When poker players push all of their chips to the middle of the table, this signifies their confidence in having a winning hand. However, it wouldn’t…
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Prayer breakfast speaker says ‘all in’ applies to everything in life
Shellcrackers are bitin’ in most area lakes and rivers
Hello Folks, I hope you are enjoyin’ this great weather and you are gettin’ on the water and catchin’ a few fish. The fishin’ is still really good in most…
Mustangs down Blue Darters in district flag football
It was a game of two halves Tuesday, April 23, in the District 2A-2 flag football semifinal contest between the host Wekiva Mustangs and Apopka Blue…
Apopka High School baseball team records fourth victory in a row
As the regular season winds down, the Apopka Blue Darters baseball team is getting hot at the right time.
Football scholarship signee
Jefferson Walls of Apopka, a 6-foot, 185 lbs. running back for Lake Highland Prep in Orlando, signed Monday, April 22, to play football at Butler University…
Spring football begins for area high schools
Blue Darters’ quarterback Jaquan Lowman tosses a ball to a receiver downfield at the first spring practice. More photos on 1D.
Top AHS football award
Apopka Blue Darters football player Jake Caughell was named the winner of the Phil King Award Friday, April 19.
VFW Post 10147 will retire flags at special ceremony
Apopka’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10147 will dispose of many of the few hundred flags the organization has in storage at its first flag retirement…
First responders held demonstrations at Apopka Public Safety Day, April 20
The public met local first responders and viewed emergency vehicles and equipment at Apopka Public Safety Day on Saturday, April 20 at Northwest Recreation Complex. In…
Proclamation for Apopka Art & Foliage FestivalThe Apopka Chief
The Apopka City Council welcomed the Apopka Woman’s Club. The Council presented the club with a proclamation celebrating the upcoming Apopka Art and Foliage Festival.
City Hall features photos of wildlife from Lake ApopkaThe Apopka Chief
For those who have never visited the recreational site – or haven’t driven through it in quite some time – they can see the wildlife habitat…
Wildlife drive bobcatThe Apopka Chief
A bobcat peers through the brush not too far from the entrance to the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive. The 11-mile drive is open sunrise to sunset…
Catering company owner says business at city center site has been damagedThe Apopka Chief
The owner of Dubsdread Catering, the company that leases the Highland Manor building for weddings and corporate events, says that his business has been damaged and…
Agreement means change to Rock Springs Ridge proposed developmentThe Apopka Chief
In a negotiated settlement between lawyers for the developer and the city of Apopka that was further hashed out in the City Council meeting. Local residents…
Apopka Fair now ongoing through March 10The Apopka Chief
For 18 years, when spring begins, a special feeling pervades the Apopka area as the Apopka Fair draws near. And its arrival is finally here. Organizers…
Speaker named for Mayor’s Prayer eventThe Apopka Chief
Motivational speaker Gian Paul Gonzalez will be the speaker at the annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast at the Apopka Community Center/VFW Post 10147, 519 S. Central Avenue.…
Birding park coming to lake areaThe Apopka Chief
A partnership between the St. Johns River Water Management District, city of Apopka, and Orange Audubon Society is bringing a new community birding park to the…
APD police are among SWAT gradsThe Apopka Chief
Central Florida Metro SWAT, which is made up of five local police agencies, including Apopka Police Department, had new operators attend and graduate from Lake County…
Fresh foods give much more nutritional punch than processed foodsThe Apopka Chief
Nutrients from fresh foods give you “more bang for your nutritional buck,” says a registered dietitian with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural…