Mayor Nate Kilton called the December 9 Regular Meeting of the City Commission to order at 7:30 p.m. Also present at the dais were Vice-Mayor Jason Jones, City Commissioner Bill Dodson, City Commissioner Mary Thomas Mathis, City Commissioner Michael Sparkman, City Attorney Kenneth Buchman, City Clerk Kerri Miller, and City Manager Bill McDaniel. Reverend Joe […]
Continue ReadingANNUAL CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS HELD
Lights of Love The 26th annual Lights of Love tree lighting ceremony took place on the evening of December 5. “We were just talking with our friends here about how in the past, it was a very small, intimate event,” Donna Byrtus said. “But I felt like this was a kind of a Hallmark movie […]
Continue ReadingPotbelly Sandwich Shop Expands in Florida with New Plant City Location
Potbelly (NASDAQ: PBPB), the iconic neighborhood sandwich shop, announced today the opening of a new shop at Lake Walden Square in Plant City, Florida. Situated among an impressive collection of restaurants and big box retailers, this new location offers easy access and has strong visibility along major thoroughfares, James L. Redman Parkway and W. Alexander […]
Continue Reading267-UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX PROPOSED SOUTH OF PLANT CITY
At the corner of James L. Redman Parkway (SR 39) and Trapnell Road East sits 45 acres named the Oakmont Landing Planned Development District. In March 2022, the development was approved for 150 single-family residential houses where no more than 55 of these homes could be townhomes. The project would include roadway with access to […]
Continue ReadingSCULPTURES COME TO LIFE IN DOWNTOWN
The Arts Council of Plant City will hold a sculpture exhibition unveiling ceremony on Monday, December 9, at 6:00 p.m. at the Robert W. Willaford Railroad Museum in downtown. The exhibition will be opened after a brief introduction by Amelia Bitting, a Strawberry Crest graduate, former intern at the Photo Archives, and student of fine […]
Continue ReadingCops Corner 12.05.24
November 22 You Can’t Sleep Here – Drug Investigation 800 block of W. Warren St An officer was conducting security checks of residences and businesses containing open trespass agreements with PCPD. The officer made contact with a subject inside a vacant residence, and they were arrested for possession of a controlled substance and transported to […]
Continue ReadingI Love Plant City 12.05.24
Barbara Tetro shared this photo taken by her daughter-in-law, Alicia, of a butterfly and flowers in Windmill Point.
Continue ReadingAuto Review 12.05.24
ALL-NEW CX-70 SUV WILL FURTHER BOOST THE MAZDA LINEUP Love the full-size CX-90 for its incredible performance and luxurious cabin but don’t need that third-row seat? Well, you have a new and welcome choice – five-passenger CX-70 slotted between the smaller CX-50 and the CX-90. It shares the wheelbase, length, width and height with its […]
Continue ReadingAround Town 12.05.24
What holiday movie do you watch every year? The Christmas Carol with Patrick Stewart, Scrooged, Muppet Christmas Carol, Grinch animated. DeeDee Hawthorne Mathes A Muppets Christmas Carol Ashley Saunders Christmas Vacation, Elf, it’s a wonderful life Deanna Shaw Christmas Vacation and Elf Tomas N Daniela Garcia The Grinch, Home Alone 2 & Elf!! Autie Hope […]
Continue ReadingFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH GROWS AGAIN
On Sunday, December 1, First Baptist Church Plant City held a ground breaking ceremony for the next phase of its expansion at the church’s main campus on 3309 James L. Redman Parkway. The addition represents a forward-looking commitment to the church’s “mission of sharing God’s love and meeting the spiritual and community needs of Plant […]
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