Tickets are available for the "Star-Spangled Spectacular," a concert featuring The Mostly Pops Orchestra with special guests John and Mary K. Wilson. ...more

June 28, 2009

More than 70 local businesses are expected to be represented at the annual Plant City Community Expo on April 30 at the John R. Trinkle Community Center. ...more

April 15, 2009

City commissioners adopted an ordinance restricting downtown parking during the Saturday motorcycle and car shows over the objections of one downtown merchant. ...more

March 18, 2009

WESLEY CHAPEL Microsoft Word Class Offered An introduction to Microsoft Word class will be offered from 10 to 11:30 a.m. today at New River Library, 34043 State Road 54 W. The class is free and open to adults, but registration is required. For information, call the library, (813) 788-6375. ...more

February 26, 2009

I read with interest the Tribune's Feb. 22 article regarding closure of the Smithfield Foods facility in Plant City. Like many communities across this great county, Plant City has had to cope with unprecedented challenges to our local, state, national and global economies. Our budgets are stressed by declining depository interest rates and rising operating expenses. We see our neighborhoods negatively impacted by the foreclosure crisis. We feel the pain when layoffs are announced. ...more

February 25, 2009

Bruce Rodwell, a retired produce buyer who came here to establish a strawberry operation - and never left - is Plant City's Outstanding Citizen of the Year. ...more

February 25, 2009

Bruce Rodwell, a 72-year-old retiree whose volunteer work keeps him busier than when he was owner-operator of a local produce business, was named today as Plant City's Outstanding Citizen of the Year. ...more

February 18, 2009

Tuesday's announcement that Smithfield Foods will cease local operations means not only the departure of this city's largest private employer, but loss of a meat-packing plant that has provided jobs for generations. ...more

February 18, 2009

Virginia-based Smithfield Foods' closing of its Plant City meat-packing plant – the city's largest private employer – may be the largest layoff in the city's history. ...more

February 17, 2009

The new chairman of the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce called on members to volunteer their time to help the organization weather economic uncertainty in the coming year. ...more

February 4, 2009