April 2018 Year in Photos

Krazy Kup hosted the city’s first-ever Praise in the Park event, a free night of music and worship held downtown at the Robert W. Willaford Railroad Museum’s depot.

Durant High School mourned the loss of senior football player Grover Wills with a large ceremony at the school’s track and football field. Mourners lit candles and lined around the track, walking for five minutes.

When Plant City Fire Rescue’s Jimmy Riley was diagnosed with brain cancer, PCFR, surrounding fire departments, local civic clubs and organizations came together for the Jimmy’s Fight fundraiser.

Governor Rick Scott and Plant City officials sent off 30 new members of the National Guard in a deployment ceremony held at the Milton E. Hull building at the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds.

Plant City hosted the first-ever East Hillsborough Discovery Quest event in April. The goal of the event was to bring essential programs and services into local citizens’ back yard so they wouldn’t have to drive long distances.

Runners flocked to the slice of eastern Plant City that plays home to the Mud Titan course for one of the most popular — and dirty — 5K runs around.

The “War on I-4” brought a slew of food trucks to the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds for a friendly competition based on eaters’ voting.

The Common Ground Movement event aimed to unite Christian youth in the area so they would know they were not alone in schools and in society. Among the performers was a Christian mime.

The Blueberry Festival brought friends and families together at Keel and Curley Winery for an afternoon of food and fun. There was even an appearance by *NSYNC member Joey Fatone, who came with his food truck.

The PCHS drama program made headlines for its production of Aladdin, which was performed in both English and Spanish. The play was performed with help from the RISE grant the drama program won in March.