For July 26, 2024
HEADLINE NEWS:
Feature Headlines
Orange County Public Schools earns an ‘A’ for 2023-24 school year
Service set for publisher
Community Redevelopment Agency reviews FY2025 budget
Matriarch celebrates 106th birthday
Dr. Nicholas Grounds is new Chamber head
OUR POSITION:
JR’s families express their appreciation of sentiments
The Apopka Chief and The Planter newspaper family and the Johnnie (JR) Ricketson family would like to thank the community of Apopka for all of the well wishes and hugs that have been shared on JR’s freedom from cancer on July 16 at 84 years of age.
THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY: OPINION & ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Back-to-School Bash, Bike Rodeo planned
Christine Moore, County Commissioner District 2
I’m excited to announce a new annual event I will be hosting for families in the downtown Apopka area – the District 2 Back-to-School Bash and Bike Rodeo on Saturday, August 3rd. Read Moore on page 2A.
Local schools were/are a priority
Melissa Byrd, Orange County School Board, District 7
As I contemplated this week’s column and how to honor a man we all knew and loved so, I found myself struggling for the right words to express the loss felt in losing a community icon, Mr. John Ricketson. Read Byrd on page 2A.
Israel is an example of stepping up to bring people together
Ike Hayden, Editorial
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