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  • Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.

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  • Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.

LaVon Bracy Davis
Teresa Sargeant
September 3, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Matthew Aungst
Teresa Sargeant
September 2, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
A man and two women sit on a dais, with a desk in front of them. A plaque with each individual's name is mounted on the desk.
Teresa Sargeant
August 29, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Melissa Byrd
Teresa Sargeant
August 28, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Rep. LaVon Bracy Davis, Willie Montague, Tuan Le and RaShon Young
Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Apopka City Commissioner Alexander H. Smith (L) and Mayor Bryan Nelson (R) speak at a recent meeting.
Teresa Sargeant
August 27, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
A rendering of what the Shoppes at East Shore could look like as seen on WMG Development website.
Teresa Sargeant
August 26, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Nick Grounds (L) shakes hands with Congressman Daniel Webster at a chamber event this month.
Teresa Sargeant
August 26, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
City Commissioner Nick Nesta, City Commissioner Alexander H. Smith, and Mayor Bryan Nelson (L to R) at a meeting at Apopka City Hall in July.
Teresa Sargeant
August 22, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
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Teresa Sargeant
August 21, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
LaVon Bracy Davis
Bracy Davis, Young win special election races Teresa Sargeant
September 3, 2025
State Rep. LaVon Bracy Davis and her former staffer, RaShon Young, have claimed victory in their respective races, with Bracy Davis winning the Florida Senate District…
Matthew Aungst
Aungst threatens lawsuit over Apopka sign ordinanceTeresa Sargeant
September 2, 2025
A mayoral candidate has threatened to take legal action against the city of Apopka over a municipal sign ordinance that he said is a violation of…
A man and two women sit on a dais, with a desk in front of them. A plaque with each individual's name is mounted on the desk.
Florida DOGE subpoenas Orange County employees over auditTeresa Sargeant
August 29, 2025
The state Chief Financial Officer’s (CFO) office has subpoenaed Orange County employees “who may have knowledge of efforts to obstruct the state’s ongoing local government DOGE…
Melissa Byrd
Orange County School Board gets earful on ICETeresa Sargeant
August 28, 2025
Residents, parents, and students voiced their frustration over what they believed to be the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Apopka High School…
Rep. LaVon Bracy Davis, Willie Montague, Tuan Le and RaShon Young
Senate, House seats up for grabsSarah Merly
Special election set for Tuesday
Apopka City Commissioner Alexander H. Smith (L) and Mayor Bryan Nelson (R) speak at a recent meeting.
CRA Board adopts residential façade repair grant programTeresa Sargeant
August 27, 2025
The Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board unanimously adopted a new residential façade repair grant program designed to help residents afford home improvements by simplifying the application…
A rendering of what the Shoppes at East Shore could look like as seen on WMG Development website.
Apopka City Council approves commercial addition to mixed-use developmentTeresa Sargeant
August 26, 2025
Ordinance’s second reading, adoption to take place Sept. 3
Nick Grounds (L) shakes hands with Congressman Daniel Webster at a chamber event this month.
Apopka Chamber board confirms termination of president/CEO Teresa Sargeant
August 26, 2025
The Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors released a statement late Monday saying it supports the executive committee’s decision to terminate Nick Grounds as…
City Commissioner Nick Nesta, City Commissioner Alexander H. Smith, and Mayor Bryan Nelson (L to R) at a meeting at Apopka City Hall in July.
Apopka City Council votes to revise new meeting minutes policy Teresa Sargeant
August 22, 2025
Only two weeks after approving a new policy for the city’s meeting minutes, the Apopka City Council voted 4-1 to revise the document to say that…
City-Hall-090117
Apopka Council votes to put 8 charter amendments on ballot Teresa Sargeant
August 21, 2025
The Apopka City Council voted unanimously to put all eight proposed city charter amendments on a referendum possibly in November, including whether to change the city’s…