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  • Ronnie Lovler

    Ronnie Lovler has 40 years of experience in journalism, including assignments all over Latin America for CNN and CBS. Ronnie teaches journalism at UF and public speaking at Santa Fe College. She was a recent fellow in the Gerontological Society of America’s Journalists in Aging Fellows Program and a previous Knight International Journalism Fellow in Bogota, Colombia. She is an editor and contributor for the book titled, Local Lives in a Global Pandemic: Stories from North Central Florida and a contributing author to the anthology Alone Together: Tales of Sisterhood and Solitude in Latin America. She began her career in journalism at the San Juan Star in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ronnie resides in Gainesville and loves to travel.

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June 28, 2024
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June 28, 2024
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June 28, 2024
The Apopka City Council approved 5-0 each on three road transfers from Orange County to the city so the city could upgrade these infrastructures to keep…
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June 28, 2024
The Apopka Museum celebrated its 55th anniversary with its “55 & Still Alive!” celebration on Saturday, June 22, with food and refreshments, a tour of the…
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June 28, 2024
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June 28, 2024
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Jim Keck Goin' Fishin'
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June 28, 2024
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June 28, 2024
This week I got to talk to, and get to know, the Apopka Basketball team’s incoming seniors about their transition from players to leaders on the…
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June 28, 2024
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March 29, 2024
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March 29, 2024
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Pete Vergos is top 10 in USBC Masters qualifying roundsThe Apopka Chief
March 29, 2024
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Graceworx Community Church to Host Mini Concert as Part of Its Easter CelebrationThe Apopka Chief
March 22, 2024
The public is invited to come hear world-renowned, locally based, singer and recording artist Charles Haugabrooks present a 30-minute Easter-themed mini concert as part of the…
AdventHealth gives to Loaves & FishesThe Apopka Chief
March 22, 2024
AdventHealth Apopka executives presented Loaves & Fishes with a $25,000 donation.
Anderson wins first term, Nesta is re-electedThe Apopka Chief
March 22, 2024
In the Tuesday, March 19, city election, Nadia Anderson won Apopka City Council Seat 3 race, while incumbent Nick Nesta won re-election of Seat 4.
Tickets on sale for Prayer BreakfastThe Apopka Chief
March 22, 2024
In partnership with Mayor Bryan Nelson, the Apopka Christian Ministerial Alliance (ACMA) is once again bringing the Apopka Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast to the community.
Columbariums added to city cemeteryThe Apopka Chief
March 22, 2024
The city of Apopka and Quality Vaults and Monuments, based in Ocoee, installed columbariums at the Edgewood-Greenwood Cemetery on Monday, March 11, as part of the…