Hardware stores win awards

Carter’s Ace Hardware of Apopka and Hunt Club Boulevard achieved designation as a “Pinnacle Performance Retailing” store for its performance, Ace Hardware Corporation has...

Wildlife drive gets new covered shelter

Thanks to donations made to the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, the St. Johns River Water Management District and volunteers were able to provide a...

Cookie recipe with salted cashews, creamy icing is different

We have Jail-House Chili from Paths of Sunshine, published by the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs. If you don’t like highly seasoned food, you...

48 wings and 20 ribs sound delicious after 8-hour marinade

You can marinate Girtha Miller’s Chicken Wings and Pork Ribs together in a Ziplok bag for 8 hours, then bake in the oven. This...

Running for state job

Apopka City Commissioner Doug Bankson announced Wednesday, February16, at the City Council meeting that he will run for Florida House District 39 in the...

Weather doing flip-flops with hot, cold

Hello Folks, Well, I thought the weather was goin’ to settle down. Boy was I wrong. We had another cold front earlier this week and...

Apopka’s (potato eaters) cheesy scalloped potatoes sound good

From The Progressive Farmer’s Southern Cookbook, we have Meat-Potato Casserole. This is the cookbook that our dearly-departed friend, Miz Belle Gilliam, used. Southern Living’s 1997...

AHS robotics teams win competition

Apopka High School robotics Team 550C partnered with Team 550X to win the War in the Wolves Den VEX robotics tournament hosted at Timber...

School Superintendent Jenkins will retire

After 10 years as the superintendent of Orange County Public Schools, Dr. Barbara Jenkins has announced her retirement. Read more on 3A.

A snack that got away

A small alligator tries to chomp on a fish in a canal along the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive. The alligator had issues trying to...