Elizabeth Alice Boruff, Calvin Ellis Jr., Eugene Johnson and Donny Wright
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Contestants for 2013 Florida Strawberry Festival queen announced
Twenty-five young women will compete for the title of 2013 Florida Strawberry Festival queen Jan. 26, on the festival grounds.
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: YMCA Santa Breakfast
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor The Plant City YMCA hosted a breakfast with Santa Saturday Dec. 15. Children devoured pancakes, made Christmas ornaments and got to visit with Santa.
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Light of Christmas show
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Hundreds gathered for the annual Christmas production at Plant City’s First Baptist Church, 503. N. Palmer St. Friday, Dec. 14. Called The Light of Christmas, the production featured an orchestra with members of the church and hired professional musicians. An entertaining light show to live music started the show […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Trapnell Elementary speech contest
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Trapnell Elementary students competed in the 4-H Tropicana speech contest, Dec. 14. Sidney Dunn’s speech on FCAT testing won first place, Preston Howell’s speech on electric cars won second place and Keilah Gadson’s speech on dreams won third place. The eight competitors were based on two major categories, composition and […]
Continue ReadingWish Farms celebrates 90 years
By Matt Mauney | Associate Editor Although the name has only been around for a few years, the story behind Wish Farms dates back much earlier — 90 years in fact. Now a fourth-generation, family-owned company, Wish Farms is a leader in the strawberry growing industry and has been a major contributor to Plant City’s […]
Continue ReadingObituaries 12.13.12
Timothy Curtis Ballard, Joy Ann Marley Baxter, Ruby M. Gray, Gregory Stephen Long, Eva C. Standard and Norma Kate Thrasher (Douglas) and Joel M. Zazulia
Continue ReadingAlan Jackson added to festival lineup
Country music star Alan Jackson has been added to the 2013 Florida Strawberry Festival lineup.
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: 2012 Plant City Christmas Parade
By Michael Eng | Managing Editor and Matt Mauney | Associate Editor Plant City welcomed the Christmas season with its fun, festive Christmas Parade Dec. 7, in Historic Downtown Plant City.
Continue ReadingVIDEO: Christmas Parade
It would have taken a lot more than the Grinch to scare away the hundreds of children in the crowd during the annual Christmas Parade. The train of floats, singers and even big wheels stretched a mile long as the procession flowed down Collins St and onto Reynolds. Police on motorcycles alerted the crowd to […]
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