The message was as clear as spring water. From Sunday morning until Monday noon, 654 of the 824 Sound Off callers said farmers should not be allowed to drain their fields into Lake Apopka. As a ...

APOPKA, Fla. — For decades, scientists have said Lake Apopka is "dead." Farming along the shore turned one of the nation's best bass fishing spots into a toxic pool of sludge. But it's finally ...

Lake Apopka was a sportsman’s paradise. It wasn’t just one of the state’s biggest lakes in the mid-1900s, it was one of the most popular.