed residents to meet District 5 County Commission candidates has been canceled, organizers announced this week.
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
City commissioners agreed Wednesday during a budget workshop to keep the proposed tax rate the same as this year's. The rate will remain $3.71 per $1,000 of taxable property value if the 2008-09 budget is approved. Public hearings will be Sept. 2 and Sept. 16.
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Police have issued an arrest warrant for a woman they say bilked her grandmother out of nearly $17,000 by opening credit cards in the grandmother's name. Betty J. Santos, 79, told investigators that Carla M. Payne, 34, of Clermont obtained Santos' personal information to open several accounts. When Santos confronted Payne, the younger woman said Santos was responsible for the charges, police said....
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
County commissioners voted 4-1 Monday night to approve a development along the east shore of Lake Tohopekaliga that would include as many as 7,000 homes and 507,000 square feet of retail space. Commissioner John Qui�ones was the sole vote against the Edgewater development that will sit on nearly 3,000 acres. It is the third of six projects planned for the area to be approved.
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
-Starting Aug. 4, the city's sanitation division will provide bulk collection services once a week. The change does not apply to garbage or yard-waste collection services. The bulk service is for large items such as furniture, appliances and large tree trimmings and branches.
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
A hit-and-run in Osceola County set off a series of events that left one pedestrian dead and a good Samaritan seriously injured.
