The Mission of the Angel Foundation is to partner with businesses and individuals to be a caring resource for families in our community experiencing a temporary crisis due to a life-threatening illness or catastrophic event. Their program matches families with local businesses and individuals with available resources to help meet practical needs. The foundation will […]
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Fazoli’s Celebrates Two Years of Pasta Perfection
Fazoli’s owner Rodney Keys has been serving up great pasta dishes, and supporting the local community, for two years.
Continue ReadingAround Town 02.29.24
We asked Plant City: What song puts you in a good mood?
Continue ReadingObituaries 02.29.24
Douglas Burkett, Sr. Douglas Burkett, Sr., 77, of Plant City, Fla., born on Sept. 5, 1946, in Charleston, West Virginia, entered into eternal rest on Feb. 22, 2024. Expressions of condolences at www.HopewellFuneral.com. Terry Mobley Karen DeeAnn Terry Mobley, 38, of Valrico, Fla., born on June 21, 1985, in Lakeland, Fla., entered into eternal […]
Continue ReadingPlant City Elks Make Donation To Bruton Memorial Library
Bruton Memorial Library has a larger book collection thanks to a $4,000 donation from the Plant City Elks.
Continue ReadingNews Briefs 02.22.24
Optimists Club Oratorical Contest Winners Announced Three local students participated in the annual Plant City Optimist Club Oratorical Contest on Mon., Feb. 19 and the top two finishers, Durant High School senior Gabby Howell and Plant City High School sophomore Marley Mueller, have advanced to the Zone Six competitions against Lakeland and Winter Haven’s top […]
Continue ReadingFancy Farms Market Adds Lunch Menu Featuring Authentic Family Recipes
A variety of delicious lunch entrees are now available at Fancy Farms Market.
Continue ReadingNew Plant City Police Officers Sworn In
Officers Stephen Falkenstein and Damon Kolanowski have joined PCPD to protect and serve the community.
Continue ReadingPlant City Needs More Commercial and Light Industrial
Next week there is another public meeting regarding Plant City’s Northeast Masterplan Update (N/E of Park Rd. and I-4). Like all such activities, it is a thankless and necessary task to give some texture to the possible future. I have been involved in such work in the past and appreciate its goals and partial utility. […]
Continue ReadingPlant City Flag Footballer Scores Trip to Las Vegas
When Plant City High School senior Gabriela Ruiz was named a finalist for the inaugural NFL Latino Youth Honors award, presented by the NFL and the Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF), she didn’t realize that the reward would include a paid-trip to Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII. “It was kinda crazy because once I started […]
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