Apopka News

Bulldozers and earth-moving machines are gouging a 300-foot-wide ribbon of dirt, sand and mud through abandoned farm land in north Orange and south Lake counties, creating the first segments of the $1.6 billion Wekiva Parkway.

If 6-year-old Tyler Taylor's dream to be a professional football player doesn't pan out, he can always fall back on his second choice: firefighter.

Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr. has recommended that all pre-trial GPS-monitoring provided by private companies be permanently suspended in Orange County until an overhaul of the program is made.

Florida is spending $7 million to turn a retention pond into Lake Jesup's last defense.

" Nuns on the Bus" -- a group of Catholic Sisters on a 15-state bus tour -- are bringing their campaign for immigration reform to the Hope Community Center, 1016 N Park Ave., Apopka , Mary Parish church in Winter Park for mass and a fundraiser.

MOST EXPENSIVE THEME PARK IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. HOW MUCH YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY NOW FOR A DAY AT THE MAGIC KINGDOM.

An undated photo provided by the Florida Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Elmer Carroll.

Today, the Bob Cortes for House District 30 Campaign announced the endorsement of State Representative Bryan Nelson, who is the latest Central Florida legislator to throw his support behind Cortes, along with House Majority Leader Steve Precourt, Representative Jason Brodeur, Representative David Santiago, Representative John Tobia, and ... (more)

The treasured Wekiva River now resembles its neighbor, notorious Lake Apopka , in at least one vivid way: algae cripple both bodies of water.

Young James Laughlin IV, born in 1914, models the Scottish outfit his father ordered for him.

APOPKA, Fla. -- The Seminole County Sheriff's Office is asking for help in identifying a lost child found wandering along an Apopka Roadway.

An Apopka man bonded out of jail Thursday night after he was caught impersonating a law enforcement officer.

This is SR 46A looking south Thursday, October 11, 2007. Plans are this portion of the road will be not connected cut off after the new road is built.

Word broke yesterday that Valencia College will be seeking state approval for a new campus in Poinciana.