In one of the lowest-scoring championship games in program history, the Panthers defeated the Pistons 11-9 for the Cadet League title in Plant City Recreation and Parks Department/Optimist Youth Basketball. ...more

March 4, 2009

The 40th season of the Plant City Recreation & Parks Department/Optimist Youth Basketball Program began last week. This year, 44 teams will hit the courts with a total of 200 games to be played over a two-month schedule. ...more

January 14, 2009

A Gulfport woman wrote about $240,000 in checks payable to herself from her job's operating account, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. ...more

October 24, 2008

On a January night nine years ago, Laura Snider was saved. A 27-year-old single mother at the time, Snider felt she had ruined her life through a disastrous marriage and divorce. But in her kitchen that night, after reading pamphlets and Bible passages that her boss had pointed her to, she realized she was a sinner, she said, she prayed for forgiveness, and put her trust in Christ. ...more

February 17, 2008