The red light of the hidden darkroom at the end of the H hall in Plant City High School creates mysterious shadows on the high cheekbones of Keaunia Kaa’a’s face. It was in that enigmatic corner that the senior art student created a portrait of luminescence and a beacon of hope in her photograph, “Love […]
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Challenge to test leaders’ knowledge
By Jose Lozoya | Special Correspondant When Gill Gott, the executive director of the Plant City Photo Archives and History Center, presented the board of Friends of the Library with the idea of a history trivia challenge, he knew it was a great way to promote the use and support of Bruton Memorial Library. The […]
Continue ReadingP.C. student salutatorian of Grace Christian
Melissa Harnage rose to the top during her years at Grace Christian School in Valrico. But she didn’t start off with the intention of earning the salutatorian honor. “The hardest thing was developing my work ethic,” Harnage said. “When I started high school in ninth grade, I wasn’t a very serious student at all. … […]
Continue ReadingOUR TOWN: Meat raffle a success
Knights of Columbus Council 8095 at St. Clement Church raised $2,400 for charity with its annual meat raffle. Parishioner Tom Cowan bought the winning ticket and picked up a trunk load of packaged beef from Rick’s Custom Meats April 18 in Lithia. An anonymous donor paid for the $799 meat package. The raffle, organized by […]
Continue ReadingOUR TOWN: Welcome to the team, Emily
The Plant City Times & Observer has hired a new staff writer. Emily Topper is originally from Winter Park and comes to us after graduating from Flagler College in St. Augustine with a bachelor’s degree in communication. She will be taking the place of staff writer Catherine Sinclair, who is transferring to the West Orange […]
Continue Reading2015 April Real Estate Transactions
The home at 4205 Papa Wilder Road sold April 7, for $425,000. Built in 1995, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,714 square feet of living area on 36 acres. The price per square foot is $247.96. Bracewell Heights The home at 1201 N. Gordon St. sold April 30, for $21,500. Built in 1925, […]
Continue ReadingOUR TOWN: Hanlon selected for sports board
The National Alliance for Youth Sports is proud to announce the formation of an inaugural CYSA Leadership Committee. Tim Hanlon, assistant program manager of the City of Plant City Recreation and Parks Department and certified youth sports administrator, joins 25 other CYSAs as founding members of the committee. The CYSA Leadership Committee brings together youth […]
Continue ReadingWrong-way driver charged with vehicular homicide
UPDATE: Osbaldo Campos, 21, the man charged with vehicular homicide in the May 12 wrong-way crash on Reynolds Street has bonded out of jail a second time. “We have no facts to indicate that he is a flight risk,” Sergeant Alfred Van Duyne, of the Plant City Police Department, said. A search for him is […]
Continue ReadingUPDATE: State Road 60 wrong-way crash claims second life
Another driver in a fatal May 8 wrong-way crash on State Road 60 has died. Avimael Hernandez-Sargento, 37, of Lake Worth, died May 12. He was driving a 2000 GMC Sierra the at about 11 p.m. the wrong way near Bugg Road when he collided with a 2004 Mazda RX8 in the westbound, inside lane of State […]
Continue ReadingMotorcyclist killed by wrong-way driver
UPDATE: The motorcyclist who was killed in a wrong-way crash has been identified as Claudia E. Alderman, 59, of Plant City. The investigation is still active. Additional information and charges on vehicle who hit her are pending. Campos was released on $500 bond Wednesday morning, and is currently being sought by Hillsborough County deputies for vehicular homicide. *** […]
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