Here is the daily schedule for the Florida Strawberry Festival: Today Military Day - Ride-A-Thon Day ...more

March 4, 2009

Part of the free entertainment at the Florida Strawberry Festival includes the Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show, headed by three tough lumberjacks and a spunky lumber-Jack Russell terrier. ...more

March 4, 2009

The judges at the Florida Strawberry Festival's baby contest had their hands full choosing these winners. ...more

March 3, 2009

PLANT CITY As always, Monday's Florida Strawberry Festival Grand Feature Parade drew throngs of area kids who traditionally get a school holiday to enjoy the procession. ...more

March 3, 2009

As always, Monday's Florida Strawberry Festival Grand Feature Parade drew throngs of area kids who traditionally get a school holiday to enjoy the procession. ...more

March 3, 2009

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson made his annual trek to the Florida Strawberry Festival parade luncheon, but he didn't get his usual treat. He had to catch a 1 p.m. flight to Washington and didn't have time for strawberry shortcake. Nelson was among a crowd of dignitaries and festival officials who attended the luncheon today at the Trinkle center on the Plant City campus of Hillsborough Community College. ...more

March 2, 2009

Strawberries are one of the success stories in Florida's economic crisis, state Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson said. ...more

March 2, 2009

The shrill din of teenage shrieks filling the Florida Strawberry Festival stadium Sunday night didn't sound much different from the one that might greet the Jonas Brothers. But the cheers were for Taylor Swift, and they were less adulation and more identification. ...more

March 2, 2009

Owners of the historical Ferlita Macaroni Factory on 22nd Street want permission from the Barrio Latino Commission to tear down the structure. ...more

March 2, 2009

FAIRS & FESTS Florida Strawberry Festival: features rides, games, arts and crafts, fair food, all things strawberry and a nightly lineup of live concerts; opens at 10 a.m. today and every day through March 8; $4 to $8 regular admission, $10 to $35 for concerts; Florida Strawberry Festival Grounds, 2202 W. Reynolds St., Plant City; (813) 754-1996 ...more

March 1, 2009