Local city leaders and business owners have joined forces to associate Plant City growth with more than just strawberries. On Monday, Nov. 9, Plant City’s Economic Development Corp. hosted its first meeting at Highland Packaging Solutions. The EDC formed in June and passed its bylaws in September. online pharmacy valtrex no prescription with best prices […]
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City Commission approves Red Rose rezone
At the City Commission meeting on Monday, Nov. 9, commissioners unanimously approved the rezoning of the eastern half of 2011 N. Wheeler St., formerly the Red Rose Inn & Suites. online pharmacy order lasix without prescription with best prices today in the USA online pharmacy levaquin with best prices today in the USA The City […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Durant homecoming ceremony
At halftime of the football game against King, Durant got in the homecoming spirit by introducing its female court members to the crowd. The time came for 2014 Homecoming Queen Payton Astin to crown her successor, and Kourtney Fisher got the honor. FRESHMEN Abby Shaw, Jenna Keely SOPHOMORES Baylee Astin, Wynter Fagan JUNIORS Casey Decatur, […]
Continue ReadingWater quality project begins
The City of Plant City has begun the Westside Canal Project to improve water quality in Midtown, an area south of Historic Downtown that is being enhanced for further development. The water quality project is not to exceed 90 days and is expected to be completed before Jan. 30. The construction process directly affects Washington […]
Continue ReadingIt’s a Preemie Thing
Over the last few years, Azaria Santos has become a fixture in the halls of St. Joseph’s Hospital, in Tampa, with her charity, Azaria’s Hope. Now a star student at Trapnell Elementary School, the fifth grader was born three weeks early in the same hospital. She weighed only 1 pound, 15 ounces. Her grandmother, Rudyne […]
Continue ReadingBluegrass concert planned for family
When Ricky Young and Eddie Nelson helped to start the Sunshine State Bluegrass Association in April they also made a goal to help others through music. online pharmacy buy spiriva online no prescription pharmacy “If we can play music and help someone, it’s a win-win,” Young said. On Sunday, Nov. 8, the association will be […]
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Continue ReadingWin car show tickets
Fall Florida AutoFest is offering a free family four-pack of tickets to its show Thursday, Nov. 12, to Sunday, Nov. 15, at the Sun n’ Fun complex, 4175 Medulla Road, Lakeland. All you need to do is submit a photograph you took of car, whether its a classic icon or a modern motor. Send photographs […]
Continue ReadingPlant City man dead after vehicle backs into him
A Plant City man died after a vehicle backed into him Wednesday, Nov. 4. Gregory B. Johnson Sr., 63, was traveling east on East Park Road. He stopped his vehicle to help another motorist, Juan Oquendo, 70, of Plant City, load some items into Oquendo’s 2007 Chrysler minivan. The items had fallen from another vehicle onto the roadway. Oquendo backed […]
Continue ReadingFlorida death row inmate becomes state’s first to demand electric chair
By Steve Bousquet | Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE — For the first time in nearly two decades, a Florida prison inmate is demanding that he be put to death in the antiquated electric chair and not by a lethal injection method that has been repeatedly challenged in court. Wayne Doty, 42, of Plant City has […]
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