GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mark Cook. ...more

December 17, 2007

Students at two local middle schools are learning to grow strawberries without leaving campus. ...more

November 23, 2007

Keeping The Strawberry Tradition Alive Sam Astin, a third-generation strawberry farmer in Plant City, volunteered time and material to help the students at Turkey Creek Middle School learn what it takes to be successful farmers. He says that when he was 13, he "prepared the ground; planted and harvested the crop; packed and sold it to a vegetable broker." ...more

November 18, 2007

The lines on a draft county plan that could define future road corridors show a network of dots and color coding even in the most remote southeast corner of Hillsborough County, igniting a debate that has been smoldering in recent years. ...more

October 11, 2007

A Valrico man remained jailed Monday on a driving under the influence charge resulting from a wreck that injured several children. ...more

October 9, 2007

PLANT CITY - A Valrico man under the influence of alcohol and driving a vehicle filled with children swerved head-on into a 2003 Ford on Friday night in the Plant City area, deputies say. Alejandro Nolasco, 34, faces charges of driving under the influence and causing serious bodily injury and seven counts of felony child neglect. ...more

October 8, 2007

PLANT CITY - Deputies have identified a 17-year-old Brandon girl as the passenger killed in a two-car crash during a heavy rainstorm Friday evening northwest of Plant City. ...more

October 6, 2007

If you live in eastern Hillsborough County and want to develop skills as a firefighter, now is the time to volunteer. ...more

September 26, 2007

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mark Cook. ...more

September 3, 2007