Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen Pageant is coming to Dade City next year. The pageant is expected to draw hundreds of people to the area when the contest opens April 23. ...more

November 7, 2009

Charleene Closshey of Plant City is co-chair for the Peace Couture Saks Fifth Avenue fundraiser, to be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 2 at 235 Westshore Plaza, Tampa. This will benefit The Spring of Tampa Bay and is in conclusion of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which was October. Admission is $50, or $75 for patron tickets. ...more

October 25, 2009

Miss Florida Teen USA Kayla Collier was 15 when she first visited a tanning salon so the stage lights at a local pageant wouldn't make her fair skin look ghostly white. ...more

March 26, 2009

Miss Florida 2008 Sierra Minott made a special stop at Claywell Elementary on Feb. 20 before heading to the Special Olympic Stampede at Gaither High School. ...more

March 4, 2009

Take time out to smell the wildflowers, admire new greenery on the cypress trees and delve into a discussion about pressing scientific questions about the natural landscape at Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center next month. ...more

February 24, 2009

Memo to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Sign up Doug Flutie. Sign Jeff Blake. Sign Steve Young - again. They played quarterback really well in Saturday afternoon's Super Bowl XLIII-related flag football games on the sand in Pinellas County. ...more

February 1, 2009

Memo to Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Sign up Doug Flutie. Sign Jeff Blake. Sign Steve Young – again. They played quarterback really well in Saturday afternoon's Super Bowl XLIII-related flag football games on the sand in Pinellas County. ...more

January 31, 2009

The chant began in the southwest corner, sweeping through University of Phoenix Stadium with 1:51 remaining until it was a runaway roar. ...more

January 19, 2009

The Miss Dade City's Kumquat Festival Pageant will be held Saturday in the auditorium of Pasco Middle School, 13925 14th St. ...more

January 15, 2009

Two local teens have been selected to represent Plant City next year in the Miss Florida USA pageant in Hollywood. ...more

November 5, 2008