The Plant City 10-11 All-Stars are seeking donations to help fund the team’s travel costs as it heads deeper into the season. Last week, the 10-11s kept its undefeated streak alive this season, going 3-0 in the Section 4 tournament and advancing to the state tournament with a 11-7 win over Lutz July 16. The […]
Continue ReadingCommunity Association revises deed restriction notifications
Attention Walden Lake residents: The warning procedures for deed restriction violations is changing. The Walden Lake Community Association voted to change the notice system from three letters to two at its July 16 meeting.
Continue ReadingTeacher accused of having sex with student
By Michael Eng | Managing Editor Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested a Plant City man July 17, for having sexual contact with a 17-year-old female. According to Sheriff’s Office reports, Jeffrey Halle Jr., 32, an English teacher in the International Baccalaureate program at King High School, made the contact with the female, one of […]
Continue ReadingRaulerson a finalist for Miss Florida USA
Amber Jurgensen | Staff Writer It may be hard to imagine that a skateboarding, self-described “tomboy” from a small Florida town became a dazzling beauty queen with several equally dazzling crowns. But hometown starlet Jaclyn “Jackie” Raulerson has done just that. Last week, Raulerson competed in the Miss Florida USA pageant in Hollywood. She walked […]
Continue ReadingNEWS BRIEFS 07.19.12
+ HART considers alternative solutions Following petitions from Plant City residents, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit leaders are considering an alternative proposal for Route 28X, the only public bus route from Plant City to Tampa.
Continue ReadingCops Corner 07.19.12
July 6 MISSING METAL 2400 block of West Baker Street. Theft. Unknown suspect(s) stole ground wire leading from the tower to the grounding rods. The wires were valued at about $3,000.
Continue ReadingOBSERVED: 2012 grades continue FCAT farce
By Michael Eng | Managing Editor Without knowing any backstory, if you take a look at the 2012 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test grades released last week, you’d probably be relatively pleased with the results. Nothing looks out of the ordinary; most of our Plant City schools either maintained the same grade or dropped slightly. But […]
Continue ReadingSTORE AROUND THE CORNER: Focus 4 Beauty Career Center
Amber Jurgensen | Staff Writer The buzzing of a nail gun, the crisp cut of scissors to hair and the constant murmur of salon gossip are all sounds you hear when walking into the Focus 4 Beauty Career Center. Focus 4 Beauty is the first and only cosmetology career center located in Plant City. Owners […]
Continue ReadingOBITUARIES 07.19.12
Junia Faye English, Johnny Gregory McDaniel, Angela Marie “Angel” Nester Junia Faye English and Goma Byrd Stallard
Continue ReadingRIBBON CUTTING: Nick’s Pizzaria & Wings
The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Nick’s Pizzaria & Wings July 19, at 1707 James L. Redman Parkway, Suite D. For more information, call (813) 757-5900 or visit nickspizzaplantcity.com.
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