The Florida Strawberry Festival queen and court have again drawn national attention and will be profiled in an upcoming television spot on ABC. ...more

February 25, 2009

Festival queen Lauren Der and court members — first maid Sara Beth Newsome, Megan Cochran, Joclyn Emerson and Morgan Feaster — are being profiled by "Good Morning America's" Saturday feature program in a bimonthly segment, "American Snapshot." ...more

February 24, 2009

Kristen Smith's dream come true - her reign as Florida Strawberry Festival queen - draws to a close at a pageant Saturday night. ...more

January 14, 2009

Kristen Smith's dream come true – her reign as Florida Strawberry Festival queen - draws to a close at a pageant Jan. 17. ...more

January 6, 2009

Plant City Native Wins Journalism Award Plant City native Anne Hull, a Washington Post reporter who helped expose mistreatment of wounded war veterans, is this year's recipient of the Lovejoy Award. ...more

October 15, 2008

PLANT CITY Plant City native Anne Hull, a Washington Post reporter who helped expose mistreatment of wounded war veterans, is this year's recipient of the Lovejoy Award. ...more

October 9, 2008

Last week was vacation time for me, and it featured a family trip to the Southwest, including the Grand Canyon, San Diego and a stop at Disneyland in Anaheim. The original Disney complex, which opened in 1955, pales in comparison to our Disneyworld in Orlando that came along some 16 years later. ...more

August 13, 2008

A Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and Plant City native has written a lengthy article for The New Yorker magazine on the Florida Strawberry Festival queen's pageant. Headlined "The Strawberry Girls," the article by Anne Hull hit the newsstands Monday. ...more

August 7, 2008