PLANT CITY The following is a list of winners of the Florida Strawberry Festival swine show. Eighty Hillsborough County students in grades 3-12, participated in the show. All student participants were required to have a minimum 2.5 grade point average and their entry must have weighed at least 200 pounds. The participants were judged on showmanship, exhibition skill and their industry knowledge by a panel of industry leaders. ...more

April 1, 2009

Workers who got three days' notice that their factory was shutting its doors have occupied the building and say they won't go home without assurances they'll get severance and vacation pay. ...more

December 6, 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

When I joined Weight Watchers on March 7, 2006, I had many reasons to want to lose weight. I had borderline high blood pressure, suffered from sleep apnea and could not walk up a flight of stairs without becoming winded. ...more

November 1, 2007