Marshall Middle Magnet IB World School Assistant Principal Chandra Todd is used to the processional of students, parents and staff members who pass through the school’s front office on a daily basis. One day last month was no ordinary day. The school received a visit from Superintendent Van Ayres, School Board member Patti Rendon and […]
Continue ReadingIt’s Read Everywhere 12.07.23
On their recent trip to Paris, Pat Jolles and Art Schauffert caught up on some local news.
Continue ReadingFans Have Camped Out For a Week to Snag Florida Strawberry Festival Concert Tickets
Florida Strawberry Festival concert tickets go on sale Thursday, Dec. 7.
Continue ReadingObituaries 12.07.23
Charles Hardy Meadows Charles Hardy Meadows, 75, of Lithia, Fla., formerly of Bladenboro, North Carolina, born on Apr.12, 1948, in Lumberton, North Carolina, entered into eternal rest on Nov. 28, 2023. Expressions of condolences at www.HopewellFuneral.com. George Kercado George Kercado, 77, of Plant City, Fla., born on Mar. 29, 1946, in New York, NY, entered […]
Continue ReadingLights of Love Kicks Off Holiday Season
Lights of Love, in its twenty-fifth year, raised more than $40,000 for the Foundation at South Florida Baptist Hospital.
Continue ReadingDriver Flees scene of fatal crash; witness helps identify driver and arrest made
A man was arrested after striking a bicyclist and fleeing the scene of the accident early this morning, police said. Plant City Police Department Communications Center received a 911 call regarding a traffic crash involving a blue Ford F-150 pickup truck and a bicyclist that occurred on N. Park Road near the intersection of E. […]
Continue ReadingLandowner Walden Lake LLC Asks Judge to Allow City of Plant City Affordable Housing Project Development To Proceed
Landowner Walden Lake LLC has filed a Complaint for Declaratory Relief against the City of Plant City in response to the City’s refusal to consider a preliminary plat submitted on Sept. 27. The proposed development on Walden Lake, LLC’s 319.26-acre property located In the 2,800-acre Walden Lake community includes the construction of 1,530 multifamily units […]
Continue ReadingIRS Announces Delay in Form 1099-K Reporting
The Internal Revenue Service is delaying the new $600 Form 1099-K reporting threshold for third-party settlement organizations for calendar year 2023.
Continue ReadingNews 11.30.23
News briefs for the week of Nov. 30 include the Christmas parade’s road closures, Holiday Lights Tour and free entry to national parks for veterans.
Continue ReadingRobinson Elementary ESE Paraprofessional Bridget Wells Named 2024 Instructional Support Educator of the Year Finalist
The Instructional Support Employee of the Year, along with Teacher of the Year and Ida S. Baker Diversity Educator of the Year, will be announced at the 2024 Excellence in Education Awards ceremony on Wed., Feb. 1 at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts.
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