Jalen Carter gives $5K for Pop Warner team

NFL star and Apopka native pays for counseling for Pop Warner players after shooting. After a tragic shooting at a Pop Warner football practice, an NFL star and Apopka native is giving back, hoping to help the kids get through it.

Child killed, mother, sibling hurt in crash

A 7-year-old died following a car crash that happened in Apopka Thursday morning. A mother was bringing her two children to school when an alleged car burglary suspect crashed into the car carrying the family.

Video shows Apopka Pop Warner shooting

An 11-year-old boy in Florida has been arrested after allegedly shooting two of his Pop Warner football teammates Monday evening after practice at a sports complex in Apopka, police said, allegedly stemming from a fight over a bag of chips.

Apopka PD: Kids shouldn't have access to guns

Apopka Police Chief Mike McKinley gave an update Tuesday morning about the two players who were shot at a Pop Warner football practice in Apopka on Monday evening. The young suspect was arrested and charged.

Apopka PD chief: Keep kids away from guns

Apopka Police Chief Mike McKinley gave an update Tuesday morning about the two players who were shot at a Pop Warner football practice in Apopka on Monday evening. The young suspect was arrested and charged.

Fight leads to shooting at football practice

An argument among kids during football practice ended in a shooting Monday night in Apopka. Police said three juveniles got into an argument that escalated in the parking lot. One boy went to a car, grabbed a gun, and allegedly fired one round, which struck two other kids. The alleged shooter has been detained, police said. Both kids were taken to the hospital, and are expected to survive.

Teen arrested for stealing headstone

A teen was arrested for reportedly damaging and stealing a burial headstone from an Apopka cemetery, police said. Deshawn Frankie Russell, 19, was arrested and charged with felony criminal mischief/damaging a burial headstone and grand theft in connection to the September 2 incident. Russel is accused of damaging and stealing the headstones of two brothers.

2 headstones damaged at Florida cemetery

Police are investigating a local cemetery after two burial headstones at an Apopka cemetery were damaged and stolen. Both incidents happened over the weekend at Edgewood Cemetery on East 1st Street. The Apopka Police Department responded to the cemetery regarding a felony criminal mischief of damaging a burial headstone.