Imagine working 23-and-one-half hours in a day. Those are the kind of hours filmmaker and director of photography Brandon D. Hyde worked while shooting his film, “The Moon Child,” which will debut at the Gasparilla Film Festival March 23. The short film follows a young girl, Zoey, who is sick in the hospital. Her father, […]
Continue ReadingFirst Baptist takes Easter celebration to the skies
The weekend forecast includes a 100% chance of faithful fun, as Plant City’s First Baptist Church hosts its seventh annual Egg Drop Festival. The church will drop 5,000 eggs via helicopter — much to the delight of Plant City children — during this year’s celebration, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March […]
Continue ReadingTop fundraising team tees off for annual golf tourney
Members of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on Carey Street had been looking for a good outreach program in which to get involved. When they learned about Relay for Life, they thought it was a perfect way to give back and support their parishioners affected by cancer. “We just got really excited about it,” team captain […]
Continue ReadingTime left to order tickets for Barnyard Bash
Tug on your boots and pull up your Wranglers because it’s time for the Woman’s Club of Plant City’s Barnyard Bash. The bash will be hosted at a barn off Berry Patch Road March 23. The festivities will start at 4 p.m. Plenty of games will be held, all with a country theme like pin […]
Continue ReadingTurkey Creek school celebrates 140 years
It was a different time when Pat Ballard attended Turkey Creek High School in the late 1960s. Before football games, cheerleaders stood on the roof, chanting and rallying school spirit with the students below in the courtyard. Their arch rivals, Plant City, would hang dead chickens in the schoolyard before games as intimidation. Try that […]
Continue ReadingHorse community cautious following outbreak
After six horses associated with the Horse Shows in the Sun in Ocala tested positive for equine herpes virus, members of the horse community throughout the state are taking precautions as they move forward in the busy show season. Beth Davidson, owner of Black Dog Farm, in Plant City, said she participated in a show […]
Continue ReadingEight Plant City schools win Swiftmud grants
Students at eight Plant City schools are ready to dip their toes into the wet and wild world of education. The schools each received up to $3,000 as part of South Florida Water Management District’s Splash! program. Classes plan to use the funds for everything from buying books about water conservation and supply to taking […]
Continue ReadingPlant City Relay organizers plan 2013 Survivors Dinner
When Becky Dame went to college, she was looking forward to all the things a young adult would get to do. But the 18-year-old kept getting sick. When she went to the doctor, she found out she had something more than just a little cold. Dame was diagnosed with leukemia. The form she had was […]
Continue ReadingBryan Elementary hosts Talking Wax Museum
Typically, a wax museum allures its visitors with its incredibly lifelike figures — creations that are nearly indiscernible from the real thing. And that’s exactly what six Bryan Elementary School students hoped visitors to their display thought they were viewing last week when they walked into the school’s media center. But, the students’ show featured […]
Continue ReadingBurglars strike widower’s home
It was early when Mike Nester got up Feb. 22. As a single parent, he wakes at 6 a.m. every morning to get his four children up and ready to go to his stepmother’s house, while he goes to work in construction at CF Industries. Nester lost his wife, Angela, known as Angel, July 7, […]
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