For five days a week, George Banning is up with the rising sun, making it to the Plant City Family YMCA just in time for spin class. He even goes on Monday mornings, the same day he has Rotary Club meetings at 7 a.m. That means Banning is on the bike by 5:30 a.m. Banning’s […]
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Strawberry Crest students return from European vacation
Twenty-three high school students and seven chaperones piled into cable cars to get to the top of the Alps. The view of natural Switzerland was amazing. But, the students were focused on something much more magnificent — a pile of snow. Many of the Floridians had never seen snow before. And those who had, never […]
Continue ReadingKaren G’s Creatives sparkles at new location
If any Plant City jewelry enthusiasts have wondered what happened to Karen G’s Creatives, they will be glad to know the store did not disappear. It simply moved to a new, bigger location. Karen Gillespie opened Karen G’s Creatives in January on West Reynolds Street, but she moved down the block Aug. 9. The store’s […]
Continue ReadingPlant City Lions Club pays hospital bill
The Plant City Lions Club was able to pay off the last of Gabriel Brannan-Buehl’s medical bills. Gabriel, 3, had lost one of his eyes to an eye cancer. The Lions Club raised $2,800 to cover the cost of his treatment at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, in Miami. “I know lions are courageous, but they […]
Continue ReadingPlant City Woman’s Club searching for a few good women
The Woman’s Club of Plant City already has a date, place and plan for its first event at Veterans Memorial Monument Park honoring women veterans. Now, all it needs are the veterans themselves. The club will be putting on a touching ceremony, Nov. 8. It will be free and open to the public, and the […]
Continue ReadingHope VBS lends a helping paw
Hope Lutheran Church’s vacation Bible school adopted a project to raise money for the K-9 Comfort Dog program of Lutheran Church Charities. Throughout the week of VBS, the children brought their offerings and placed them in the special “comfort dog bank,” designed by Hope member Libby Voigtmann. By the end of VBS, participants had collected […]
Continue ReadingDurant High School scores new music director
Bruce Herrmann winds his way through the Durant High School band room full of exhausted students. He steps over instrument cases as he makes his way to the back office. It was July. School hadn’t even started, but the marching band was already practicing for first semester football games under its new music director. “Our […]
Continue ReadingBailey hosts superintendent’s 2014 conference
Hillsborough County Public Schools will undergo many changes this year, and some of the most significant improvements will enhance students’ safety and security. Superintendent MaryEllen Elia announced these plans and other updates at a conference Aug. 15, at Bailey Elementary School. The district has spent $1.6 million to increase school security, which was partially a […]
Continue ReadingFocus Magazine owner arrested for domestic battery
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested the owner of Focus Magazine on a domestic battery charge. According to Sheriff’s Office reports, Mike Floyd, 39, was arrested at 10 a.m. Aug. 20, at the Plant City office for Floyd Publications, 702 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Floyd was released from jail at 8:17 p.m. Aug. […]
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Crash on Park Road at I-4
An accident involving two vehicles occurred at approximately 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21. A tan sedan hit the front tire of a semi on the driver’s side of the truck. The sedan was traveling northbound on Park Road. The semi had just exited Interstate 4 westbound and had not fully cleared the off ramp when […]
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