Items of interest from the Oct. 13 Plant City Commission meeting included: •Commissioners agreed to advertise for new bids for construction of concrete basketball courts at Mike Sansone Park off Park Road. ...more

October 22, 2008

PLANT CITY The city is winning its war on nuisance plants at a lake that's the centerpiece of Samuel W. Cooper Park. ...more

October 17, 2008

At E.G. Simmons Park, contract workers scale towering Australian pines and lop off limbs before felling the trees and feeding them to an industrial-sized wood chipper. ...more

July 12, 2008

City officials are pleased with initial work to clear weeds from a lake that is the centerpiece of Samuel W. Cooper Park, but they say the battle will continue. ...more

January 23, 2008

The fill dirt covered a mucky patch on the banks of Lake Grady for so long that saplings took root and grew into trees. ...more

September 27, 2007