By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Unable to reach an agreement for a new contract, BayCare Health System, which includes South Florida Baptist Hospital, no longer will be a participating provider with United Healthcare plans that include commercial, Medicare, Medicaid and Florida Healthy Kids. According to BayCare, United terminated BayCare physician groups from participation in […]
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The Hillsborough County School District is looking for participants for its Cook It Up! Student Recipe Challenge.
Continue ReadingOBSERVED: Fifty reasons this dad is thankful today
By Michael Eng | Managing Editor When my wife and I decided we would leave our posts at Observer Media Group headquarters to open the Plant City Observer earlier this year, we knew not every piece of an extremely complex puzzle would fall into place at the same time. Not only were we charged with […]
Continue ReadingTHANKSGIVING: Church dishes out food, faith
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Every Friday, a row of bikes is parked alongside the playground fence at First United Methodist Church’s Wesley Center off West Reynolds Street. A sign posted at the front doors reads: “No weapons.” There, a tattooed man in a leather vest greets visitors. His name is Muff McLeod. He’s […]
Continue ReadingMendonsa roadwork continues
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Through the end of the year, Mendonsa Road is only open to local traffic.
Continue ReadingCops Corner 11.22.12
OCT. 31 AUTOMATIC WITHDRAWAL 2300 block of Tanbark Ridge Place. Fraudulent Use of Personal Information. The victim said an unknown person has been using her name and PayPal account to withdraw money from her bank account. The transactions have taken place in Miami.
Continue ReadingOBITUARIES 11.22.12
Gerald Gregory Bryan, Pat Crews Dowdell, James “Bo” Fortner, Barbara Ann Kent, Phillip E. Morris Jr. and Thelma H. Tatum
Continue ReadingOptimist Club honors students
The Plant City Optimist Club recognized eight Plant City High School seniors for their outstanding accomplishments during its annual Youth Appreciation Ceremony Oct. 29, at the Plant City Recreation & Parks Department administrative office conference room.
Continue ReadingOBITUARIES 11.15.12
Laura R. Heffelfinger, Mae E. Shurling, Anna E. Taylor, Mary Fariday Willis, Cenova Swilley Witherspoon
Continue ReadingSchools find success at MOSI’s Science Olympics
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Science has never been so fun. Elementary students from more than 140 schools built skyscrapers with paper cups, constructed boats out of foil and launched paper airplanes during the Science Olympics Nov. 10, at the Museum of Science and Industry, in Tampa.
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