August will be a month with lots of activities for the Plant City area. ...more

July 16, 2008

Plant City native Pam Walden has been appointed Hillsborough County schools supervisor of agribusiness and natural resources, a post left vacant by the recent retirement of Jim Jeffries. ...more

July 9, 2008

Soaring costs and plunging revenues have created "the perfect storm" of a budget year, prompting city leaders to scrutinize expenses large and small and consider fees for emergency response to traffic accidents. ...more

July 9, 2008

Rose Barbie, 61, grew up in Tampa and had grandparents on both sides of the family who worked in cigar factories. Her heritage is Sicilian and Cuban, meaning she speaks three languages. ...more

July 5, 2008

PLANT CITY In The Field has been selected 2008 Agri-Business of the Year. Karen Berry, a lifelong resident, started the monthly agriculture magazine in November 2004 to give a voice to the farming community. ...more

June 30, 2008

The GFWC Plant City Juniorettes won a number of awards at an annual conference recently in Oviedo. ...more

June 28, 2008

In the 1971 film "The Last Picture Show," the only movie theater in a small Texas town closes, never to reopen. ...more

June 28, 2008

Items of interest from Monday's Plant City Commission meeting include: •The meeting began with a moment of silence in memory of strawberry grower Roy Parke, who died June 5. ...more

June 14, 2008

A scholarship was presented recently to a Plant City High School student in memory of a certified public accountant who was killed in a car accident last year on his way to a hunting trip. ...more

June 14, 2008

Gil Gott has announced he is retiring from his management position with Florida Tree Source Inc., but will continue his other pursuits, including as executive director of Plant City Photo Archives. ...more

June 13, 2008