By Charlie Reed Staff Writer Thousands of Osceola County students have begun taking the first round of new state-mandated tests this week, a much-debated process throughout Florida for assessing academic success at public schools.

By Ken Jackson Staff Writer The project: build a lunar plant growth chamber to house vegetative life on the moon.

OHS stops Oviedo in semifinals, falls to Ely in title game By Rick Pedone Sports Editor Less than 48 hours after the Osceola Kowboys boys basketball team placed second in Class 7A at The Lakeland Center, Coach Nate Alexander was watching 15 players in early-morning workouts Monday morning. “We’ll be back,” said Alexander, who Tuesday was named the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches Class 7A Coach of the Year. If

            By Peter Covino A&E Editor If you like to take pictures, you really need to have EyeEm. The free photo-sharing application (available for android, iPhone and Windows) lets you explore your creative side when it comes to photography. There is so much going on in one little application, from photo sharing and editing, to seeing just how many good photographers are out there, both

  By Peter Covino A&E Editor What do you get when you mix a bunch of young scientists who can create their own superhero alter egos with Disney animation? You get the Oscar-winning film for Best Animated  Film for 2014. Big Hero 6 would seem to be an unlikely hit with its unknown stable of Marvel superheroes and a mostly unfamiliar cast of vocal talent. But Big Hero 6 works