For the past seven years, the United Food Bank of Plant City has been serving free breakfast and lunch to low-income kids in our community during the summer months. This year, its Children’s Nutrition Outreach Program served more than 3,000 children. Many low-income children who eat free or reduced-priced meals at school miss out on […]
Continue ReadingCocoa Beach man dies in I-4 crash
A 70-year-old Cocoa Beach man died in a four car pile up on Interstate 4 Sept. 17. The accident occurred just after 12 p.m. near the Alexander Street exit at mile marker 21. Armin G. Wolle was taken to South Florida Baptist Hospital where he died. The accident happened after two drivers slowed for traffic and […]
Continue ReadingPlant City man injured in power line accident
The whole ground turned red is what a crane operator told the family of a Plant City man who was electrocuted in a construction accident on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Brady Keys, 49, was working on the foundation for a traffic light pole on U.S. 41 in North Port, according to his family. While the crew […]
Continue ReadingCampus to be ready in December
It’s the start of a new school year, and for Shiloh Charter School, it’s also the start of new beginnings. The school has a new name — Independence Academy — and a new will have a brand-new home. The new campus currently is under construction at McIntosh Road and U.S. 92. It is slated to be […]
Continue ReadingClub Hubbub 09.12.14
If your club would like to post announcements, email them to Associate Editor Amber Jurgensen, ajur gensen@plantcityobserver.com. + Plant City Lions Club The Plant City Lions Club will host its annual Charity Golf Tournament at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 3, at Cleveland Heights Golf Course, 2900 Buckingham Ave., Lakeland. Following an 11:30 a.m. registration, golfers will […]
Continue ReadingArt Wood to retire from credit union
Throughout Art Wood’s 40-year career with credit unions, he’s learned a lot of life lessons. When he got his first break into the business, he found that taking the initiative could get him far. “Even if you don’t know how to do it, if you can figure it out tell them you know, and then […]
Continue ReadingPlant City steps up to the mic for CDC
At the HCC Plant City John R. Trinkle Center’s latest event, audience members can enjoy a concert of all their favorite songs. Complete with back-up singers, costumes and snazzy dance moves, the performers will cover a variety of well known hits. But, they won’t actually be singing the songs themselves — they will be lip […]
Continue ReadingPlant City High School hosts cyberbullying seminar
Perhaps one of the most important lessons Plant City High students learned last week didn’t take place in the classroom. The school’s 2,200 students participated in a presentation about cyberbullying Sept. 3. Led by Rita Peters, chief of the Hillsborough state attorney’s sex crimes division, this year’s presentation was much larger than the one Peters […]
Continue ReadingLiteracy Academy opens at its new Baker Street facility
Freshly printed books were set up neatly on tables at the Literacy Academy of Plant City Monday, Sept. 8. Children excitedly picked out their favorites, going back to practice reading them in their parents’ laps. It was the open house for the academy’s new Plant City location, 504 E. Baker St. The academy is a […]
Continue ReadingArchives kicks off exhibit contest
The Plant City Photo Archives & History Center is hosting a photo contest for its “Man on the Street” sculptures exhibit. The archives is inviting you to take a picture with one of the 10 sculptures for a chance to be featured in a gallery. The photo must include at least one person with the […]
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