Measure the distance to your point of take off Set markers along the runway to make sure your steps fall on just the right spots Grab a 14-foot pole in both hands Sprint down a runway carrying the pole at a 35-degree angle Plant the end of the pole in a steel box set into […]
Continue ReadingPLANT CITY KARATE KIDS
If you’ve never seen the movie “The Karate Kid,” you can experience it in real life at Chris Welbon Karate Clubs, located at 204 N Mobley Street in Plant City. Here, you will find people training for martial arts through Kumite fighting, weapons Kata, bo staff, nun chucks, and more. Chris Welbon is the owner […]
Continue ReadingCITY COMMISSION MEETING SPARKS DEBATE
At 7:30 p.m. on August 26, Mayor Nate Kilton called to order the City of Plant City Regular Meeting of the City Commission. Also present at the dais were Vice-Mayor Jason Jones, City Commissioners William Dodson and Mary Thomas Mathis, City Attorney Kenneth Buchman, City Clerk Kerri Miller, and City Manager Bill McDaniel. Dean Pfeffer, […]
Continue ReadingPLANT CITIAN FOUNDED CAMPUS RISK SOLUTIONS
In the last four years, risk to Americans has increased, in part, due to the escalating number of terrorists attempting to cross the border into the US. And there have been several school and workplace shootings. The product of a Plant City company, Campus Risk Solutions (CRS), is to keep us all safer.“Campus” includes every […]
Continue ReadingHCSO ARRESTS TWO IN PLANT CITY
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two people for illegally harvesting saw palmetto berries. On Monday, August 26 HCSO’s Agriculture Crimes Unit followed up on a tip from a property owner who witnessed trespassers harvesting palmetto berries on their property in the 5000 block of US Highway 41. The owner provided a photo of […]
Continue ReadingMAN FATALLY STABBED IN PLANT CITY
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal stabbing in Plant City. On Friday, August 23, deputies responded to the report of a stabbing in the 5800 block of Bob Smith Avenue just before 1:00 a.m. Upon arrival, deputies located a victim with severe upper-body trauma. Throughout the investigation, detectives learned a verbal argument […]
Continue ReadingObituaries 08.22.24
L.T. Dixon L.T. Dixon, 90, of Plant City, Fla., born on Aug. 21, 1933, entered into eternal rest on Aug. 11, 2024. He was a Veteran of the United States Navy. He loved his family dearly, and enjoyed traveling, camping, and the North Carolina mountains. He was preceded in death by wife, Helen Dixon; and […]
Continue ReadingCops Corner 08.22.24
August 9 Looking for a Fanny – Theft 200 block of W. Alexander St An officer responded to the police department and met with the complainant who stated she left her fanny pack in the shopping cart after loading groceries. The complainant later returned to the store to find the pack was turned in to […]
Continue ReadingAround Town 08.22.24
We asked Plant City: What is one food you hate but everyone else loves? Not really “food”, but COFFEE, yuck!!!!! Karen Ann Cox Avocado, Seafood, Mushrooms…yuck, yuck yuck! Donna Martinez Salmon Barbara Skaggs Ward Cottage cheese Cynthia Davis Van Camp Fish & any seafood … anything that comes out of water Kelsey Spell Pumpkin anything […]
Continue ReadingCITY COMMISSION TO HOLD LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON PARKING
A public hearing will be held during the regular meeting of the City Commission on August 26. Resolution 24-383 concerns a text amendment to Division 11 of Article VII, Chapter 102, access management, off-street parking, circulation, and bicycle and pedestrian facilities requirements (PB-2024-20). Among other things, this addresses potential provisions to change uses and/or number […]
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