The city of Apopka celebrated Crossing Guard Appreciation Day in Florida on Friday, Feb. 7, with elected officials and city police meeting on-duty crossing guards and…
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Organized by the Rotary Club of Apopka Foundation, Inc. and supported by the city of Apopka, the 24th Apopka Fair will take place Feb. 27 through…
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Jalen Carter, a former Apopka Blue Darter football player and now Philadelphia Eagle rushes the Kansas City Chief’s quarterback Patrick Mahomes and almost comes away with…
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Hello Folks, I can’t believe this weather we are havin’. It seems like pre-summer in February. The warm weather has moved the water temperature up and the…
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Last week, the Apopka boys’ basketball team faced off against the Ocoee Knights in the 7A District 3 championship, winning 60-47 to claim the 2025 7A…
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The Wekiva boys wrestling team is in the middle of a record-breaking season after becoming Metro West Champions for the first time in school history.
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The Apopka girls water polo team got their first win of the season this week against longtime rival Edgewater High School. The Blue Darters defeated the…
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This week, the Apopka Blue Darter baseball team began its season as it always does at the Big Blue Bonanza, held at Lake Brantley.
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As part of the County’s ongoing effort to address the housing affordability crisis, Ready Set Orange allows homeowners in unincorporated Orange County to choose from four…
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Ahead of this year’s hurricane season, Orange County District 2 Commissioner Christine Moore will present a short-term mitigation solution to control the post-storm floods in the…
Interim Fire Chief Sanchez is now 23rd department chiefThe Apopka Chief
Voting 5-0, the Apopka City Council appointed interim Fire Chief Wilfredo Rivera-Sanchez as permanent fire chief on Wednesday, December 18.
Wreaths laid on veterans graves at two cemeteriesThe Apopka Chief
The community remembered and honored veterans by laying remembrance wreaths on the graves of the nation’s fallen heroes during National Wreaths Across America Day on Saturday,…
Christmas Parade honors Sertoma Club’s 50th yearThe Apopka Chief
Organized by the Foliage Sertoma Club and co-sponsored by the city of Apopka, the 48th annual Apopka Christmas Parade filled Park Avenue with seasonal joy on…
APK boys wrestling take home first placeThe Apopka Chief
The Apopka High School Wrestling team hold their trophy and the number one up celebrating their first-place finish at Gauntlet on the Grove on Saturday, Dec.…
Lake Jesup and Lake Monroe producin’ good amount of specksThe Apopka Chief
Hello Folks, I hope you are havin’ a great week and hopefully by now you have all your Christmas shoppin’ done. As you get ready for…
The journey to Globals for Apopka Pop Warner CheerThe Apopka Chief
After two first-place finishes at Nationals and three teams earning a spot in the global competition, I got to talk with the Apopka Pop Warner Cheer…
A look at Hall of Fame wrestling coach Bruce McMillian’s careerThe Apopka Chief
When the 2023-24 season ended, so did an era for Apopka Blue Darters wrestling. For the first time in the history of the men’s and women’s…
Sheronda Wright talks Pop Warner Cheer as a first year coordinatorThe Apopka Chief
Why do you do what you do? Do you do it to survive? Do you do it to propel yourself to a better place? Some believe…
APK boys basketball break top 100, Williams’ 550th winThe Apopka Chief
The Apopka Blue Darter boys basketball team is 8-3 and ranked 70th in the state according to MaxPreps as of Wednesday, December 18.
December 2024 ObituariesThe Apopka Chief
December 27, 2024 Rosa Lee Ondich, 99, a resident of Zellwood, passed away Monday, December 23, 2024. Rosa was born January 18, 1925, in Pee Dee,…