U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday sentenced Herman Vazquez-Padilla, 32, of Plant City, Sept. 19, to 27 months in federal prison for conspiring to transport 100 or more illegal aliens. Vazquez-Padilla pleaded guilty on June 26, 2012. According to court documents, since 2010, Vazquez-Padilla conspired with the proprietors of multiple businesses in Pinellas County to […]
Continue ReadingGarden Club presents monthly award
The Plant City Garden Club presented its September award to Jack and Erma Zaiser.
Continue ReadingCops Corner 09.20.12
SEPT. 8 FAST AND FURIOUS 800 block of East Alabama Street. Bicycle Theft. Unknown suspect(s) stole a green Mount Fury mountain bike with a dog chain on the handle bars. The bike was valued at $40.
Continue ReadingBUDGET BREAKDOWN
By Michael Eng | Managing Editor Plant City commissioners will decide how to spend nearly $60 million next week. The commission will host its final budget hearing for the 2012-13 fiscal year at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24, at Sadye Gibbs Martin Auditorium at City Hall, 302 W. Reynolds St.
Continue ReadingFirst Baptist offers cancer support group
Sharing Our Burdens, a Christian cancer support group, meets at 4:30 p.m., the fourth Sunday of each month, at Plant City’s First Baptist Church, Room 351, 503 N. Palmer St.
Continue ReadingSHOWS OF SUPPORT
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor It seems there is a colored ribbon to show support for every cause imaginable. One of the oldest known references of ribbons used to symbolize a cause was mentioned in a marching song, “Round her Neck She Wears a Yeller Ribbon.” It has been used to represent a loved […]
Continue ReadingOBITUARIES: 09.20.12
Bruce Martin Culpepper, Milo R. Grabow, Ralph Hamlin Mann and Catherine A. Williamson
Continue ReadingPlant City Gardenfest springs into bloom
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Grab your tools and sunhat: The Plant City Garden Club and the Plant City Downtown Merchants and Business Association are working together to host the Gardenfest and ETC, which will take place Sept. 22, at the Plant City Train Depot and McCall Park.
Continue ReadingPlant City leaders sew seeds for new community garden
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Plant City’s most eager green thumbs dug in for a morning of fun Sept. 15, during the Plant City Commons community garden’s first Planting Day.
Continue ReadingWoman’s Club of Plant City seeks new members
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor The Woman’s Club of Plant City will sweeten the fall season with an ice cream social from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 20, at its clubhouse, 1110 N. Wheeler Street, Plant City.
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