New businesses announced for Apopka City Center
The Apopka City Center is conceived as a 35-acre mixed-use development at the intersection of U.S. Highway 441 and State Road 436. Get all...
Best of Apopka voting gets off to a fast start
Voting for the 2021 Best of Apopka Readers’ Choice Awards voting is off to fast start.
Sponsored by The Apopka Chief and The Planter, the...
City’s purchase of Camp Wewa finalized
Closing documents were signed this week for the city of Apopka to purchase Camp Wewa from the YMCA of Central Florida. Read the full...
VFW holds ceremony to honor 13 killed
An estimated 65 people attended the VFW Post 10147 Apopka/Altamonte Springs memorial service that honored the 13 service members killed in the August 26 suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul,...
Public invited to community meeting for update on new Apopka K-8...
With the new Apopka K-8 school about 40 percent complete, a community meeting will be held on Thursday, September 2 at 6 p.m. virtually...
AdventHealth will allow additional deferred surgical procedures to move forward
Effective Wednesday, September 1, facilities in AdventHealth’s Central Florida division will transition to “Red Status,” which will allow for additional deferred surgical procedures to...
COVID-19 update from Orange County: key takeaways from August 30 news...
Here are the key takeaways from Orange County’s Monday, August 30, news conference on COVID-19. The next briefing will be held on Thursday, September...
#IGotMyShot COVID-19 mobile vaccination trailer to visit two Two Apopka sites
Kelly Park and Hope CommUnity Center, both in Apopka, will be two of several of Orange County's #IGotMyShot mobile vaccination trailer sites this week.
The...
Restaurants, dental office to be developed
A parcel of land is being eyed by a developer as a construction site. See details on page 1A.
Hunt Club Chick-fil-A owner passed away
Charles “Britt” Alexander Ratledge, owner of the Chick-fil-A restaurant in the Hunt Club area of Apopka has passed away. Read more on page 1A.