Recently revised rules for the Plant City Christmas Parade disregard the city's ban on distributing candy and beads, instead dictating such trinkets be dispensed only from behind floats, and never thrown. ...more

November 26, 2008

PLANT CITY The community is invited to join in Friday as the Plant City High Raiders celebrate their homecoming and final football game of the season. ...more

November 12, 2008

The Plant City Christmas Parade will remain a Friday night tradition. ...more

October 22, 2008

The gaining celebrity of Mardy Fish has added to the excitement surrounding the Canon Tennis Challenge of Tampa Bay, now a month away. ...more

October 8, 2008

PLANT CITY Plant City commissioners recently joined their counterparts on other government bodies recognizing Oct. 5-11 as Mental Illness Awareness Week. ...more

October 3, 2008

Mayor Rick Lott and his wife, Di, have a lot of room in their spacious home for almost any imaginable event, including the 11th annual dinner-mystery theater presented in two performances by the Friends of the Bruton Memorial Library. ...more

September 24, 2008

An ambitious update of a vision statement guiding Plant City's future has been enthusiastically endorsed by commissioners. ...more

September 17, 2008

PLANT CITY An ambitious update of a vision statement guiding Plant City's future has been enthusiastically endorsed by commissioners. ...more

September 11, 2008

Saying Monday afternoon Plant City expects a "direct hit" from Fay, Mayor Rick Lott announced all municipal departments are preparing to deal with anticipated 60 mph winds and the storm's aftermath. City hall and all municipal offices will be closed Tuesday, Lott said. ...more

August 18, 2008

A family art affair is cooking at the Kitchens. RhondaK Kitchens, sister Sherrie St. James-Bastien and their mom, Shirley Kitchens, have a cottage industry of native folk art under way at Shirley's house in Plant City. ...more

August 13, 2008