The Plant City Christmas Parade that was postponed a week due to threatening weather was well worth the wait. ...more

December 23, 2009

A grocer with more than 50 years in the business and his family will serve as grand marshals when the 26th annual Christmas Parade marches through downtown starting at 6 p.m. Friday. ...more

December 7, 2009

PLANT CITY Commissioners recently adopted a nuisance abatement ordinance tightening regulations regarding swimming pools. ...more

March 16, 2009

The city is about to tighten code enforcement regulations to prohibit algae-covered swimming pools like one that rallied frustrated Gilchrist Heights residents to action last year. ...more

March 4, 2009

The city is about to tighten code enforcement regulations to prohibit algae-covered swimming pools like one that rallied frustrated Gilchrist Heights residents to action last year. ...more

February 27, 2009

The Plant City Christmas Parade, canceled hours before its Dec. 5 start, will be rescheduled for Friday, volunteer organizers decided last week. ...more

December 17, 2008

The Plant City Christmas Parade Committee voted today to reschedule the 2008 parade for Dec. 19. After discussing insurance concerns and the feasibility of staging a reduced but viable parade, the committee agreed to take all steps necessary to put it on. ...more

December 10, 2008

Organizers for the Plant City Christmas Parade have canceled the event this year, the first time in at least 25 years and perhaps since World War II. ...more

December 6, 2008

Remember as children when we didn't get our way, we would defy authority and do whatever we wanted to do. When children act like children, generally there isn't much harm done - and what damage does occur usually happens to the children alone. ...more

December 3, 2008

Frustrated in their three-year attempt to force repair of a vacant house owned by a former longtime city board member and Christmas parade organizer, a dozen Gilchrist Heights residents have posted yard signs urging the home's condemnation. ...more

May 24, 2008