Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal. John Tyler sees the final completion of the $1.6 billion, 25-mile Wekiva Parkway/State Road 429 as a career-defining moment for himself and many other Florida Department of Transportation employees. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS […]
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The Katie of the famed Katie’s Landing at Wekiva River has died
Katie Moncrief has died at age 98. Her name, enshrined in Wekiva River lore, lives on. The generational efforts of Central Florida to protect its fabled Wekiwa Springs, Wekiva River and Wekiva wilderness of wetlands, forest and sandy hills stands as perhaps the region’s defining act of environmentalism. The quest has been joined by defenders […]
Starting Monday, Wekiva High School will be the first to launch new security measures
Starting Monday, Wekiva High School will be the first to launch new security measures Orange County Public Schools announced last week that it’s launching a pilot program to test the use of a walk-through weapons detection system called OPENGATE to screen every student and campus visitor. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS The district will […]