By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Two trophies are up for grabs, and there’s only one way to win them — shake your stuff.
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The political buzz today, of course, is all about the presidential election. Rightfully so. The course of America, if not the world, is at stake. And so is your individual liberty.
Continue ReadingTo Russia, with Love
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor As a U.S. Air Force airman during the Cold War, Rotarian George Banning was expecting a stereotypical experience before he set out for a three-week trip to Russia this summer. But his perceptions changed as he traveled around the large country with fellow Plant City Rotarians.
Continue ReadingRoad to Queen’s crown begins Sunday
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Fresh off her win as Miss February in the Calendar Girls pageant at Plant City High School, Maddy Keene is excited to continue her career as a pageant girl in Plant City’s most famous competition, the Florida Strawberry Festival Queen’s Pageant.
Continue ReadingDurant alum wins ticket to final presidential debate
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor More than 700 Lynn University college students entered the lottery to win a ticket to the last 2012 presidential debate that took place on the Boca Raton campus. Plant City native Riley Andreu was one of 500 students who showed up the day before the Oct. 22 debate for […]
Continue ReadingOBITUARIES: 11.01.12
Fay Elizabeth Blanton, Betty Catherine Burton, Juanita Carolyn Forbes, Basilia Santana Jimenez, Juanita B. ‘Nita’ Murray and Danelle Lynn Whittaker
Continue ReadingHOMETOWN HERO: Home Sweet Home
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor When U.S. Army Pfc. Jordan Williams was told to meet his mother at the Plant City Police Department on his way home Sept. 28, from Fort Bragg, N.C., he found it a bit strange. But he went along with her request. Just two weeks before, Jordan had set his […]
Continue ReadingBrookfield, Conn.
CONNECTICUT. Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections candidate and former Florida state Rep. Rich Glorioso and his wife, Judy, took the Plant City Observer with them on a recent visit to the church in Brookfield, Conn., in which they were married 46 years ago. They were in Connecticut for Rich’s Danbury High School Reunion Sept. 13. The […]
Continue ReadingPlant City police arrest six for drug possession, child neglect
The Plant City Police Department executed a search warrant overnight Oct. 30, at 405 S. Lake St., that resulted in the seizure of a large quantity of marijuana and cash and that led to the arrest of six individuals on charges ranging from possession of marijuana to child neglect.
Continue ReadingHillsborough County releases preliminary early-vote totals
Hillsborough County announced tonight 18,928 early votes were cast today, bringing the preliminary cumulative total to 74,559. Early voting for the 2012 General Election continues tomorrow and ends Nov. 3.
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