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 […]
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Photo courtesy of Kanyea Sutton Chris Denson began playing football at four years old. “Since then I haven’t lost my love for the game,” he said. He played at Polk County’s Mulberry High School through his sophomore year, then transferred to Plant City High School (PCHS) for a better opportunity to showcase his talents. The […]
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PLANT CITY CHRISTMAS PARADE Santa Claus is coming to town this Friday, December 6 for the annual Plant City Christmas Parade. As many believers wait for Mr. and Mrs. Claus to ride by in their sleigh led by reindeer, 74 other floats, marching bands, local businesses, and more will show their holiday cheer as they […]
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 […]
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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 ReadingPLANT CITY MAN ARRESTED FOR DISCHARGING A PISTOL
On November 24, 2024, at approximately 1:30 a.m., Plant City Police Department (PCPD) officers arrested James Dansby, a 37-year-old six-time convicted felon from Plant City, after responding to a report of shots fired in the area of South Frontage Road and North Gordon Street. Upon arriving at the scene, officers quickly located three individuals matching […]
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Photos courtesy of Plant City History and Photo Archive
Continue ReadingNews Briefs 11.27.24
CHRISTMAS LANE OPENING UP SOON! Over 2000 volunteer hours have prepared the winter wonderland full of the magic of Christmas at every turn. With over 1.5 million lights, drawing more than 180,000 watts of power, adorning over 200 Christmas trees from 4 to 40 feet, the scenes are built with lots of love! Dazzling Larger Than Life Displays • Mr. and Mrs. Claus […]
Continue ReadingHISTORY: ARGUMENT CAUSED PLANT CITY FIRE
According to the Plant City Police Department (PCPD) incident report from February 21, 2005, when the first officer arrived on the scene at Mark’s Electronics at 104 E. Martin Luther King Blvd., he saw heavy smoke and fire inside the business but the windows and doors were still intact. Plant City Fire Rescue (PCFR) 1 […]
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There is an eyesore at 513 S. Maryland—an old metal box that once contained the wiring for hundreds of telephones in the area. Though landlines are becoming a thing of the past, there are still a few that are wired through this phone box, so it hasn’t been removed. After it had been vandalized on […]
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