Following a burglary investigation, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) made an arrest and recovered more than $50,000 in silver coins, bars, and firearms. Deputies responded to a burglary of a residence on November 8 at 10:12 p.m. on the 2100 block of Herndon Street in Dover. Three firearms were reported stolen from the residence. […]
Continue ReadingNews
CITY COMMISSIONER MICHAEL SPARKMAN RETURNS
Mayor Nate Kilton called the November 12 Regular Meeting of the City Commission to order at 7:30 p.m. Also present at the dais were City Commissioner Bill Dodson, City Commissioner Mary Thomas Mathis, City Commissioner Michael Sparkman, City Attorney Kenneth Buchman, and City Manager Bill McDaniel. Vice-Mayor Jason Jones had a scheduling conflict and appeared […]
Continue Reading2024 ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN
The voting lines at Bruton Memorial Library have been out the door for two weeks. Plant Citians have been inundated with political ads on TV, YouTube, texts, and phone calls. The tight national polls, missteps, and highly contentious presidential race added drama in the buildup until November 5. Now it is all over. The effects […]
Continue ReadingNews Briefs 11.07.24
WISH FARMS HARVESTS FIRST STRAWBERRY FLAT IN FLORIDA Strawberry season is finally here… Wish Farms, a Plant City-based, international grower and year-round marketer of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and pineberries, is pleased to announce that its farm has harvested the first strawberry flat in the state of Florida! Chris Parks, the Farm manager, announced this […]
Continue ReadingRESIDENTS TELL STORIES OF FLOOD LOSSES FROM MILTON
Mayor Nate Kilton called the October 28 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 Attorney Kenneth Buchman, City Clerk Kerri Miller, and City Manager Bill McDaniel. The conference room at City Hall […]
Continue ReadingNews Briefs 10.31.24
FILL EMPTY BOWLS The Empty Bowls Project benefiting the United Food Bank and Services will take place on Saturday, November 9, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Robert W. Willaford Railroad Museum in downtown Plant City on Palmer Street. The event features the Plant City Community Chorale, followed by saxophonist Larry Clark, and […]
Continue ReadingGUNFIRE ERUPTED IN PLANT CITY
On Wednesday, October 16, at approximately 3:50 p.m., video surveillance cameras showed Barron Marion speaking to a man at a convenience store at 516 South Maryland Avenue. The man entered the convenience store while Marion watched the store. When the male left the store he then drove north on South Maryland in a black sedan, […]
Continue ReadingENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE NEVER GETS A BAD RAP FOR THEIR WORK
Are you vomiting or do you have diarrhea today? No? You can thank the staff in the City of Plant City’s Environmental Compliance Department. This department’s job is to keep the water that comes out of your faucets clean and safe, and monitor runoff to stop water pollution. Among the big-picture things they do are […]
Continue ReadingMILTON BY THE NUMBERS
Below are some of the Milton statistics from Plant City’s government. The information is the tip of the iceberg, and the debris numbers are increasing daily. • 19,053 sandbags were passed out, equaling 13 dump truck loads of sand • 3631 cars drove through the sandbag pick up • 1,075 damaged buildings • 1,056 damaged […]
Continue ReadingSPEAK WITH YOUR FEET
Early voting for the November election runs from October 21 through November 3; 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Election Day is November 5; 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The polling location in Plant City is Bruton Memorial Library, 302 W. McLendon Street. Six proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution will appear on ballots. Proposed amendments […]
Continue Reading
