Gas district CEO gets raise, now makes more than $234k

The CEO of the Lake Apopka Natural Gas District got a salary bump that raises his annual pay to.  Read more on  3A...

Club gives out scholarships

The Apopka Woman’s Club passed out its annual scholarship checks to recent high school graduates.  Read more on 10A.

Panfish, bass are bitin’ in our local lakes

Hello Folks, I hope all the fathers out there had a great Father’s Day and, more importantly, you got to spend some time on the...

HOA of the Month

The HOA of the Month award for the Apopka area presented by Orange County Commissioner Christine Moore is Pitman Estates off Ponkan Road. Katie...

Apopka group’s representative takes part in virtual conference

Charlotte White, the current FFRW Membership chair and District 5 representative, participated in the Florida FFRW Convention via Zoom.  Read more 10A…

Church gets new pastor

The church board of Florida Living Seventh-day Adventists recently selected Pastor Alan Jones as the new pastor.  Read more on 2B.

Wolf Lake Elementary retirees reflect on their careers

Wolf Lake Elementary bids farewell to three of our fabulous staff as they retire! Paulette Schultz, Kay Buchan, and Karen Smith have been a...

Food distributed

Volunteers for the Florida Farmworker Association gave nearly 400 boxes of food to people during three days over the past two weeks.  Page 6A.

Apopkan receives optometry degree

Christy Alfano, O.D., of Apopka, was among 134 students recently awarded the Doctor of Optometry degree from Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tenn. Page...

60th anniversary

Pastor Freddie Filmore and his wife, Eva Carroll Filmore will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on June 26. Page 3A.