For the 19th-straight season, the Apopka Blue Darters football team is in the playoffs as the Darters will hit the road to face the Oviedo Lions…
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With a 26-10 victory over the Oak Ridge Pioneers on Friday, November 2, the Apopka Blue Darters football team secured its 19th-consecutive playoff berth.
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Annie Belle Gilliam, 97, went to be with her Lord at sunrise the morning of Sunday, November 4. She spent most of her life in the…
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On Wednesday, November 7, Band Director Jeremy Langford (pictured above), led the Apopka High School band in playing tribute songs to honor veterans and families at…
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The annual Holiday Bazaar Cafe and Gift Boutique at the Church of the Holy Spirit is always one of the more popular fall bazaars in the…
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The 13th annual Fall Owl Fest will be held Saturday, November 10, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Avian Reconditioning Center, 323 W. Lester…
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When legitimate aspirations of taking the next step beyond advancing to the state final four are in effect, the FHSAA postseason tournament finally starting after preparing…
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On Saturday, November 3, several community groups along with the City of Apopka, came together to paint the Apopka Masonic Lodge historic building. Pictured above are,…
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Notable members of the community are filling in roles in a staple of the community’s holiday celebration, the Apopka Christmas Parade, with this year’s theme being…
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In the last 50 years, veterans of the Vietnam War have witnessed a change in the public’s reception toward them, from open hostility to warm embrace for their…
Best of Apopka voting deadline is Wednesday, September 26The Apopka Chief
Voting for the 2018 Best of Apopka is swiftly coming to an end. Deadline for ballot submission is Wednesday, September 26, at noon. “In this final…
65 years of service is acknowledgedThe Apopka Chief
During the September 4 official visit of the District Deputy Grand Master to Orange Lodge No. 36 F. & A.M. of Apopka, Masonic Brother Frank Alfano…
The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall will be in Apopka from November 7-11The Apopka Chief
It took two years of planning, but a one-of-a-kind tribute to fallen veterans is finally coming to Apopka. The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall will make its…
Local realtor is awarded for his service and dedication to the Apopka communityThe Apopka Chief
A volunteer president of the Debbie Turner Cancer Care and Resource Center of Apopka is one of 10 local realtors to receive a community service award…
Apopka Fire Department training fireThe Apopka Chief
The Apopka Fire Department held a training fire on Friday, September 14, along South Central Avenue. The blaze was used to help keep firefighters’ knowledge up…
Apopka police captain completes FBI academyThe Apopka Chief
After a 10-week stay at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va., Apopka Police Captain Jerome Miller has returned home with knowledge of how law-enforcement agencies…
City Council gives final OK to property tax rate, budgetThe Apopka Chief
A quarter-mill property tax increase that will help fund the 2018-2019 budget for the city of Apopka was given final approval Wednesday, September 19, by the…
Great blue heron spotted at Lake ApopkaThe Apopka Chief
A great blue heron has been spotted wading along the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive. The drive is located on the North Shore of Lake Apopka and…
White egrets taking overThe Apopka Chief
Although there are scores of species of birds along the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, this area had been taken over by a number of white egrets.
Mustangs use comeback to topple Winter Park Wildcats in 25-22 victoryThe Apopka Chief
Wekiva looked like anything but the number one-ranked team in the Central Florida area’s premier and state polls while Winter Park’s limit-the-mistakes play was more in…