The Plant City Christmas parade is back on the holiday schedule - this time for Dec. 19. ...more

December 11, 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

Winners of the Sebring Christmas Parade were announced. They were Don Jose Mexican Restaurant, best group; Edge Cheer Center, best walking group; Long's Air Conditioning, best overall float; Sebring Christian Church, best use of a theme; and Heartland Christian School, judge's choice. ...more

December 10, 2008

Any doubts about the need for Hillsborough County to smother budding gang activity should have been destroyed by the rampage that shut down Plant City last Friday. ...more

December 9, 2008

Friday, Plant City was shut down by a massive manhunt for a suspected killer. Monday night, that collective experience and individual pain were recognized at Plant City Commission meeting. ...more

December 8, 2008

A trailer carrying children in a Christmas parade struck and killed a 10-year-old girl who had jumped out of a pickup truck driving among the floats Saturday, police said. ...more

December 7, 2008

Plenty of bad stuff swirls around us these days but all it takes is a look around every now and then to see a lot of good as well. These acts of kindness and wholesomeness are everywhere, if we take time to see them. There's been no better places to witness these things in the last week or so than in Avon Park and Sebring's community Christmas parades. ...more

December 7, 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

One of the biggest manhunts in Hillsborough County's history ended shortly before 3:45 p.m. Friday when deputies arrested the man they say killed a bystander during a morning shootout with police. ...more

December 6, 2008

An effort by more than 400 law enforcement officers from local, county and state agencies paid off late this afternoon. The search for the slaying suspect, which paralyzed Plant City for most of the day, ended shortly before 3:45 p.m. with the capture of 25-year-old Francisco Rangel. ...more

December 5, 2008