An audit of the city’s pension plans has revealed both overpayments and underpayments to retirees due to misalignment with plan documents and legal requirements. At the…
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Audit of city’s pension plans finds miscalculations in benefit distribution
Mable Butler, groundbreaking commissioner, dies at age 98
Mable Butler, a groundbreaking Central Florida community advocate and politician, has died at age 98. Butler was the first African American woman to serve on the…
Shoppes at East Shore development plan amendment gets approved
Despite residents raising traffic safety concerns, the Apopka City Council voted unanimously to adopt changing a mixed-use development’s plan so that thousands of acres of commercial…
City Council to put charter amendment questions on March 2026 ballot
In a reversal of a previous decision, the Apopka City Council voted 4-1 to postpone a special election on eight proposed city charter amendments, opting instead…
Apopka City Council approves tentative millage rate for FY26
The Apopka City Council unanimously adopted the tentative millage rate of 4.4376, a 0.52% increase over the rollback rate of 4.4146, for the 2025-26 budget year. …
Bracy Davis, Young win special election races
State Rep. LaVon Bracy Davis and her former staffer, RaShon Young, have claimed victory in their respective races, with Bracy Davis winning the Florida Senate District…
Aungst threatens lawsuit over Apopka sign ordinance
A mayoral candidate has threatened to take legal action against the city of Apopka over a municipal sign ordinance that he said is a violation of…
Florida DOGE subpoenas Orange County employees over audit
The state Chief Financial Officer’s (CFO) office has subpoenaed Orange County employees “who may have knowledge of efforts to obstruct the state’s ongoing local government DOGE…
Orange County School Board gets earful on ICE
Residents, parents, and students voiced their frustration over what they believed to be the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Apopka High School…
Orange County School Board gets earful on ICETeresa Sargeant
Residents, parents, and students voiced their frustration over what they believed to be the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Apopka High School…
CRA Board adopts residential façade repair grant programTeresa Sargeant
The Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board unanimously adopted a new residential façade repair grant program designed to help residents afford home improvements by simplifying the application…
Apopka City Council approves commercial addition to mixed-use developmentTeresa Sargeant
Ordinance’s second reading, adoption to take place Sept. 3
Apopka Chamber board confirms termination of president/CEO Teresa Sargeant
The Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors released a statement late Monday saying it supports the executive committee’s decision to terminate Nick Grounds as…
Apopka City Council votes to revise new meeting minutes policy Teresa Sargeant
Only two weeks after approving a new policy for the city’s meeting minutes, the Apopka City Council voted 4-1 to revise the document to say that…
Apopka Council votes to put 8 charter amendments on ballot Teresa Sargeant
The Apopka City Council voted unanimously to put all eight proposed city charter amendments on a referendum possibly in November, including whether to change the city’s…
Council votes to keep Business Tax Receipt programTeresa Sargeant
The Apopka City Council voted 4-1 against sunsetting the city’s Business Tax Receipt (BTR) program, emphasizing its importance for economic development and data collection. The Wednesday…
Credit union opens student-run branch at Apopka High SchoolTeresa Sargeant
Addition Financial Credit Union and Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) have teamed up to launch a new student-run Addition Financial branch at Apopka High School. The…
Apopka Fire Department declines to release info about 7 people hospitalized from bus wreckTeresa Sargeant
The Apopka Fire Department has declined to release any information regarding the seven people who were sent to the hospital as a result of a bus…