According to the City of Plant City data, Hurricane Milton damaged 1,075 buildings plus 1,056 residences, and caused $21.6 million in flood damage. The Bing Rooming House Museum is one of these statistics. The museum strives to accurately preserve, interpret, and present Plant City’s African-American history from an African-American perspective. Exhibits, artifacts, storyboards, oral history, […]
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News Briefs 02.20.25
FLORIDA STRAWBERY FESTIVAL HORTICULTURE SHOW The Plant City Garden Club will once again host the Horticulture Exhibit at the Florida Strawberry Festival from February 27 through March 9. The club’s exhibit is the longest-running exhibit in the history of the festival. The club will be accepting entries on Tuesday, February 25, from 9:00 a.m. to […]
Continue ReadingRAILROAD CROSSING CLOSINGS IN PLANT CITY
According to a company that works with CSX, Southern Commercial Development, LLC., CSX Transportation has scheduled the crossings listed below in Plant City to be closed for emergency repair due to identified track defects: E. Terrace Drive (Off Paul Buchman Hwy, across from W. Terrace Drive) DOT# 624401A Closing on/around Mon, 2/24/25 at 9:00 a.m. […]
Continue ReadingHOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IN PLANT CITY
The Plant City Police Department (PCPD) is actively investigating a homicide and a shooting that occurred on February 16, 2025. At approximately 9:30 p.m., officers responded to the 1800 block of East Warren Street for a report of shots fired. Upon arrival, officers located one male deceased inside a vehicle and another male suffering from […]
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CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION Congresswoman Laurel Lee (FL-15) announced that the 2025 Congressional Art Competition is officially open for all high school students who live in Florida’s 15th District. The Congressional Art Competition is a nationwide contest to highlight talented young artists from high schools across the country. Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide […]
Continue ReadingCITY COMMISSION MUSCLES THROUGH LONG AGENDA
Mayor Nate Kilton called the February 10 Regular Meeting of the City Commission to order at 7:30 p.m. Also present at the dais were Vice-Mayor Jason Jones, City Commis- sioner Bill Dodson, City Commissioner Mary Thomas Mathis, City Commissioner Mike Sparkman, City Attorney Kenneth Buchman, and City Manager Bill McDaniel. Dominique Wells, Assistant City Clerk, […]
Continue ReadingAMBULANCE AND SEMI CRASH
A Hillsborough County Fire Rescue (HCFR) ambulance in non-emergency mode, driven by a 26-year-old fire rescue male, was traveling eastbound on McGee Road. At the same time, a Peterbilt tractor trailer, driven by a 52-year-old Wesley Chapel man, was traveling northbound on SR-39. At the intersection of thetwo roadways, and without yielding, the ambulance entered […]
Continue ReadingLAUREL LEE HONORS PLANT CITY FIREFIGHTERS
On Friday, Laurel Lee, U.S. Congresswoman for the 15th District, came to town to host a ceremony honoring Plant City’s Fire Rescue at Fire Station #3 on N Park Road. From 2013 to 2019, Lee served as a Circuit Court Judge in Florida’s Thirteenth Judicial Court in Hillsborough County—from 2014 to 2017 she sat on […]
Continue ReadingNews Briefs 02.06.25
PLANT CITY VETERANS RECEIVE NEW GUTTER SYSTEM Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay and The Brothers That Just Do Gutters are teaming up for a new initiative called “Gutters for Good,” and Plant City’s own Sean McLaughlin is their first recipient. Sean is a veteran and Army National Guard staff sergeant juggling two jobs while raising his […]
Continue ReadingCITY ELECTIONS COMING ON APRIL 8
The City of Plant City municipal elections will be held on April 8. The vote will be for the two City Commissioner seats currently held by Mayor Nate Kilton and Vice-Mayor Jason Jones. If a runoff date is necessary, that will happen on May 27. City Commissioner terms are three years, and begin in June […]
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