Plant City High School’s Raider Band and Orchestra will perform their final concert of the school year at 7 p.m. May 21, at the school, 1 Raider Place. Admission is free, but the music department is asking for office supply donations, including: • Mechanical pencils • Black or blue pens • White copy paper • […]
Continue ReadingUPDATE: Driver killed in Plant City school bus crash
One Plant City man is dead after his pickup collided with a school bus carrying three Plant City High School students. According to Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reports, James Allen Flint, 65, of Plant City, was driving his 2001 Ford truck eastbound on Sam Allen Road. He failed to stop at the stop sign at Wilder […]
Continue ReadingUPDATE: Man arrested with gun at Turkey Creek Middle
Bruce Hicks, 46, of Plant City, was arrested May 16, for possessing a .32-caliber handgun while on a middle school campus. According to Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reports, at about 4 p.m., Turkey Creek Middle School Resource Deputy Patrick Diaz and Principal Dennis Mayo were outside of the school monitoring students in the parent pick-up line. Diaz then spotted […]
Continue ReadingBREAKING NEWS: Plant City family searching for missing daughter
The owner of Cuzzins Bar in Plant City is offering a $1,000 reward for information that can lead her to her missing daughter. Sharon Ardelean’s 35-year-old daughter, Misti Whitfield, was last seen at about midnight May 1, at or near Nautical Marine, 5525 W. Hillsborough Ave., Tampa. Ardelean said her daughter had an altercation with […]
Continue ReadingRetail-theft ring had Plant City ties
As a result of a cooperative investigation between several Central Florida retail loss-prevention teams and the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, detectives have arrested 16 suspects in a retail-theft ring that has ties to Plant City. According to Sheriff’s Office reports, beginning last month, Malynda Ford, of Lakeland, used both the Beall’s and the Beall’s Outlet […]
Continue ReadingHiggenbotham to host Plant City auction
Higgenbotham Auctioneers International will host an absolute auction at 11 a.m. June 6, at 2811 Airport Road, Plant City. Situated on about 7 acres, the 21,914-square-foot refrigeration and dry storage facility includes 9,200 square feet of cooler space, two buildings, dry storage space and furnished office space. The four loading docks provide efficient loading and […]
Continue ReadingPlant City plaza part of $1.46B acquisition
An Ohio-based real-estate investment trust acquired 30 shopping centers nationwide, including three on the Gulf Coast, in a $1.46 billion deal announced late yesterday. The REIT, Beachwood, Ohio-based DDR Corp., had owned parts of the centers in a joint venture agreement with Blackstone Group LP, a New York-based private equity firm, according to a release. […]
Continue ReadingPlant City leaders honor veteran Tony Christy
In two decades on the Plant City Commission and as former and current mayor, Mike Sparkman has met plenty of outstanding people throughout his career in public service. But none quite like Plant City Police Department officer and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Tony Christy. Christy was injured Dec. 2, 2012, while serving in […]
Continue ReadingCops Corner 05.23.13
MAY 6 SAME PRESCRIPTION? 800 block of West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Vehicle Burglary. Sometime on May 3, unknown person(s) entered an unlocked Chevy car and stole a $200 pair of prescription sunglasses. THAT’S JUST MEAN 1100 block of West Risk Street. Residential Burglary. Sometime overnight on May 5, an unknown person(s) broke a […]
Continue ReadingHCC Plant City to host open house
HCC’s Plant City campus will host an open house at 5 p.m. May 21, at the campus, 1206 N. Park Road, Plant City. The campus offers many dynamic programs that will be on display, such as its Vet Tech program. Who doesn’t want to pet a puppy? For more, visit news.hccfl.edu/campuses/brandon/hcc-open-house.htm.
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