The 13 days of the Cuban Missile Crisis were some of the most tense in American history. Plant City resident Ivan Cardwell, who served in the United States Air Force at the time, knows that better than most.
Continue ReadingAround Town 11.5.20
We asked Facebook: Veterans Day is right around the corner. Who is a United States military veteran in your life that you’re thankful for? “I’m thankful for my grandfather who survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and if he didn’t I wouldn’t nor would my father be here.” — Candice Phillips LeClerc “My late […]
Continue ReadingNews Briefs 11.5.20
Deceased Army soldier to get headstone, military honors Fifty-four years after his interment at Garden of Peace Cemetery, Army Pfc. Henry Van Demps will finally get some long-overdue recognition. Demps, who died at age 22 on a tour of duty in south Vietnam, has lain in an unmarked grave in the Plant City cemetery since […]
Continue ReadingGame of the Week: Freedom at Strawberry Crest
The Chargers are looking to close out the 2020 regular season with a win over the Patriots in Dover.
Continue ReadingQuick Hits 11.5.20
Durant boys dominate XC district meet Durant High School’s boys cross country team ran away with the Class 4A-District 10 championship at the Oct. 31 meet at Eagle Lake-Lake Region High School. How good were the Cougars that day? Of the top 10 finishers, six hail from Durant. Five of the six Cougars with top-10 […]
Continue ReadingNews Briefs 10.29.20
Teen arrested after stealing vehicles, damaging farm Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of William McDougal on Oct. 22 after it was discovered he and at least two other suspects stole property and caused thousands of dollars in damages to Astin Farms. On Oct. 21, HCSO responded to a residence on Bethlehem Road in […]
Continue ReadingCops Corner 10.29.20
October 16 HIGH SPEED 4300 block of Highway 574 Possession of THC oil: Officers responded to a report of a single-vehicle accident and found a man at the scene to be in possession of THC oil. He was arrested and taken to Orient Road Jail without incident. October 18 PACKAGE PIRATE 2005 block of Spooner […]
Continue ReadingCutest Critter 10.29.20
Someone’s alpaca: Kathy Flemister doesn’t own this alpaca, but she couldn’t pass up a photo of this chilling creature enjoying a nice October day in its field on Cowart Road.
Continue ReadingFocus on Fitness: There’s more to lifting weights than meets the eye
If you’re not incorporating weight training into your workouts, you should consider working it in them now. You may thank yourself later.
Continue ReadingObituaries 10.29.20
Margie Lee Boyette Johnson Margie Lee Boyette Johnson, 90, of Plant City, born on February 6, 1930, entered into eternal rest on October 20, 2020. Expressions of condolence at HopewellFuneral.com. Woodrow ‘Woody’ Wilson Nail, Jr. Woodrow “Woody” Wilson Nail, Jr., 80, of Plant City, born on January 16, 1940 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, entered into eternal rest […]
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