Helping others at Thanksgiving

Loaves & Fishes volunteers Linda Fritsche and Denny Lee pack bags with Thanksgiving dinner supplies on Monday, November 25, as the faith-based social service...

City changing use of property on lake

The Apopka Planning Commission separately recommended approval for a future land use amendment and zoning change of an estimated 4.32 acres of land that’s...

City of Apopka will make its facilities more handicap accessible

Starting with fiscal year 2017-2018 and for the next three years, the city of Apopka will make its facilities more handicap accessible including City Hall,...

Keeping an eye on a snack?

A white ibis appears to be keeping an eye on a possible food source as he walks through a grassy area along the Lake...

Apopka High School seniors enroll in course for national EMT certification

Ten Apopka High School seniors took the first steps Wednesday, April 19, in a progressive career education program that will make them nationally certified...

OCPS may choose new AHS principal on June 12

Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) intends to select the new principal of Apopka High School on Tuesday, June 12 while Matt Arnold, the current...

Local nonprofit Re-Imagine Communities not only helps others, but wins award

Shaunte Jemison of Apopka has always worked in nonprofits but decided to launch her own when she noticed how some of them operated. “I’ve always...

OCPS kicks off student enrollment and immunization event in Apopka

Orange County Public Schools has joined forces with the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, Health Hero, and the Hope CommUnity Center to...

Helping out Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Apopka police officers and firefighters joined other first responders from the area in a skills challenge at the Northwest Recreation Complex.

Gala raises $20,000 for John H. Land Apopka Community Trust

An inaugural fundraising gala raised more than $20,000 for the John H. Land Apopka Community Trust in honor of the late former Mayor Land.