Michelle Caceres

After years of struggling with severe dehydration, painful muscle cramps, and two hospitalizations, Florida athlete and tennis player Spencer Heysek stopped looking for a better sports drink and decided to create one himself.

Brian Scott West spent 58 years on this earth doing something remarkably rare: he gave wholeheartedly to the people around him, asking for nothing in return and never keeping score.

Before long, Plant City residents will be able to do something they probably never expected: pay their water bill through a bank drive-thru, and even weigh themselves on the building's vintage scale before heading home

For most high school students, summer means a break from classes and a chance to relax before the next school year begins. For Durant High School student Adalee Szczech, however, this summer brought an extraordinary opportunity: the chance to stand on a national stage and share her story with more than 2,000 people.

For Cedric and Lee Reid, the simple act of unlocking a front door marked the end of years of uncertainty and the beginning of a new chapter for their family.

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Before campaign signs and political ads make their final push, local voters will have a chance to hear directly from the people asking for their vote.

More than 110 years after students first walked through its doors, the Plant City High School Community Center (Historic 1914 High School Building) is entering a new chapter in its preservation story.

For Darius Donaldson-Dunphy, a 2026 Plant City High School graduate, it also took a mother who made education a family priority from the very beginning.

For the first time in recent memory, the Plant City YMCA's highest community honor will be shared by two individuals whose decades of leadership and service have helped shape the place they call home.