PLANT CITY - Roy Parke, known as the Strawberry King, had a wish for his funeral services. He wanted mourners to wear red. ...more

June 9, 2008

AVON PARK — The Avon Park City Council hired an attorney that will begin acting as the city's code enforcement magistrate by March. Avon Park Fire Department Chief Terry Feickert said that the code enforcement office already has 10 cases lined up for C. Parke Sutherland, a Bartow-based attorney who became the special magistrate. The new magistrate could dole out daily fines to people with dilapidated homes and other major offenders, an action the city previously couldn't do by taking offending property owners to court. "It just gives us a little more teeth," Feickert said. ...more

January 30, 2008

It is a sight familiar to East Hillsborough early birds who rise in time to see strawberry fields and orange groves transformed on some winter days into sparkling ice sculptures. ...more

January 9, 2008

All-Pasco County Boys Golf Team ...more

December 10, 2007

Stay with TBO.com for quarter-by-quarter scoring updates. ...more

September 7, 2007