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Osceola County corrections officer faces 13 felony counts |
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Jul 02, 2009 at 02:58 PM |
 News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan | | Corrections Officer Michelle Hung in an Osceola County Courtroom for her initial appearance Thursday afternoon. |
By Juliana A. Torres
Staff Writer Corrections Officer Michelle Hung was charged with 13 felonies Thursday for developing “an elaborate plan” to arm an inmate with a gun and help him escape from the Osceola County Jail last week. Osceola County Sheriff’s Office detectives believe the 44-year-old from Orlando schemed with Angel Santiago, a 28-year-old convicted felon who was transferred to the county jail form federal prison to attend court hearings in Osceola County, to plan his escape. |
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School Board to consider tax hike |
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Jul 02, 2009 at 12:07 PM |
By Marvin G. Cortner
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The Osceola County School Board Tuesday will consider whether to increase school property taxes to help the School District fund teacher and other staff salaries in the face of falling revenue. |
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KPD checks out recruits for jobs |
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Jul 02, 2009 at 12:00 PM |
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Staying on Course  News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan | | Kissimmee Police Department officer applicant Mike Edison, of Sebring, gets dirty while clearing an obstacle section of KPD's physical abilities test June 13. After completing a written exam earlier in the morning, Edison and about 30 other hopefuls were asked to complete a complicated obstacle course in a little over six minutes. |
By Juliana A. Torres
Staff Writer Under the sweltering heat of the Florida noonday sun, Brenda Betancourt throws all her weight into pulling on the arm of a 150-pound, sand-filled dummy, hoping that with both hands she can drag the fake body across the grass to the orange cone, still very far away, before her times runs out. |
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Issues remain over parkway improvements |
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Jul 02, 2009 at 11:56 AM |
 News-Gazette Photo/Marvin G. Cortner | By Marvin G. Cortner
Editor Buenaventura Lakes residents along a portion of Osceola Parkway will get new screening walls when the roadway is improved, but the height of those walls and what they will look like is still undecided. Some residents also aren’t happy that the level of service on the improved parkway likely would drop to failing again in just a few years after construction ends. | Buenaventura Lakes residents Anthony and Aimie Toledo look at a project map and photos of possible screening wall types that could be constructed along Osceola Parkway when the roadway is improved. |
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