Commissioner and city attorney disagree at council meeting
City attorney Joe Byrd and Commissioner Kyle Becker verbally sparred at an Apopka City Council meeting Wednesday, September 11, over a draft report of...
Report: Allegations vs. retired fire chief are inconclusive, unfounded
A 32-page report on the investigation of 11 administrative charges against retired Apopka Fire Chief Chuck Carnesale found that all of the allegations were...
City remembers 9/11 with brief ceremony
The city of Apopka held a brief ceremony Wednesday, September 11, to remember the attacks of September 11, 2001, where Islamic terrorists hijacked four...
City Council approves first reading of zoning change for apartments
The Apopka City Council voted 5-0 to approve the first of two required readings of an ordinance that would change the zoning of a...
400 people attend county meeting about septic tanks
Four-hundred residents learned more about how they and Orange County could ask the state to fund 65 percent of a septic system retrofitting project affecting...
John Land Trust gala scheduled for Oct. 24
The second John Land Apopka Community Trust Legacy Gala will be held Thursday, October 24. The guest speaker is Apopka native Eddie C. Brown,...
Dorian’s brush reminds us that we’re not done with hurricane season
Central Florida was spared much of Hurricane Dorian’s wrath with the hurricane feeling more like a tropical storm when it slid by the area....
Apopka fares fine with Dorian, but still must fix flooding issues
While the city of Apopka fared fairly well this week through Hurricane Dorian’s brush with the east coast of Florida, the mayor said that...
New Apopka fire chief looking to push the fire department forward
As the city’s new fire chief, Sean Wylam is determined to keep the Apopka
Fire Department on track as one of the nation’s top fire...
Local ministry seeking to help the Bahamas
A ministry that has Apopka roots and works in the Bahamas and throughout the Caribbean is seeking donations of money and any other items...