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  • Ronnie Lovler

    Ronnie Lovler has 40 years of experience in journalism, including assignments all over Latin America for CNN and CBS. Ronnie teaches journalism at UF and public speaking at Santa Fe College. She was a recent fellow in the Gerontological Society of America’s Journalists in Aging Fellows Program and a previous Knight International Journalism Fellow in Bogota, Colombia. She is an editor and contributor for the book titled, Local Lives in a Global Pandemic: Stories from North Central Florida and a contributing author to the anthology Alone Together: Tales of Sisterhood and Solitude in Latin America. She began her career in journalism at the San Juan Star in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ronnie resides in Gainesville and loves to travel.

The Apopka Chief
March 4, 2022
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…
The Apopka Chief
March 4, 2022
A national civil rights group addressed another case in Apopka, this time involving an 11-year-old boy.
The Apopka Chief
March 4, 2022
Early voting is ongoing, vote-by-mail ballots are still rolling in, and Election Day for the city of Apopka election is just around the corner.
Jim Keck Goin' Fishin'
The Apopka Chief
March 4, 2022
Hello Folks, Woke up on Wednesday mornin’ and it was a little cooler and it felt great. We didn’t have much of a winter this year,…
The Apopka Chief
March 4, 2022
However, players and coaches at the top level of their sport don’t acquiesce the top trophy very easily.  Read more on page 2B.
The Apopka Chief
March 4, 2022
The Apopka Memorial Middle School’s girls basketball team advanced to the Orange County championship game that was played Thursday, March 3, past press time. On Monday,…
The Apopka Chief
March 4, 2022
While the way the season ended for the Apopka Blue Darters boys basketball team wasn’t how the players and coaches wanted, the overall season was much…
The Apopka Chief
March 4, 2022
With its pitching staff allowing just one infield single, the Apopka Blue Darters baseball team scored four runs in the third inning.
The Apopka Chief
March 4, 2022
A new varsity sport started this week at Apopka High School as it did with other schools around Orange County and the state.
The Apopka Chief
March 4, 2022
In the Apopka High softball team’s first three games of the season, the Blue Darters played against Lake Nona, Eustis, and Ocoee.
Apopka girls basketball battle Timber CreekThe Apopka Chief
December 31, 2021
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
December 31, 2021
Last week, the first FHSAA rankings of the season for girls basketball teams were released.
AFD delivers toysThe Apopka Chief
December 24, 2021
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
December 24, 2021
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
December 24, 2021
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
December 24, 2021
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
December 24, 2021
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
December 24, 2021
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
December 24, 2021
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
December 24, 2021
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…