Apopka High School to perform James and the Giant Peach

The Apopka High School Theater Department will hold its second mainstage production for the 2017-2018 school year. The department will perform “James and the...

Tropical Smoothie Cafe cuts ribbon

The Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce greeted Tropical Smoothie Cafe with a ribbon cutting.

Prime time for fishin’ in Central Florida is just around corner

Hello Folks, I hope everyone is getting’ all things in order for the new year. We’ve already got almost one month in the books. Where...

Apopka immigrant advocacy group earns a grant

Hope CommUnity Center (HCC) in Apopka was one of 27 organizations that received part of the $1,004,000 total that the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation...

Cookies and Milk With a Cop

Apopka Police Chief Michael McKinley, (l), and other city officers met local children and read to them at the Cookies and Milk With a...

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...