By Ken Jackson
Staff Writer

Board of County Commissioners Chairman Frank Attkisson wants Osceola County to be the leader in the area’s economic recovery, and that was the tenor on Tuesday at the first-ever State of the County event at the new Osceola County Conference Center at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate.

By Tiffanie Reynolds
Staff Writer

North Carolina resident John Valnti was the first to receive free Chick-fil-A meals for a whole year.

By J. Daniel Pearson
For the News-Gazette

Take a business that has been in operation for more than a dozen years and has never come close to turning a profit and you might question the wisdom of the business plan.

Even the owner shakes his head sometimes.  

By Rick Pedone
Sports Editor

Regional playoff baseball games at Osceola High and Harmony High were postponed because of rain Thursday.

A Poinciana man was arrested and charged with sexual battery and false imprisonment after becoming angry with the victim for coming home late on his birthday, authorities said.

By Peter Covino

Lifestyles Editor

Before you start licking the salt off of your lips in celebration of Cinco de Mayo and Mexican independence, lets get one thing straight.

Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico’s independence day (the most important holiday in Mexico actually falls on Sept. 16).