A Plant City man was arrested in connection to a fatal shooting outside a Brandon hookah lounge July 5. Paul Lovone Wright, 29, was arrested in Hudson, New York Saturday, July 18. He is being held in New York until he can be extradited back to Hillsborough County. Wright is a suspect in the fatal shooting […]
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Sunshine Bank buying branches in Bradenton, Sarasota
Sunshine Bank will purchase two of three branch offices from First Federal Bank of Florida in Sarasota and Manatee counties. The third branch is expected to be consolidated into the other two branches prior to the closing of the purchase agreement. Sunshine Bank has also agreed to purchase the real estate property and some selected […]
Continue ReadingCity to launch improved website, mobile app
Plant City’s website has been revamped and will soon be relaunched. At the City Commission meeting Monday, July 13, IT director Kent Andrel presented the new layout of the website, set to go live Thursday, July 23. “The site navigation is more user-friendly,” Andrel said. The new layout for the website is both more visual […]
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buy mobic online https://www.nad.org/wp-content/uploads/PDF_EXTENDED_TEMPLATES/tmp/mpdf/mobic.html Former Tomlin Middle School students who attended the school between 1993 and 2006 will remember their physical education teacher, the bubbly and outgoing Traci Durrance. Durrance began her career in education at Tomlin and later moved to become an assistant principal at Plant City High School, but she is headed back […]
Continue ReadingNew manager reveals plans for The Lakes
It’s barely been over a month since Lynn Archibald has taken over as the manager for The Lakes course at Walden Lake Golf & Country Club, and already he has begun improving the state of the neglected property. Archibald, the owner of Professional Golf Global Group, was announced as the general manager for the The […]
Continue ReadingCity looks at economic development council
The City of Plant City is putting together a committee to plan an economic development council to better manage business activity and opportunities in the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World. Former Plant City mayor Randy Larson and David Sullivan, senior executive vice president at Platinum Bank, have been selected to lead the group of 20. […]
Continue ReadingCops Corner 07.17.15
The following information was gathered from incident and arrest reports obtained from the Plant City Police Department. JULY 2 FROM PHONE CASE TO COURT CASE 2600 block of James L. Redman Parkway. Retail theft. Officer responded to a business following an attempted retail theft. The officer arrested a juvenile for stealing an iPhone case and […]
Continue ReadingSouth Florida Baptist Hospital now offering 3-D mammograms
As of July 14, South Florida Baptist Hospital is one of the facilities within BayCare Health System to offer three-dimensional breast tomosynthesis for breast cancer screening. Tomosynthesis is the latest screening and diagnostic technology. It uses X-rays to create a high-resolution digital picture of the breast. “We now have even better technology available to help […]
Continue ReadingTCMS art students donate to photo archives
Art students at Turkey Creek Middle School donated the proceeds from a charity art sale to the Plant City Photo Archives and History Center this week. Art teacher Sue Swanson’s students chose to donate to the archives because they considered it important to preserve the community’s rich history. “The fact that the students chose the photo […]
Continue ReadingChurch looking for sponsors for back to school event
First Baptist Church of Midway is having a community back to school event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, at 2902 Midway Road in Plant City. Guests will get free school supplies, haircuts, games and food. Midway is looking for local companies to help sponsor the children in our community that are most […]
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