Police announced that around 7 a.m., a threat was posted in the livestream’s chat, which prompted the school to be placed on hold.

Apopka High School was placed on a hold as firefighters investigated an odor in the gym, according to Principal Lyle Heinz.

A former Apopka High School science teacher has been sentenced to life in prison.

Former Apopka High School Darter and now Philadelphia Eagle Jalen Carter returned to Central Florida to host his third annual free youth football camp.

In an arrest affidavit, police said that Kostyunin had drugged the boy with marijuana-laced chocolates and gave him wine while watching a movie about Elton John and “how he became gay.”

Police said that FBI investigators contacted them about a “sexual incident” at the home of the teacher, who was identified as 50-year-old Dmitri Kostyunina.

Apopka High School was on lockdown Tuesday morning due to a “potential verbal threat against our campus,” officials said.

The Apopka Police Department said its officers on Friday arrested a 16-year-old boy, accused of prompting a lockdown at Apopka High School after robbing and shooting a woman nearby.

One person was injured in a shooting near Apopka High School, prompting a lockdown on the campus, police said.

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Orange County Public Schools will begin offering the coronavirus vaccine to students 5 years old and older.

A $15,000 reward is being offered for any information that could lead to the arrest of anyone responsible for the deadly shooting of a 15-year-old girl at an Apopka gas station in March 2020.

The Friday night lights will be dark at Apopka High School this week after Orange County Public Schools postponed the game with Ocoee High School because of COVID-19 cases.

APOPKA, Fla. – Hundreds of families struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic lined up at Apopka High School Saturday morning to receive free meals. “A blessing, a blessing, a blessing. I’ll be glad to eat food tonight and sit at the table with my neighbors and have a good meal,” Garrison said. State Senator Randolph Bracy and Apopka High School’s PTSA teamed up with Farm Share to hold the event. Tre Wade, Apopka High School’s PTSA president, said the community is hurting.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Authorities have made an arrest in connection with the death of a man shot while celebrating a teenager’s birthday at an Orange County nightclub, according to deputies. Pablo Jaimes Jr., 18, is accused of fatally shooting 25-year-old Miguel Gonzalez outside Club Fenix on Ocoee Apopka Road on Saturday night. [PREVIOUS: 1 dead in shooting during Quinceañera at Orange County nightclub]Officials with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said Gonzalez was at a quinceañera, which is a celebration of a girl’s 15th birthday, being held at the nightclub when the birthday girl’s ex-boyfriend showed up with some friends and started acting unruly. Covelli said he was arrested when he showed up for class at Apopka High School, where he is a senior. We were not expecting him to be in school,” Covelli said.