August 24 Pokemon GO – Vehicle Burglary 800 block of S. Alexander St An officer responded to the above location and met with the complainant who reported sometime in the morning an unknown suspect shattered the driver’s door window and removed a Pokemon wallet from the center console. I Can’t Drive – At All – […]
Continue ReadingCOMPANY TO LAY OFF APPROXIMATELY 80 IN PLANT CITY
Approximately 80 employees at the Leggett & Platt production facility have been given notice their jobs are being terminated because the company is shutting down operations at the location. The facility on the corner of South County Line Road and Fancy Farms Road also employs an additional 25 temporary workers. Leggett & Platt primarily manufactures […]
Continue ReadingCops Corner 08.29.24
August 16 Possibility of Snow – DUI/Possession of Cocaine S. Lake St/N. Pennsylvania St An officer was conducting proactive patrol and located a vehicle on the south side of Reynolds St. near Pennsylvania St. with its brake lights activated. A subject was asleep behind the wheel with the vehicle running. Based on the totality of an […]
Continue ReadingNews Briefs 08.29.24
WWII VETERAN CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY A birthday party was held Tuesday for 102-year-old WWII veteran Russell Silvers. Friends and family came, including his younger twin sisters. The Strawberry Crest JROTC was there to honor him as well. He served for the U.S. Coastguard on the USS Grand Rapids. Happy Birthday Mr. Silvers and thank you for […]
Continue ReadingObituaries 08.29.24
Robert ‘Slim’ Flagg Warren III Robert “Slim” Flagg Warren III, 69, of Plant City, Fla., born on Mar. 13, 1956, in Marlborough, Massachusetts, entered into eternal rest on Aug. 21, 2024. Expressions of condolences at www.HopewellFuneral.com. Barbara Bloodsworth Shepard Barbara Bloodsworth Shepard, 90, of Tampa, Fla., formerly of Edina, Minnesota, born on Sept. 26, 1933, in […]
Continue ReadingI Love Plant City 08.29.24
Kathy Flemister submitted this photo of bromeliads growing on a tree on Cowart Rd.
Continue ReadingWe asked Plant City: Is there a conspiracy theory you believe?
Oh where to start…Lee Harvey Oswald wasn’t the lone gunner to Covid being a bio weapon released a accidentally or purposely by the CCP and gain of function research funded by Faucci and CDC and big pharma cashing in on mostly ineffective vaccines. Brandon Shearer How Biden got into office Mike Shover The difference between […]
Continue ReadingPCPD HOLDS COMMUNITY MEETING
On Wedenesday, August 21, the Plant City Police Department (PCPD) held a community meeting at Sadye Gibbs Martin Community Center. These meetings offer Plant Citians an informal opportunity to get to meet PCPD officers, and have a discussion about matters relevant to the community. With the hiring of Chief Mills, and Deputy Chiefs Centanni and […]
Continue ReadingSTREETS & STORMWATER WORKS UNDER THE RADAR
When you add up the lengths of all of the streets in Plant City, the total is 170 miles, that is the driving distance from Plant City to St. Augustine. The City of Plant City Department of Streets & Storm Water has 37 staff to care for these streets. Eight of them focus specifically on […]
Continue ReadingPlant City YMCA Honors Jason Jones with the Strong Leader Award
He’s a local icon, and now the Plant City Family YMCA’s Strong Leader Award winner for 2024 – Jason Jones has a new accolade to his ever-growing list. With about 250 in attendance at the Trinkle Center, he was honored by the YMCA with the annual award, which was created to recognize individuals who truly […]
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