Manuel Maldonado, 39, of Plant City, died Jan. 13, 2015. He was born in Lodi, California, in 1975. He owned Maldonado Flooring. He is survived by his wife, Maria Maldonado; children, Manuel Maldonado (Chelsea Knight), Brenda Maldonado and Andrea Maldonado, of Plant City; grandson, Damien Xavier Ramirez; mother, Emma Silva Maldonado, of Texas; and siblings, […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Janette Tucker O’Brien
Janette “Netter” Tucker O’Brien, 42, ended her battle with breast cancer Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. She was born July 11, 1972, in Plant City. She received her education degree from Covenant College in 1994 and taught elementary school in Georgia, Virginia and at Lakeland Christian School, for 12 years. She was a member of Trinity […]
Continue ReadingDouble homicide victims identified
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a double homicide that occurred at 3802 East Highway 60 in Plant City. Police responded at about 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, to a 911 call that shots had been fired at an area between Twilight Zone Lounge and a residential building with month-to-month leasing. Upon arrival, units confirmed that two victims were dead.a […]
Continue ReadingAnimal cruelty leads to P.C. man’s arrest
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Antonio Casmento, of Plant City, on charges of animal cruelty, after finding a neglected and injured water buffalo in his possession. At about 10:15 a.m. Friday, Jan. 16, agriculture detectives from Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office were called to the 2900 block of S. Frontage Road in Plant City, to […]
Continue ReadingWoman still homeless after SUV crashes into house
After an SUV crashed into Dorothy Ussery’s Dover home on Christmas morning, the 83-year-old has been left homeless. A recent offer from the driver’s insurance company only covered $10,000 of the expenses. The family has set up a Go Fund Me account to help rebuild her home and is still taking donations. Shortly before 3 […]
Continue ReadingWells Memorial offers seminars
Wells Memorial and Event Center will be offering five seminars within the next month to teach people in the community about how to prepare for the death of a family member, or how to prepare their families for their own deaths. The complimentary seminars will be nearly identical, except their locations and the type of […]
Continue ReadingPlant City woman dies at age 109
Betty Everidge, a longtime member of the Plant City community, died Friday, Jan. 2, just a month before she would have turned 110. Mrs. Everidge was born in Carrolton, Georgia, in 1905. When she was 12, boll weevils destroyed her family’s cotton farm, so they took a train to Florida and became permanent residents. In […]
Continue ReadingPlant City Christian Center hosts annual seminar for women
Women in Plant City are invited to a seminar Saturday, Jan. 24, where they can learn about how to stay emotionally, physically and financially healthy in 2015 and beyond. This is Plant City Christian Center’s fifth annual year of hosting a seminar for women, and the theme is “It Is Well.” “It’s designed as an […]
Continue ReadingCity searches for new engineer
Though the City of Plant City is currently operating without a permanent city engineer, City Manager Mike Herr does not expect delays on progress for parks, developments and other projects that have already begun or are in the planning phases. Former City Engineer Brett Gocka was asked to leave his position, and his last day […]
Continue ReadingObituary: Robert S. Butters
Robert Seymore Butters, 74, of Plant City, died Jan. 7, 2015, at Health Center of Plant City. Born May 19, 1940, in Berlin, New Hampshire, he was the son of the late Seymore and Georgia Judkins Butters. He was the husband of Loretta Checchia Butters for 47 years; she survives. Robert was a veteran of […]
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