The Apopka Chief
Holiday weekend provides plenty of time to go fishin’
Hello Folks,
I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. I hope you were as fortunate as I was. I was off all three...
Prepare a special meal for National Grandparents Day
Grandparents are such wonderful folks.
We all have them, or at least back in our earlier days we did, starting our lives out with grandmas...
Police chief sworn in
Mike McKinley is sworn in as Apopka’s police chief by Mayor Joe Kilsheimer at the Apopka Community Center/VFW.
A dreamy sunset
Danny J. Goff submitted this picture of a recent sunset over Dream Lake along Park Avenue in Apopka. With afternoon storms prevalent, many picturesque...
Visioning process heads into community this week
As residents continue to participate in the Visioning Apopka process, the city heads into a month packed with forums and meetings, designed to collect...
Statues of Mayor John Land proposed as part of City projects
Mayor Joe Kilsheimer brought up the issue of a pair of statues proposed to honor the late former Mayor John H. Land. Read more...
Two area churches merge to one congregation
Park Avenue Worship Center, which was hit by a Lynx bus earlier this year, will be the home of the combined congregations following the...
Apopka teacher retires after more than 30 years in classroom
Judy Ustler Babb, a lifelong Apopka resident, spent 28 years of her education career at Apopka Memorial Middle School. The most significant accomplishment, Babb...
Mother charged with child abuse
An Apopka mother was arrested and charged with child abuse after she left her seven-year-old son by himself. Find out where police found her...
Girl Scouts will honor Apopka’s first responders with meal
Two members of Girl Scout Troop 822 will prepare dinner for Apopka Police and Fire departments, and assemble care packages for the police, in...