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C.W. Roberts’ fifth asphalt plant opened on 43 acres of property along Jim Johnson Road. It kicked off its opening with a tour of the facility led by company president Bob Flowers.
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The 2017 Triumph Bonneville Bobber customized by Tampa Triumph. The gas tank and fenders were painted in Plant City by Danny Yannone and helped the motorcycle receive national attention at the Triumph’s Iron Moto Challenge.
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Brian Schmelzle and JT Whelan look on during Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino's victory over Tonya Evinger to claim the vacant UFC women’s featherweight title. Duke’s Brewhouse held its second annual “Give Cancer the Boot” event.
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Durant’s Agiye Hall goes vertical for his first of three touchdown catches during an Aug. 18 preseason game against the Blake Yellow Jackets. The team flexed its offensive and defensive muscles in a 44-6 win.
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James Smitty Smith watched the eclipse with a skeleton at Durant High School. The total solar eclipse was the first in almost 100 years to be visible from one end of the U.S. to the other.
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Denver Lee and Dustin Pannell of Knowles Construction place the final piece of structural steel on the Strawberry Festival’s grandstand.
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Margie Gonzalez raised money for Operation Smiles by walking 87 miles by her 87th birthday. She woke early each day to beat the heat and counted her miles via tally marks on a small notepad.
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eachers at Robinson Elementary donned their favorite superhero costumes at the annual New Teacher Coffee Tuesday to tell the audience what they believed made up a hero.
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Cole Steinberg shows off his Super WHY mask as he poses with the PBS hero at the Bruton Memorial Library’s back-to-school event. The library provided hundreds of backpacks with school supplies and free books for all who attended .
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The Plant City Family YMCA’s held its first developmental swim meet with 72 swimmers from around the Tampa Metropolitan YMCA’s network of facilities.
August featured dozens of back-to-school events, a solar eclipse and highlighted some of Plant City’s finest citizens. The community rallied together to ensure all local students and teachers received everything they would need to kickstart a successful year at school.
Children competed in the new YMCA developmental swimming program, a local artist was a finalist in a nationwide motorcycle customization competition and an 87-year-old woman walked a mile for every year since she was born to raise money for charity.
