2022 Best of Apopka Awards is postponed because of staffing issues
After reviewing program updates and confirming the needs for the 2022 Best of Apopka Reader’s Choice Awards, The Apopka Chief will be postponing this...
Retired Apopka Police Department K-9 dies after lifelong service
Retired Apopka Police Department K-9 Neo passed this week after a long life of service to the community, the police department announced in a...
Voting for Best of Apopka awards to start in August
Voting for the Best of Apopka Readers’ Choice Awards will begin August 21.
Sponsored by The Apopka Chief and The Planter, the Best...
Obituaries November 2022
November 25, 2022
Emma Jean Phillips, 73, of Apopka, Florida passed away on November 16, 2022. Mrs. Phillips was born on June 12, 1949 in...
Wekiva Parkway will cause traffic stoppage on Ponkan
Crews are scheduled overnight on Sunday, September 25, and Monday, September 26, to intermittently stop traffic on Ponkan Road just west of Plymouth-Sorrento Road...
Student Chef Cook-Off open to 9th through 12th graders
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services encourages 9th through 12th grade students to enter the department’s “Fresh From Florida” Student Chef Cook-Off...
Preparations under way in Apopka for strong Hurricane Irma
Through preparation and precaution, the Apopka community has been bracing itself for the wrath of Hurricane Irma, which reportedly would hit Central Florida come...
Apopka man named OCPS 2017 Support Person of the Year
Lakeville Elementary School’s Darreyl Williams was named the OCPS 2017 Support Person of the Year on Wednesday, February 8, during a celebratory evening. It...
August 2022 obituaries
August 26, 2022
MINNIE BELLE CAMPBELL, 95, Apopka, died Friday, August 19. She was born in Spout Springs, Virginia. She was an original employee of...
Apopka area community cookbook recipes
This week’s Kitchen Kapers is a sampler of one recipe each from as many of our Apopka area community cookbooks as we can fit...