About 300 guests got up close with 30 election campaigns and learned more about federal, state, and local candidates as well as participated in a straw poll, at the 2018 Political Hob Nob and Straw Poll.
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Lillene Jackson, urges parents to keep an eye on what their children, no matter their age, are prescribed by the doctor or otherwise are ingesting.
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At a cost of more than $60 million, the city of Apopka’s new wastewater treatment plant should be up and running shortly after Labor Day.
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Are you tired of going into auto repair shops that are filled with service managers that are paid based on sales of service? Or how about…
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Hello Folks, I hope you had a great weekend and a great Independence Day. It’s gettin’ hot but like I said last week, if there is…
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Members of the Apopka Little League junior softball team show their Section 5 championship banner after defeating South Orange Little League in a best-of-three series. The…
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Among those at the camp will be former Apopka Blue Darter football players Aaron Jones (l) and Lo Wood. Apopka Blue Darters football coach Rick Darlington…
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Wekiva defensive back Renardo Green and linebacker Rian Davis participated in The Opening, a camp for the top high school football players in the nation as…
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About 300 people attended the inaugural induction luncheon of the newly formed Apopka Sports Hall of Fame held Saturday, June 30, at the Apopka Community Center/VFW.…
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Frank Terpilowski of Apopka shows off the T-shirt he received for catching and releasing a redfish that had been tagged by the Florida Fish and Wildlife…
Still practicing strongThe Apopka Chief
The Wekiva Mustangs are going through spring football practice with their eye on the spring game set for Wednesday, May 23. The Mustangs will face the…
Track at AHS undergoing improvementsThe Apopka Chief
The old asphalt track at Apopka High School is undergoing a metamorphosis that will turn it into a rubberized track so that the school’s track teams…
ChampionThe Apopka Chief
Emory Jordan, a sophomore from Apopka, helped the Circle Christian School’s varsity boys tennis team win both district and region championships. Both the boys and girls…
Mustangs head to state semifinals in flag footballThe Apopka Chief
In flag football, the team among the Central Florida area is the Dr. Phillips Panthers. However, when all was said and done Monday, May 7, the…
Weekend was fun for anglers, not so much for the fish- Jim KeckThe Apopka Chief
Rich Niles shows off a 9.2-lbs. bass he caught over the weekend.
From homeless to employed, single mother finds purposeThe Apopka Chief
With Mother’s Day approaching Sunday, May 13, single mother-of-two Stormee Fowler, 26, has triumphed on her journey from being homeless at an Orlando shelter to employment…
Bags of Love provides care packages with a personal touch for disenfranchised youthThe Apopka Chief
Seven years ago, Carol Janssen a resident of Florida Living Retirement Community (FLRC) gathered some of her neighbor friends to join her in a project called…
Club installs new officersThe Apopka Chief
The installation of the Foliage Garden Club of Apopka’s 2018-2019 officers was held on Thursday, May 3, at the Tavern at Rock Springs Ridge. Pictured, (l…
Art students win awardsThe Apopka Chief
Wekiva High School ninth grade student Melanie Gallegos was awarded Best of Show among the school artworks for this mixed media creation at the 57th annual…
Rock Springs Elementary has science nightThe Apopka Chief
All 820 students of Rock Springs Elementary School displayed their science projects, including some about the Everglades, at the school’s Thursday, May 3, science night. The…