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...
Kissimmee, Harris chains have been very busy
Hello Folks,
I hope you are havin’ a great week and hopefully you got a chance to do some fishin’ over the weekend. We had...
Immigrant groups criticize state rep
Group representatives said the misinformation spread among the public was a political ploy to score votes. Read more on page 10A.