While it’s about five months until high school football season starts in August, the sport is very much in the news here in Florida thanks to…
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The Apopka Memorial Middle School girls basketball team won the Orange County championship Thursday, March 3, with a 50-22 victory over Avalon Middle School in a…
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The Apopka Blue Darters baseball team improved its record to 6-0 with two victories last week.
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The 2021-22 season marks the first in which girls wrestling is a sanctioned and official sport of the Florida High School Athletic Association.
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Four Apopka Blue Darters wrestlers earned berths to the Class 3A state championships.
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Are you planning a vacation or long weekend get-away? For most people, deciding to travel has always been easy. Normally, you would fly to your destination…
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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) presented the Apopka-based Hope CommUnity Center (HCC) a proclamation letter in honor of HCC’s 50th year. Read more on…
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BusinessForce, a regional organization that represents business interests in Central Florida, has endorsed Apopka Mayor Bryan Nelson in his bid for re-election. Read more on page…
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Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings has relaunched his proposal to get the transportation penny sales tax referendum on the ballot this November. Read more on page…
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Becoming the first principal of Apopka’s new kindergarten through eighth grade school, currently being built on Jason Dwelley Parkway, is truly a full circle experience for…
Apopka girls basketball battle Timber CreekThe Apopka Chief
It was a tale of two halves for the Apopka Blue Darters girls basketball team, but the second half was good.
Wekiva girls basketball team top rankedThe Apopka Chief
Last week, the first FHSAA rankings of the season for girls basketball teams were released.
AFD delivers toysThe Apopka Chief
The Apopka Fire Department made toy deliveries to Loaves & Fishes, the Apopka-based Christian social service agency, on two separate dates, December 14 and December 17.…
Masons help police with Shop with a CopThe Apopka Chief
The Masons of Orange Lodge No. 36 F&AM donated $200 to the Apopka Police Department Shop with a Cop program. This has become a yearly recurring…
Church gives to childrenThe Apopka Chief
Gospel Centered Church of Apopka provided Christmas gifts for more than 30 children of Rock Springs Elementary School. The church meets on Sundays at 10:30 a.m.…
Parade award winnersThe Apopka Chief
The Foliage Sertoma Club of Apopka, which organizes the Apopka Christmas Parade, gave its annual parade awards December 15 at the Apopka City Council meeting. Shown…
Visit Graceworx Church for fellowship, music, scripture readings, and Bible studyThe Apopka Chief
Apopka is blessed with an abundance of options when it comes to churches. There is an array of congregations large and small, long-established and fledgling, denominationally…
Words of comfortThe Apopka Chief
Apopka senior offensive lineman Dyson Hurlburt (l) offers comfort to teammate Kavion Nichols Saturday, December 18, following the Apopka Blue Darters’ game against the Venice Indians…
Nutcracker ChristmasThe Apopka Chief
The Apopka Historical Society’s Museum of the Apopkans was dressed up for a Nutcracker Christmas event that was held on Sunday, December 19. For more pictures…
Ministry celebrates Christmas with homelessThe Apopka Chief
The Next Step Ministry, which assists the homeless on a weekly basis, celebrated the end of 2021 with a holiday party where about 60 clients and…