The Plant City Chamber conducts the annual Leadership Plant City training to promote the development of long-term leadership in the community. The purpose of the program is to identify and advance emerging leaders in Plant City. The meetings offer a forum for participants to meet and exchange ideas with each other and with community leaders, […]
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Auto Review 09.05.24
Lincoln takes 2024 Nautilus A Notch up or two! NAUTILUS (AWD BLACK LABEL) Tires: 255/45R22 Wheelbase: 114.2 inches Length: 193.2 inches Height: 68.2 inches Width: 85.4 inches Fuel capacity: 20 gallons City: 21 mpg Highway: 29 mpg Web site: www.lincoln.com A 48-inch panoramic display that spans the entire dashboard. Flat top-and-bottom steering wheel. An 11-inch […]
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 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 […]
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 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 ReadingNursing Queen storefront opens in Plant City to serve breastfeeding moms
When Quinn Reitz had her first chid and couldn’t find a nursing tank top that was stylish and comfortable yet provided easy access for breastfeeding, the new mom took the untraditional route and designed her own. “I couldn’t find exactly what I was looking for, which was a tank top made made from cotton fabric […]
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 ReadingCOMPANY REPURPOSES AIRCRAFT IN Plant City
“I have done a little bit of everything,” said Ozzie Saez, the owner of Aero Salvage Design. “I have owned 18 businesses. This one started because I used to build aluminum cars—re-creation cars. Then we built somebody a piece of furniture out of a section of one of those cars. That led to ‘Hey, can […]
Continue ReadingFriends of the Library
In 1993, Friends of the Library began its mission to raise friends and raise funds to support the Bruton Memorial Library. Since that time, it has helped underwrite library initiatives like computers, and equipping the Cookie Smith Reading Room. Friends of the Library is now rebuilding itself after the chaos, shutdowns, and isolation of the […]
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