Retirement doesn’t hold pilot back in aerospace business

Last year, Ned Bowers marked his retirement with his final flight as a Delta Air Lines captain, a round trip from Atlanta, Ga., to...

Apopka High School brings home awards from event

Thirty-two students from Apopka High School have qualified to compete in a non-profit youth organization’s national convention after successfully netting awards at a state...

Band teacher earns music award

Lindsey Crouch, a lifelong Apopka resident and band director at Umatilla Middle School, received the Tom Bishop Award at the Florida Music Educators Conference...

Students make All State Chorus

Chloe Souliere, (c), and Gabriella Mendez, (r), along with music teacher Alexandra Mirocha, represented Dream Lake Elementary in the Florida Music Educators Association (FMEA)...

OCPS chooses finalists

Shawanza Dillard, a Lakeville Elementary School program assistant, was one of five finalists Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) selected for its annual Support Person...

Apopka Woman’s Club members win arts, crafts contest

Two exhibitors were announced as first place winners of an arts and crafts contest at the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) Apopka Woman’s...

County Clerk will host Apopka grand opening

The Orange County Clerk of Courts, Tiffany Moore Russell, will host the grand opening of its self-help center in Apopka with an official ribbon...

Kiddie Academy cuts ribbon

The Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed its newest member, Kiddie Academy, to the Apopka area with a ribbon cutting.

Sycamore tree is planted in honor of tornado anniversary

Apopka Elementary students and community leaders, including Mayor Joe Kilsheimer, (c), shovel dirt over the sycamore tree’s roots to complete its planting.

Student invited to join conference

Student Ava Boornazian of Apopka has been selected to participate in the National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC), on Mastering Leadership this summer at Georgetown...