This Valentine’s Day, Plant City has a chance to show its love at a fundraising event organized by passionate students from Durant High School and other nearby schools. Durant’s Future Business Leaders of America is hosting a 5K and family festival for March of Dimes, to benefit premature babies. Community service is an important part […]
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Knights Elementary Relay team flushing away cancer
The Knights Elementary Relay for Life team has toilet humor. Team leaders Linda Herman and Joanie Petty have been dropping off a purple potty in front yards for the past two weeks. That’s right — a commode they bedazzled and spray painted. The move is part of a fundraising campaign to raise money and awareness […]
Continue ReadingBlack Heritage Celebration set for next week
It’s Black History Month, and Plant City is ready to celebrate it in the biggest way it knows how. The 12th annual Black Heritage Education and Cultural Festival, presented by Black Heritage Celebration Inc., looks to be next weekend’s hot ticket. With events scheduled from Feb. 13 to 15 and another celebration Feb. 21, area […]
Continue ReadingBerry to receive honors
Al Berry has always liked to keep busy, especially if he’s helping out in the Plant City community. His schedule’s about to get even busier in the coming months, thanks to some award selections and a new gig at the Florida Strawberry Festival. Berry, 79, is set to receive the Boy Scouts’ Dean Snyder Soaring […]
Continue ReadingWalden Lake to hold roundup
Walden Lake Elementary School will hold its Kindergarten Round-Up for the 2015-2016 school year at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, in the multi-purpose room. Children 5 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2015 may register for kindergarten. Birth certificate, immunization record, recent physical (within a year of Aug. 25, 2015), social security number, and […]
Continue ReadingPoker run benefits fallen police officers
+ Poker run benefits fallen police officers A BBQ lunch will be provided for a poker run benefiting fallen police officers if you register by Feb. 9. The poker run will be Saturday, Feb. 14, at Church on the Rock, 301 Alsobrook St. There will be prizes for the best and worst hand, and more. The […]
Continue ReadingSunshine State acquires Community Southern Bank
The holding company of Plant City-based Sunshine State Federal Savings has entered an agreement to purchase Community Southern Bank. Bank Sunshine Bancorp Inc. will purchase the company for about $30.8 million in an all cash transaction. The combination will create a franchise with approximately $451.4 million in assets and nine banking facilities in the Greater Tampa Bay Market. […]
Continue ReadingAg detectives rescue bull
Ag detectives from Hillsborough and Polk counties rescued a large black bull who had become stranded in a wetland area with only his head above water Jan. 30 At 6:35 p.m. detectives arrived at 5540 Bob Smith Ave. The 1,500-pound bull was taken to a nearby barn and was doing well after being stuck in the […]
Continue ReadingState officials clear Plant City officer in November shooting
A Florida Department of Law Enforcement report has cleared a Plant City officer of fatally shooting a man who had repeatedly stabbed his girlfriend and set fire to her home in November. Trung Thanh Do, 31, was holding his girlfriend, Maria De Los Angeles Romano, 43, against her will and refused to follow police orders to let her go. […]
Continue ReadingCourt settlement is near concerning P.C. child who fell through classroom ceiling
The Hillsborough County school district is ready to settle a 2013 lawsuit that concerns a 7 year-old learning-disabled child who fell through a ceiling at Robinson Elementary School in 2009. Pending court approval, the district will offer parents Keith and Diane Coker of Plant City $200,000, the maximum allowed under the state’s sovereign immunity limits, […]
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