Orange County Sheriff’s Office identifies victim’s body

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office has identified the initially unknown victim, whose body was found on the side of Lust Road near S.R. 429...

New Apopka High School principal is familiar with school, community

As a former math teacher, Lyle Heinz, the new Apopka High School principal, said he likes to look at the numbers in determining how...

City plans at least one budget workshop, with possible second

The Apopka City Council will hold at least one budget workshop with the possibility of a second, said Edward Bass, city administrator. The first...

Complaint against former mayor is kept alive by state panel

The Florida Ethics Commission has let one of two ethics complaints filed against former Apopka Mayor Joe Kilsheimer stand, dismissing the other complaint.

County urges mosquito control

In Central Florida, mosquito activity increases during the hot, rainy months of the summer season. With increased activity comes the additional threat of mosquito-borne...

Traveling Vietnam Wall will be displayed in Kit Land Nelson Park...

It took two years of planning, but a one-of-a-kind tribute to fallen veterans is finally coming to Apopka. The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall will...

Keeping an eye on a tasty snack

While hanging on to a small woody plant, a green heron keeps an eye on a potential meal at the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive....

Sheriff’s deputies seek suspect for attack with ‘unknown substance’

Sheriff’s deputies are seeking a suspect for throwing what they call an unknown substance in a victim's face in South Apopka. On Tuesday, June 12,...

Apopka woman stabbed roomate and his girlfriend

On Monday, June 4, sheriff’s deputies went to a North Lake Pleasant Road home where the suspect, Paula Benson-Smith, 58, was in a verbal...

Family, friends say farewell to longtime VFW commander

Pallbearers carry Ortenzio “Artie” Vecchio’s casket out of Victory Church as law enforcement agents salute it following his funeral on June 5. Read more...