Winter season is here and we’re now experiencing cooler weather. Many of the leaves are gone, grass has temporarily stopped growing, and many animals have gone…
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Former Wekiva Mustangs football teammates Norell Pollard (l) and Tyler Davis found themselves on opposite sidelines on December 5 when the Virginia Tech Hokies hosted the…
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In typical fashion, my college football bowl picks started out with a 1-3 record. Find out more on 3B
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The Florida Prospects Holiday Showcase has served as a rise to perennial state championship contender status. Read more on 1B.
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With their top three seniors in college, it took the Apopka Blue Darters girls basketball team a couple of games to get going. More on 1B.
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In its final game prior to Christmas, the Apopka Blue Darters boys basketball team allowed an early bucket to hometown rival Wekiva. More from this story…
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Two Wekiva Mustangs signed Wednesday, December 16, to play college football. Wide receiver Harleeontai Reed (seated, third from left) signed with Long Island University while wide…
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Apopka quarterback Jaquan Lowman signed with Appalachian State Wednesday, December 16, as a defensive back.
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The Wekiva Mustangs boys basketball team won three contests last season. A 6-5 record after 11 contests of the 2020-21 season is an outstanding achievement in…
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Don Philpott, a 20-year volunteer at Wekiwa Springs State Park, has been elected vice-chair of the newly formed National Association of State Park Foundations. Find out…
First place relay teamThe Apopka Chief
The Apopka High School Special Olympics team participated in the Area 7 Special Olympics Summer Games on Saturday, March 30, at Wekiva High School. The 4x100…
Loaves & Fishes raised nearly $9.5K at Walk for Hunger eventThe Apopka Chief
Loaves & Fishes, an Apopka faith-based social service organization, raised nearly $9,500 and drew in more than 65 individuals to walk three miles at the Walk…
WHS to perform The Wedding SingerThe Apopka Chief
Wekiva High School is presenting The Wedding Singer, and some faculty who are celebrity impersonators in the production are, (l-r), Krista Kelly (Olivia Newton-John); Delphenia Davis…
49 hikers take memorial hikeThe Apopka Chief
Forty-nine members of the Wekiva High School AFJROTC completed the “Bataan Death March Memorial Hike” on Saturday, April 6. To learn the route they walked and who…
Former Apopka commissioner has new book, A Journey to YesThe Apopka Chief
As president of her Orlando consulting firm, Kathy Till and Associates, Kathy Till, a former Apopka city commissioner, helps clients resolve the most common issue they bring to her: understanding that advocacy is…
Glassworking artist set for Apopka festThe Apopka Chief
In January 2006, Dee Sutphin pursued her passion in glassworking by taking her first stained glass class with Rick Keppler at Atlantis Art Glass Studio in…
Property appraiser puts $1 billion back on tax rollThe Apopka Chief
The Orange County Property Appraiser’s Office this week announced it reached a milestone by putting $1 billion back into the Orange County tax roll through audits and investigations of exemption compliance. Find out how this…
Tickets are now available for Mayor’s Prayer BreakfastThe Apopka Chief
Tickets are now available for the Apopka Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast slated for Thursday, May 2, at the Apopka Community Center/VFW Post, 519 S. Central Avenue. Gian…
Community trust fundraiserThe Apopka Chief
The first batch of commemorative bricks sold as a fundraiser for the John Land Apopka Community Trust are in and will be installed soon. Here, Linda…
Street lights installedThe Apopka Chief
Workers from a Duke Energy contractor have installed 54, 150-watt LED roadway lights in the Apopka area along Apopka Boulevard from East 10th Street to Armando…