In its first year of operation, the nonprofit Plant City Support Our Soldiers, with the help of the community, sent more than 2,000 pounds of items to deployed soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...more

January 6, 2010

In its first year of operation, the nonprofit Plant City Support Our Soldiers – with the help of the community - sent more than 2,000 pounds of items to deployed soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...more

January 3, 2010

Their lists to Santa included an Easy-Bake oven, a football and the Littlest Pet Shop toys. ...more

December 28, 2009

Plenty of childlike giggles and family-oriented goodies marked the spot where area residents came to enjoy the Winter Wonderland. ...more

December 23, 2009

My wife, Ginny, and I were married June 29, 1956. I still had two years of college to complete. Not having much money, we moved into a small prefabricated house of a type that was mass-produced by the thousands, constructed of plywood and used for temporary housing for returning World War II GIs. By 1956, the housing crunch was past, and these units were rented to anyone. ...more

December 20, 2009

Old-fashioned holiday hospitality will once again run throughout the town as Growing Great Moms presents their third annual Christmas Tour of Homes from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. ...more

November 28, 2009

The real killers at Fort Hood in Texas are political correctness, affirmative action and the cult of diversity. If the gunman was of any other religion other than Muslim, he would not have been in a position to do what he did. ...more

November 10, 2009

Hundreds of pirates, princesses and Power Rangers lined up to strut their stuff and grab some goodies Sunday at the annual Halloween Horribles parade held at Center Place Fine Arts and Civic Association. But the fun isn't over yet. ...more

October 28, 2009

Delayed a week by torrential rains, the Tampa Downtown Market opened Friday at Franklin and Madison streets with more vendors, a bigger variety of food and fresh produce, and more space for shoppers to roam. ...more

October 24, 2009

Whenever I hear that someone hits the lottery or some other big windfall, I say to myself, "Why can't they share it with me?" Well, my wife and I were shopping a few weeks ago, and when lunchtime came around we ate at the nearest place that we could find. ...more

August 22, 2009