This year’s Festival of Trees will open with a tree-lighting ceremony that will include Santa Claus, refreshments, carolers, Christmas plant sale, a silent auction, and live…
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Three employees from Apopka schools are among the 16 finalists Orange County Public Schools has selected for its inaugural Stellar Awards. Roxana Hernandez of Lakeville Elementary…
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Realtors from around Central Florida visited key locations in the city so they could better understand how to sell Apopka, Orange County’s second-largest city, as a…
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In addition to Byrd, other elected board members – including former Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs as chair – were sworn in at a Monday, November…
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Since many people shop online or through meet-up apps during the holiday season, Apopka police want to remind citizens there is an area at the police…
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Florida Hospital Apopka’s designation as a primary stroke center is another accomplishment in its effort to take holistic care within the community to the next level.
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Hello Folks, It’s Thanksgivin’ week and I know we all have a lot to be thankful for in our lives, jobs, and family. I’m thankful for…
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Apopka High School swimmer junior Mason Comes ranked sixth in the 100 butterfly at the Class 4A FHSAA state swim meet Saturday, November 10, in Stuart.…
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Losing five seniors who contributed heavily to last year’s district championship team shifts the burden of carrying the Apopka Blue Darters boys basketball team to three…
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The opposite plot unfolded and continued throughout the Wekiva Mustangs second contest of the preseason.
Wekiva Mustangs thump DPThe Apopka Chief
The era of the Dr. Phillips Panthers football team dominating the Wekiva Mustangs on an annual basis is long gone. In fact, Wekiva is now doing…
Madison Zavitz is crowned Miss Apopka 2019The Apopka Chief
Zavitz, 23, of Orlando, succeeds Lindsay Bettis of St. Augustine. The Miss Apopka Scholarship Pageant is open to residents living within a 90-mile radius of Apopka.
Poem about grandmother’s battle with cancer wins first placeThe Apopka Chief
Triniti Thomas, now 13, was an 11-year-old student at Altamonte Christian School when she penned “How Did She Do It?”, about her grandmother Corliss Elmore’s coping…
AMMS Medical SkillsThe Apopka Chief
Apopka Memorial Middle School (AMMS) offers a Medical Skills and Services course for 8th grade students who are interested in a career in the health care…
Marching Mustangs are champsThe Apopka Chief
On Saturday, October 6 the Wekiva High School Marching Mustangs Band earned Best in Class for General Effect, Visual, Percussion, and Color Guard at the Central…
AHS homecoming queenThe Apopka Chief
Desiree Birriel reacts after she is announced as the Apopka High School homecoming queen Friday, October 5, during halftime of the Apopka High football game at…
A big gulp for a great blue heronThe Apopka Chief
A great blue heron prepares to gulp down an armored catfish for dinner on Monday, October 8, along the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive. The drive was…
New Miss Apopka is crownedThe Apopka Chief
Madison Zavitz is crowned Miss Apopka 2019 by Taylor Tyson, Miss Apopka, on Saturday, October 6, during the Miss Apopka Pageant held at Apopka High School.…
More residential development likely ahead for city of ApopkaThe Apopka Chief
A pair of housing developments are in the works at Apopka City Hall with one of them being a proposed 289-unit apartment complex near Florida Hospital…
Apopkans helping outThe Apopka Chief
Apopka Fire Department paramedics Matt Roney (l) and Jason Watson left Apopka Tuesday, October 9, to help rescue and recovery efforts in the Florida Panhandle following…