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2025 FLORIDA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL QUEEN’S SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT Are you interested in participating in a pageant? Here is the perfect one for you! The Florida Strawberry Festival Queen’s Pageant offers young women the chance to engage in an exciting pageant, meet other young women, expand leadership skills, and even have the chance to win scholarship money. […]

A lot of smart people work for the Plant City Police Department (PCPD). In addition to them, somewhere deep within the Police Center sits a big brain—not by itself of course—it is carried around inside a human. We will call the brain “H.” In this case, we will say “H” stands for “her.” H is […]

In the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, residents have met with difficulties in applying for food benefits and many are being denied. In terms of food benefits, one problem has been an apparent catch-22 on the site, in which a claimant has to report damage to their home to qualify for money for food, but when […]

Early voting for the November election runs from October 21 through November 3; 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Election Day is November 5; 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The polling location in Plant City is Bruton Memorial Library, 302 W. McLendon Street. The first items listed as issues on candidates’ websites are below. Since judges […]

U.S. Representative for the 15th District, Laurel Lee, has set up a mobile office to help Plant City residents navigate Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) paperwork for disaster assistance. The office is open October 21 to October 25 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 303 Berryfest Place. The congresswoman’s staff is also available to […]

If you tried to top off your gas tank on Wednesday morning in Plant City, you would have found the gas stations on empty. After Milton hit Wednesday night, matters got even worse. The Port of Tampa lost power, and it would not be restored until Friday evening. So, fuel could not be offloaded from […]