Ten high school students in Plant City are among the 16,000 semifinalists named in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Continue ReadingRIBBON CUTTING: Aflac Agent Travis Armstrong
The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Aflac Agent Travis Armstrong Oct. 2. For more information, call (904) 233-6230 or email travis.armstrong11@gmail.com.
Continue ReadingPedestrian dies on State Road 60
A pedestrian died this morning on State Road 60 near Plant City. According to Florida Highway Patrol reports, Rhonie Eugene Johnson Jr., 30, of Lakeland, was standing in the center of State Road 60 east of State Road 39 at about 2:31 a.m. Oct. 1. Mulberry resident Samuel Ira Grossman, 46, was driving his 1994 […]
Continue ReadingRIBBON CUTTING: Papa John’s Pizza
The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Papa John’s Pizza Sept. 28, at 1820 James L. Redman Parkway. For more information, call (813) 719-7300 or visit papajohns.com.
Continue ReadingBREAKING NEWS: Plant City police arrest murder solicitation suspect
The Plant City Police Department has arrested James J. Pepe, of Tampa, on charges of solicitation of first-degree murder. On Aug. 8, an out-of-state witness contacted Plant City police detectives. The witness informed detectives Pepe had attempted to hire him to murder a former co-worker, Robert Meredith, of Plant City. The witness was concerned that […]
Continue ReadingOBSERVED: Memory lane provides a sweet stroll
By Michael Eng | Managing Editor As the election draws closer, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to endure media of any kind. The incessant ramblings of AM talk radio, the talking heads on television and the bombardment of stories and video clips online have me — a journalist — longing for unplugged silence. If you believed everything […]
Continue ReadingLONG TIME COMING
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor It has been 10 years since the Improvement League of Plant City began its restoration of the historic Bing Rooming House off South Allen Street. Now, the restorations should be completed by the end of September. “We’ll be jumping for joy (when it is complete),” William Thomas Jr., vice […]
Continue ReadingCareFest comes to Plant City
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Rachel Davis has lived in her home on Calhoun Street for almost 20 years. Since she fell ill in 2008, she has watched it slowly age into disrepair. Paint peeled off the exterior and the screen around her porch ripped from weather and wear. When Code Enforcement Supervisor Dennis […]
Continue ReadingOBITUARIES: 09.27.12
Thomas Collins Campbell, Ruby L. Chaney, Betty Jane Dent, Francis B. Filter, Anna Lee Hall and Agnes Tessitore
Continue ReadingHost Star Wars event, library will
The Jedi will come to Plant City for Bruton Memorial Library’s Star Wars Reads Day from 3 to 5 p.m. Oct. 6, at the library, 302 W. McLendon St.
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