Greater New Hope Anointed Ministries has agreed to serve as a designated Hillsborough County Cold Weather Shelter for homeless people. The church doors will be open daily from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. while nighttime temperatures fall below 40 degrees. Each person taking shelter will be served a hot dinner and hot breakfast. The church […]
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JOINT INVESTIGATION LEADS TO ARREST OF SERIAL ARMED ROBBER
The Plant City Police Department, in partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), removed a violent offender from the streets. On January 8, United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced the indictment of Peter Latimore, Jr. (43, Zephyrhills) with interference of commerce by robbery, […]
Continue ReadingNews Briefs 01.23.25
Step Into the Magic: Mossy Hollow Market Returns for an Enchanted Forest Experience The mystical portal to Mossy Hollow Market is opening once again! On February 1, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., visitors are invited to enter a whimsical woodland village filled with fairies, mushrooms, and sprites at Metals & Nature in Plant City. […]
Continue ReadingOUR Senator, Ashley Moody
Congratulations Senator Ashley Moody! Well, that’s quite a salutation, United States Senator. It’s one, though, that is especially fitting for Ashley Moody, a Plant City native, who seems on a fast track to doing great things and making those who know her proud in the process. In case you’ve somehow missed it, Ashley Moody was […]
Continue ReadingGUNFIRE IN NORTH PARK ISLE
On December 22, before 3 a.m., residents on Hazy Sea Drive in the North Park Isle development awoke to the sound of several gunshots. Those who spoke about the incident did so on the condition of anonymity. “This has mostly been a very quiet neighborhood. It has been a perfect community,” one person said. “The […]
Continue ReadingZONING CHANGES SPARK DEBATE
Mayor Nate Kilton called the January 13 Regular Meeting of the City Commission to order at 7:30 p.m. At this first meeting of the year, a larger than usual crowd of approximately 75 people joined the proceedings. Reverend Dr. Lloyd McDonald, pastor of The Anointed Life Ministry, gave the invocation. The assembly then stood and […]
Continue ReadingMAN ARRESTED FOR ARMED BURGLARY IN PLANT CITY
On January 12, 2025, at approximately 12:40 a.m., on the 4700 block of Orange Haven Place in Plant City, a resident was alerted to a suspect trespassing on their property. The victim stepped outside and witnessed an individual wearing a ski mask and holding a large bag. When confronted, the suspect fled toward a vehicle […]
Continue ReadingCITY CONTINUES TO EXPAND PARKING IN DOWNTOWN
Wheeler Street Station is the planned development at the intersection of Wheeler Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The vision is for the downtown development to be a mixed-use building with 16,000 square feet of commercial space on the first floor and one-bedroom apartments on the second and third floors, and two-bedroom apartments […]
Continue ReadingNews Briefs 01.09.25
GFWC WOMAN’S CLUB OF PLANT CITY The GFWC Woman’s Club of Plant City “yellow shirt” ladies were busy assisting Santa as his elves to brighten the holiday season for three families from the Plant City Housing Department. Funds were raised by the Woman’s Club through a holiday cheer Christmas party and passing a Christmas […]
Continue ReadingGOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES’ HAVE LOCAL OFFICES
Now that the election is over, and 2025 has begun, you don’t have to wait for new legislators to get things in place and get moving—your local government representatives were reelected and are ready to serve. State Senator Danny Burgess Burgess represents District 23, and has a satellite office in Plant City. Most constituent issues […]
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