AUG. 25 BOLD MOVE 2900 block of Juniper Lake Place. Stolen Vehicle. Unknown suspect(s) stole the victim’s 2007 red Cadillac Escalade Aug. 23. The victim’s keys and wallet were inside the vehicle. The suspect(s) used the credit card several times on Park Road. OnStar tracked the vehicle to 1028 Walnut St., Lakeland, where Lakeland Police […]
Continue ReadingVero Beach
VERO BEACH. Grayson and Creighton Long took their favorite community newspaper with them on a recent vacation to Vero Beach. The brothers traveled with their mother, Carolyn Everidge, grandmother, Helen Everidge, and aunt, Linda Thomas. If you’re going on vacation, remember to grab a copy of the Plant City Observer to take with you. Snap […]
Continue ReadingPlanteen to host Bible Study
The Plant City Community Ladies Bible Study began its third year this week. The group meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays, at Planteen Recreation Center, 301 Dort St., Plant City.
Continue ReadingPlant City blossoms into action
By Amber Jurgensen | Staff Writer It was the first time Plant City High School students Holly Turcich and Sarah Winter had ever been in a movie, but it wasn’t the first time the duo walked the streets of this particular movie set. That’s because the independent film they are in, “Chu and Blossom,” was […]
Continue ReadingRIBBON CUTTING: Big Dog’s Patio
The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Big Dog’s Patio Sept. 5, at 103 N. Palmer St. For more information, call (813) 754-8950 or visit bigdogspatio.com.
Continue ReadingRIBBON CUTTING: Bella, Hermida, Hurn and Stertzer
The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce held at ribbon-cutting ceremony for Bella, Hermida, Hurn and Stertzer Aug. 30, at the firm’s new location, 1503 S. Alexander St., Suite 103. Bella, Hermida, Hurn & Stertzer is a full-service accounting firm offering professional services in tax planning and preparation, accounting and bookkeeping services, compilations, reviews, audits, […]
Continue ReadingOBSERVED: Facebook photo yields surprising feedback
Facebook — and more specifically, people’s reactions on the social-media site — will never cease to amaze me. Take, for instance, the photo above. This was one of the first frames I snapped at Durant High School’s preseason football game Aug. 24. In actuality, I was just taking some test shots for lighting, when the national […]
Continue ReadingOBITUARIES: 08.30.12
Corey Baker, Charles W. Binnion, Dalton Sylvester Blanton, Barbara A. Varnadoe Caccamisi and Fannie Mae Harwell
Continue ReadingPOWER OF THE PEN
By Amber Jurgensen | Staff Writer Loitering squatters outside a depressed house. Dirty drugs and money exchanged in rough hands. Liquor to lips. Smoky rooms. Cheap women. All snapshots inside of author Mills Cooper’s head. Scenes from the tough neighborhoods of Plant City. Witnessed pictures from his past.
Continue ReadingNEIGHBORS: George Flores
By Michael Eng | Managing Editor Pleasant Grove Assembly of God Youth Pastor George Flores remembers the exact moment when he fell in love with music. He was about 7 years old at the time; his older brother, Juan, was 9. “My brother and I shared a room, and we were watching Woodstock on TV,” […]
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