Good News Kids Club, an outreach of Word of Life Church Apopka and directed by Jeanne Bowser, kicked off its 15th year on Saturday, December 15.…
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Good News Kids Club outreach of Word of Life Church held Christmas event for kids
Dream Lake MAGIC graduates
Dream Lake Elementary School graduated its fifth graders from the MAGIC program on Wednesday, December 19. MAGIC (Mentoring, Advising, Guiding, and Instructing Children) is a program teaching fifth…
Apopka High School band will perform at All-State clinic
The Apopka High School band not only has two members who have qualified to be members of the prestigious Florida Music Educators Association All-State Band, but…
Construction starting soon on major development roadway
Construction on the main road for a housing development where more than 750 residences of various types are planned will begin next March or April and…
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!
This house on Orange Street in Apopka has been dressed up for Christmas as many homes have been in Apopka. Festive Christmas lights are also at…
A very rainy, stormy Thursday
Cars move along Park Avenue in front of Apopka Memorial Middle School on Thursday, December 20, as the rain comes down. All of Central Florida was…
Helping out at Christmastime
On Friday, December 14, representatives from Qorvo presented the Apopka police and fire departments with toys for the city of Apopka Heroes Literacy Program. Reading Heroes…
Political primer by Cowles
Bill Cowles, Orange County supervisor of elections, visited Kimberly Blackman’s class at Wekiva High School on December 12 to explain the political party process and to…
City wants more access roads for property near SR 429
Girl scouts and their leaders from Troop 1630 of Apopka show their plans for a Little Free Library they plan to build in Apopka. The City…
Shop With a Cop Apopka style allows 106 children to have a merry Christmas
Business employees volunteered to help police officers with shopping during the event, making it much easier for officers who had many children assigned to them.
Mustangs host Blue Darters in huge district gameThe Apopka Chief
For the first nine times that hometown rivals Apopka and Wekiva faced each other in football, it was an easy victory for the Blue Darters. In…
Apopka golfer wins playoff to gain spot at state tournamentThe Apopka Chief
The Class 3A state championship meet will be contested in Howey-in-the-Hills and at Mission Inn.
Apopka football greatsThe Apopka Chief
Two of Apopka High School’s best football players ever posed for a picture Saturday, October 13, following the Auburn-Ole Miss football game in Oxford, Miss., when…
Wekiva easily wins homecoming gameThe Apopka Chief
When taking to the field against the University Cougars, the Wekiva Mustangs sloppiness was present for a majority of the contest.
AHS bowlers begin trek toward their 6th state title in a rowThe Apopka Chief
The calendar flipping from October to November has become synonymous with the Apopka Blue Darters claiming state championships in the sport of bowling.
Metro Conference championThe Apopka Chief
Apopka Blue Darters cross country runner Ariana Jimenez won the Metro Conference West Division individual championship on Monday, October 22.
Dialect coach trains AHS drama students for upcoming playThe Apopka Chief
In preparation for November performances, students in the Apopka High School Theater Department learned from a dialect coach on Friday, October 19. Ginny Kopf came to…
City Hall was lit for Breast Cancer Awareness MonthThe Apopka Chief
Community members gathered in front of Apopka City Hall this week and commemorated all cancer survivors by lighting up the building in pink for cancer awareness.
Florida Hospital gives tour to Dream Lake studentsThe Apopka Chief
Florida Hospital Apopka representatives gave 27 Dream Lake Elementary School students a tour of the facility as a way of giving them an inside look at…
Breast FestThe Apopka Chief
The seventh annual Breast Fest was held Saturday, October 20, at the Apopka Elks Lodge. The event benefited the Debbie Turner Cancer Resource Center, Inc. Members…