Undercover Hillsborough County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a Lakeland man on County Line Road in Plant City during a buy/bust investigation Thursday, July 16. At 8:30 p.m. detectives met with Timothy Wiker, 20, to buy a .22 caliber revolver. Wiker agreed to sell it for $200. Wiker is on felony probation and had an outstanding warrant for violation of probation. After […]
Continue ReadingEPC report: Visions Golf rezoning likely to cause wetland impacts
In a July 13 report from the Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County, wetlands management staff found the Visions Golf LLC rezoning plan as is would “likely result in wetland impacts which have not been authorized by the executive director of the EPC.” To receive a recommendation of approval, EPC staff recommended Visions Golf redesign […]
Continue ReadingVolunteers needed for parent and youth focus group
A graduate student in the School of Human Services at Springfield College in Tampa is looking for Plant City volunteers to be part of a parent and youth focus group. Sylvia Fluellen is working on a research project to study on-level reading for third graders. She needs 20 parents of children who are entering third grade for […]
Continue ReadingFree school physicals to be offered next week
In conjunction with the Hillsborough County Back to School Coalition, South Florida Baptist Hospital’s Community Health Department will offer free back-to-school physicals from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug.1, at Swindle Medical Arts Center, 1601 W. Timberlane Dr. Parents or legal guardians must accompany their children. The free physicals are for Florida students in […]
Continue ReadingStudent selected as college ambassador
Jonathan Jones, of Plant City, was one of 57 students chosen to serve as a valley ambassador for Lebanon Valley College this fall. As a valley ambassador, Jones tours prospective students and their families through the college’s Annville, Pennsylvania campus to see the academic quad, a typical classroom, a dorm room and the athletic fields, […]
Continue ReadingSLIDESHOW: PCTO’s Instagram turns 1
TheSweetBeat, Plant City Times & Observer’s Instagram, turned 1 this month. We celebrated by creating a Flipgram to look back on the many memories over the past year. Make sure to follow TheSweetBeat and use #TheSweetBeat for a chance to have your photos featured.
Continue ReadingRotary district governor visits daybreak club
Plant City Daybreak Rotary Club had the honor of hosting District’s 6890 District Governor Tom Wagner and Assistant District Governor Mary Boor at its weekly meeting. Wagner gave a presentation depicting Rotary’s goals and aspirations for the following 2015-16 year both locally and globally. He was a presented a children’s book to sign, and it will be […]
Continue ReadingHomicide suspect arrested
A Plant City man was arrested in connection to a fatal shooting outside a Brandon hookah lounge July 5. Paul Lovone Wright, 29, was arrested in Hudson, New York Saturday, July 18. He is being held in New York until he can be extradited back to Hillsborough County. Wright is a suspect in the fatal shooting […]
Continue ReadingSunshine Bank buying branches in Bradenton, Sarasota
Sunshine Bank will purchase two of three branch offices from First Federal Bank of Florida in Sarasota and Manatee counties. The third branch is expected to be consolidated into the other two branches prior to the closing of the purchase agreement. Sunshine Bank has also agreed to purchase the real estate property and some selected […]
Continue ReadingNew manager reveals plans for The Lakes
It’s barely been over a month since Lynn Archibald has taken over as the manager for The Lakes course at Walden Lake Golf & Country Club, and already he has begun improving the state of the neglected property. Archibald, the owner of Professional Golf Global Group, was announced as the general manager for the The […]
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