Mashelle Lembke stood on a runway at MacDill Air Force Base with family, friends and service members Thursday afternoon, waiting to accompany her husband's body to the city in which he was raised. Plant City soldier Eric Lembke was killed Oct. 23 in Afghanistan. ...more

November 6, 2009

Patty Clark went to Flatwoods Park and wasn't turned off by the $2 entrance fee that went into effect Sunday. ...more

November 2, 2009

Hillsborough County's regional parks will begin charging entry fees for the first time on Sunday. ...more

October 30, 2009

A funeral service for Army Spc. Eric Lembke, who died Oct. 23 while on duty in Afghanistan, is scheduled for 10 a.m. Nov. 7, at Plant City's First Baptist Church, a church official said. ...more

October 29, 2009

Funeral planns announced for soldier from Plant City. ...more

October 28, 2009

A veteran New York City news anchor flubs a line and an obscene catch phrase goes viral on the Internet. ...more

September 17, 2009

Jury selection is under way in the first-degree murder trial of a man accused of plowing his truck through a Fourth of July gathering, killing a toddler and injuring another child. ...more

September 14, 2009

The students who graduated from Simmons Career Center May 27 have good reason to be excited about their recent accomplishments, school officials said. ...more

June 10, 2009

At Simmons Career Center, 79 teenagers who at one time were considered at risk of dropping out of high school will receive diplomas in a ceremony today. ...more

May 27, 2009

A local version of the Tax Day Tea Party on April 15 is being organized in Highlands County by three grandmothers. ...more

April 14, 2009