A soldier from Plant City died last week while serving in Afghanistan. U.S. Army Spec. Eric Lembke's body was returned to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Sunday. ...more

October 26, 2009

U.S. Army Spec. Eric Lembke, 25, who was raised in Plant City and graduated from Plant City High School, was killed in Afghanistan last week. His body was returned Sunday to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. ...more

October 25, 2009

The Plant High School Danceros competed at the Official Florida Championships on Feb. 14 at the Florida State Fair, winning first place in Varisty Variety and Varisty Jazz divisions. That makes the Danceros the Florida grand champions in both categories. ...more

March 18, 2009

After a decade of planning, fundraising and construction delays, the families of St. Anne Catholic Church in Ruskin got their new sanctuary. ...more

March 11, 2009

Riverview's Chloe Brook Brown, 10, is on her way to the "iPOP" convention in Las Vegas after she was selected at a Feb. 14 audition in Tampa. ...more

March 4, 2009

Automotive technology teacher Vic Nieves said students in his class and the electric car club he sponsors learn a lot more than how to tune an engine or change a tire. ...more

March 4, 2009

Teacher Vic Nieves surveyed the scene in his classroom at Brandon High, where a dozen students - revved up and raring to race - swarmed around a 9-foot-long electric dragster suspended on a lift. ...more

March 4, 2009

sponsors learn a lot more than how to tune an engine or change a tire. "A lot of the stuff they're learning involves aerodynamics, algebra and geography," he said. In addition, some students involved in the car club he organized at Brandon High in September have seen improvements to their social and behavioral skills. ...more

February 26, 2009

Teacher Vic Nieves surveyed the scene in his classroom at Brandon High, where a dozen students —revved up and raring to race — swarmed around a 9-foot-long electric dragster suspended on a lift. ...more

February 26, 2009

Four years ago, an American bulldog named Prince Charming attacked Rocky Tolison's stepson, Richard Neal, in a house on Yale Circle - and the boy's injuries were so severe he needed 128 stitches, Tolison said. ...more

February 25, 2009