The Apopka Police Department honored Officer Josean Velez-Cantres with the Officer of the Second Quarter Award. According to Apopka Police Department members, Velez has extraordinary work…
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Lake Apopka Natural Gas District, a local natural gas system serving customers in West Orange and South Lake Counties, received the American Public Gas Association’s (APGA)…
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Rotary Club of Apopka president Deb Perez, (l), and member Dr. Kristine Sands, (c), welcome the club’s newest member Dr. Kirk K. Kohil. Read more about…
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Three state championships, two individual boys state championships, a second place in girls state championship competition, two district championships as well as an undefeated season and…
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The 2016 Crying Towel Invitational will include Apopka High football coach Rick Darlington. The event will be hosted by Apopka High alumnus Roger Williams and his…
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Becoming the second consecutive team from Florida to claim the Little League Intermediate age division (12-13 years old) national Southeast Region championship and advance to the…
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It took two attempts but Apopka native, Alex Nicholson notched his first victory as a part of the Ultimate Fighting Championship roster. Taking on Devin Clark…
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See more photos of Apopka and Wekiva High training for their football season on pages 4 and 5 in this week's Apopka Chief. Never miss upcoming…
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There was no doubt the Apopka Little League 11-12 softball all-star team played as hard as it could in an effort to claim the Section 5…
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As part of building the Wekiva Parkway, road crews will close one local road for a month while intermittently closing another road. Find out when this…
MONEY MONSTERThe Apopka Chief
MAY 13, 2016 R , 1 hr 38 min Drama Suspense/Thriller TV stock-market guru Lee Gates (George Clooney) and his producer Patty (Julia Roberts) are held…
THE ANGRY BIRDS 2D/3DThe Apopka Chief
MAY 20, 2016 PG , 1 hr 37 min Action/Adventure Animated This animated adaptation of the hugely popular video-game series follows three avian friends as they…
THE JUNGLE BOOK 2D/3DThe Apopka Chief
APRIL 15, 2016 PG , 1 hr 45 min Action/Adventure Drama In this reimagining of the classic collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling, director Jon Favreau…
Kilsheimer, Velazquez now on gas district boardThe Apopka Chief
The City Council voted to approve Mayor Joe Kilsheimer’s request to appoint himself and Commissioner Diane Velazquez to the Lake Apopka Natural Gas District Board of…
City continues look at proposed fees to use recreation fieldsThe Apopka Chief
The City Council decided to “digest” the proposed recreation fees for youth sports organizations that use city-owned fields at the Northwest Recreation Complex. Get the details…
Aptitude test leads to long career in accountingThe Apopka Chief
Even though Rick Collins spent nearly four decades working in some form of accounting, going into that field was not a passion of his as he…
Students merge plants, fish in aquaponics gardenThe Apopka Chief
Wekiva High School has established its first aquaponics garden on school grounds using grant funds as a way to give students educational cross-curriculum opportunities. Who benefits…
Boy gets World Trade Center piece for Eagle Scout projectThe Apopka Chief
The city presented a Boy Scout, Christian Lamphere, with a section of the fallen World Trade Center towers for his Eagle Scout badge. Find out what…
Eatery on its way, new speeds, VFW, cleaningThe Apopka Chief
What's the new eatery coming to Apopka? What's the new speed? What did the VFW install? What did these volunteers clean? Answers to these questions in…
Many honored by RotaryThe Apopka Chief
Jon DeClue, Rotary Club of Apopka president, awards locals with plaques and checks. Find out the purpose for the plaques and checks on page 5B in…