Shooting victim’s family opens restaurant in his honor

Wednesday, April 11, was a bittersweet day for the Honorato family. As the most recent members of the Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce, the Honoratos...

Volunteers will provide birding 
information at Lake Apopka drive

Volunteers from the Orange Audubon Society will be on the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive with spotting scopes and bird identification information on Sunday, April...

Artist makes pictures pop with neckties

For area artist Debra Vineyard, men’s neckties are not just fashion accessories. They’re also an art medium.

Apopka Art & Jazz Festival was a success

Wolf Lake Middle School Band played during the festival. Area schools performed about every 20 minutes.

Build a house, make it a home

Habitat for Humanity of Seminole County and Greater Apopka kicked off Women Build 2018 on Saturday, April 7, with the construction of a Jerome...

Apopka student stars in a university production of “The Fantasticks”

An Apopka native will star in the William Carey University’s production of “The Fantasticks” on April 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m., and April...

Bataan Death March remembered

On Saturday, March 31, about 50 local Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) cadets, including those shown here, participated in the Bataan Death March...

Fifth graders finish coding course, work with robots

Dream Lake Elementary currently has 24 fifth-grade students who are part of an afterschool coding club. Recently, 13 of them successfully completed Course 1...

WHS student goes on second brass band trip

Wekiva High School (WHS) senior Justin Eubanks is preparing for his second trip to Fort Wayne, Ind., for the annual North American Brass Band...

Insurance agent gives check

When Debbie Turner Cancer Care and Resource Center launched in 2009, Shren Yeager State Farm Insurance of Apopka was its first sponsor and has...