Winn-Dixie customers throughout Tampa Bay raised $11,580 for Feeding America Tampa Bay this summer. But, Plant City’s location off Alexander Street was among the top-fundraising stores with its total, $1,019. The initiative was part of Winn-Dixie’s Summer Backpack Hunger Relief community donation program that ran from July 16 to Aug. 19. Proceeds were presented to […]
Continue ReadingNews
Kiwanis installs new president
Sharon Moody installed David Wolf as the president of the Kiwanis Club of Plant City for the 2014-2015 year.
Continue ReadingStrawberry festival president inducted into FFA Hall of Fame
Before he was president of the Florida Strawberry Festival, Jim Jeffries spent decades coaching FFA students and supporting them when they won awards for their achievements. But, last month, Jeffries was the one receiving an award for his contributions to FFA in Florida. The FFA Florida Hall of Fame recognized Jeffries as a 2014 inductee […]
Continue ReadingDaybreak Rotary Club seeks to stock food bank’s shelves
The Plant City Daybreak Rotary Club will host its annual Cracker Country Feast Friday, Oct. 24, to benefit the United Food Bank of Plant City and other charitable organizations. The event will be at George Banning’s home. Banning and three additional Rotarians are on the food bank’s board of directors. The bank’s director, Christine Miller, […]
Continue ReadingSeptember Real Estate
A country home in North Plant City topped all real-estate sales in September. The home at 4806 Charlie Taylor Road sold Sept. 22, for $315,000. Built in 2011, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,883 square feet of living area on 5.75 acres. It also includes a horse barn with stables and a loft. […]
Continue ReadingTrapnell to host fall fest
Trapnell Elementary School will host its Fall Festival from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday Oct. 24, at the school, 1605 W. Trapnell Road. The festival will feature carnival-style games, face painting, a haunted house, cake walk and food. For more information, call (813) 757-9313.
Continue ReadingPCPD hires new officers
The Plant City Police Department has hired four new officers. Justin C. Carpenter and Eric Cruz are former deputy sheriffs with the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. Manuel Diaz was a reserve deputy sherif with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Joel Endel is new to the law enforcement profession.
Continue ReadingFamily looking for missing woman
A Dover family is looking for family member Terrie Larkin, 52, who was last seen around 1 p.m. Oct. 7 in Dover. Larkin has schizophrenia. She left to go on a walk on Jerry Smith road, something she does everyday. But, she was wearing a trench coat, flip flops and had a drawstring backpack with […]
Continue ReadingPlant City businesses support breast cancer awareness
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Plant City businesses are stepping up to join the fight against the disease. Brenda Gunter, owner of Reflections Boutique in Historic Downtown, has organized a collaborative event with other businesses downtown to raise money and awareness of breast cancer beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 11. “I’ve always […]
Continue ReadingJoe Keel files complaint against Al Higginbotham
Shortly after filing lawsuits against several Plant City residents for slander and libel, the owner of Keel and Curley Winery issued two ethics complaints to the Tallahassee-based Commission on Ethics against Hillsborough County Commissioner Al Higginbotham and Ray Young, a former county planning commissioner and winery neighbor who opposed the rezoning. Owner Joe Keel said […]
Continue Reading
