As news spread of a Plant High School teacher's battle with leukemia, students present and past quickly signed up to help through a Facebook page, "We Love Mrs. Phillips." ...more

October 31, 2009

As news spread of a Plant High teacher's battle with leukemia, students present and past quickly signed up to help through a Facebook page, "We Love Mrs. Phillips.'' Within 24 hours in August, Tamara Phillips went from thinking she had an infection to learning she had Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Phillips immediately started chemotherapy and blood transfusions at Moffitt Cancer Center. ...more

October 30, 2009

Former Plant City resident John R. Pope is poised to be elected president of Ducks Unlimited when the volunteer-based conservation organization holds its national convention in Denver in May. ...more

February 25, 2009

PLANT CITY Former Plant City resident John R. Pope is poised to be elected president of Ducks Unlimited when the volunteer-based conservation organization holds its national convention in Denver in May. ...more

January 16, 2009

"The Forever War," by Dexter Filkins (Knopf, $25) ...more

October 19, 2008

The spotlight was on farming at an annual awards ceremony sponsored by an agriculture lender and the chamber of commerce. ...more

August 27, 2008

According to a report released last month, Florida is the fifth worst state in the nation when it comes to graduating black males, trailing only Louisiana, South Carolina, Wisconsin and Michigan. Only 38 percent of black males in Florida graduate on time, according to the Schott Foundation for Public Education. ...more

August 3, 2008

A former Tampa Bay Buccaneer and a decorated veteran of the war in Iraq are among the new Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies who were sworn in Friday. ...more

July 12, 2008

Despite John McCain's carefully cultivated image as a maverick who puts principle over politics, his top campaign adviser is a Washington lobbyist who has been the consummate Republican political insider for decades, known for sometimes representing unsavory clients. ...more

July 2, 2008

Kasey Kahne won Sunday's Pocono 500 from the pole. It's what he did in between that clearly established him as one of the two hottest drivers in NASCAR. ...more

June 9, 2008