Plant City News

The assets of East Coast Brokers and Packers, including farms, packing houses, the Red Rose Hotel in Plant City, a former Bible college and labor camps, will be offered for sale in a sealed bid process in June and July.

A self-proclaimed "sovereign citizen" was arrested on school grounds in Plant City, after the suspect, Bruce Charmers Hicks, 46, strolled by Turkey Creek Middle School on May 16 with a "small firearm holstered on his left hip," according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

Cancer survivors and their families are invited to get fit during a free 12-week program at all Tampa YMCA branches , including the Brandon Family YMCA, at 3097 South Kingsway Road in Seffner; the Campo Family YMCA, at 3414 Culbreath Road; and the Plant City Family YMCA, at 1507 YMCA Place.

Several people were injured and one killed when a pickup truck plowed into a school bus and caused it to flip over in Plant City on Friday afternoon.

Ohio-based owner of shopping centers and malls, DDR, has agreed to buy out Blackstone's share of 30 shopping centers that the two companies had previously owned jointly.

Despite Gary Williams' claims to his family that he purchased vehicles and parts to salvage and sell for his business, Polk County deputies say Williams' actually ran a chop shop, and sold vehicles and parts that were actually stolen.

The third annual Tampa/Hillsborough Ride of Silence to remember cyclists killed or injured in traffic crashes will be held this Wednesday.

May is National Barbecue Month and our community has some awesome barbecue restaurants that offer a variety of barbecue fare.

A one-time announcement of special events is a free service provided by the Witness to Florida Baptist churches.

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue units are on scene working an outside fire at a hardwood mulch company off the 4600 block of Charlie Taylor Road in Plant City.

People who are looking for a place that sells garage doors may contact Tony D's Garage Door Sales and Services .

Robotics camps: Registration is open for engineering and robotics summer camps that will be held at the Hillsborough Community College Brandon campus, 10414 E Columbus Drive, Tampa.

Friends and family of Queena, who survived being raped and severely beaten outside of the Bloomingdale Library in 2008, pray around her at a celebration of her 23rd birthday last month at Keel & Curley Winery in Plant City.

It's been nearly a year since Circuit Court Judge Tracy Sheehan was reassigned from Juvenile Court in Tampa to the satellite court house in Plant City to hear family law, divorce and probate cases.

The future of the city's ambitious Midtown project, a proposed residential and commercial district on 85 acres south of downtown, got a boost this week when legislators approved a bill to help cities considering urban renewal projects tackle stormwater runoff issues more easily.

Corvette enthusiasts are smiling to beat the band about Chevrolet's decision to keep the price of the exciting new 2014 Stingray basically the same as the C6 it's replacing.

Hillsborough County has a death problem. That's about the only point everyone in attendance at the May 1 County Commission meeting seemed to agree on.

Whether you are a parent with a child who has had an accident or a patient suffering from a heart attack, you can rest assured that you will be seen quickly and receive expert, quality care at Brandon Regional Hospital's Emergency Department.

Think Ken-Ducky Derby, Miles for Moffitt and the service of cancer victims Justin Hancock and Dan Witt and you've got all you need to know about why the rubber duckies on sale at O'Brien's Irish Pub and Family Restaurant in Brandon and other participating establishments are fire-breathing hot.

General Motors resisted the urge to jack up the price on the 2014 Corvette Stingray, despite major enhancements on the seventh-generation sports car.