During Monday’s meeting between Wekiva and Apopka several players from both teams vie for control of a loose ball.
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On Saturday, March 31, about 50 local Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) cadets, including those shown here, participated in the Bataan Death March memorial hike.…
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Dream Lake Elementary currently has 24 fifth-grade students who are part of an afterschool coding club. Recently, 13 of them successfully completed Course 1 on www.code.org…
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When Debbie Turner Cancer Care and Resource Center launched in 2009, Shren Yeager State Farm Insurance of Apopka was its first sponsor and has supported the…
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Wekiva High School (WHS) senior Justin Eubanks is preparing for his second trip to Fort Wayne, Ind., for the annual North American Brass Band Association championship…
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Apopka High School (AHS) announced its top 10 students of the 2018 graduating class. Sitting in the front row are, (l to r), Angelica Fernando, Cassidy…
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The Apopka High School debate team has had numerous successes this year, competing in events locally and across the nation, including at Harvard University in Cambridge,…
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The Rock Springs Ridge Homeowners Association recognized the Apopka firefighter of the year and the law enforcement officer of the year on Tuesday, April 3. Shown…
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Officer Nathan Tuck shakes hands with Mayor Joe Kilsheimer as Officer Robert Beary looks on. Read more on the two new officers on page 9A.
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A runoff election to determine the winner of the Seat 2 race for the Apopka City Council will be held Tuesday, April 10. Polls in the…
Darters face two opponentsThe Apopka Chief
Coach Scott Williams’ team notched faced Edgewater and Lake Brantley. Find out which team notched double digits with an early lead and never looked back.
Mustangs Boys Basketball Honor SeniorsThe Apopka Chief
Prior to the Wekiva Mustangs’ game against the Haines City Hornets, the team honored seniors, (l-r), kneeling, Kevaun Smith, Shayeon Davis, Tyrone Perry, Sam Bostick, Jeremy…
Soccer, volleyball signeesThe Apopka Chief
Taylor Smith (seated, left) and Mimi Jaimes (seated, right) signed college scholarship papers Wednesday, February 7, during a ceremony in the Apopka High School gym. Find…
Apopka High School Special Olympics teams participate in state eventThe Apopka Chief
The Apopka High School Special Olympics basketball program played in the 2018 Special Olympics Florida State Basketball tournament in Tavares. Find out how the Apopka High…
A capella singing group to perform at Graceworx Community ChurchThe Apopka Chief
Pictured above is Johannes Myers, a founding member of the a capella group. The group, which calls itself Ad Vocem, will perform a cappella renditions of…
Fourth graders shoot for the stars with rocket launchesThe Apopka Chief
Whitney Merks’ fourth grade class show off the rockets they built and launched in the field of Dream Lake Elementary School on Monday, February 5. With…
A civil rights leader fights for equality in ApopkaThe Apopka Chief
By Francina Boykin, Special to the Chief Faithy “Dunie” Dowdell was a trailblazer in the fight for equal rights of black citizens living in Apopka. He…
Five-day Builders Blitz will give five families own homesThe Apopka Chief
Daysha Coleman and her daughter Desiree smile as they stand on the site where their new home will be built in South Apopka’s Arbor Bend as…
Community honors businessman as Humanitarian of YearThe Apopka Chief
Roderick “Rod” Love, (l), accept his award as the 2018 Humanitarian of the Year at the 18th annual Marvin C. Zanders Community Love Recognition Banquet. Next…
Proposal for downtown Apopka-only police officer hits a snagThe Apopka Chief
A proposal to fund a police officer who would serve solely in the downtown Apopka area in a special taxing district was put on hold Wednesday,…