The Plant City Lions Club was able to pay off the last of Gabriel Brannan-Buehl’s medical bills. online pharmacy order abilify without prescription with best prices today in the USA 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 […]
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Plant 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 […]
Continue ReadingBREAKING: Plant City church youth volunteer arrested for child porn
Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested a youth volunteer with Plant City’s Church on the Rock for possession of child pornography. According to Sheriff’s Office reports, Computer Crimes detectives arrested Aug. 20, 28-year-old Jay Howell Bloodworth, 28, of Lakeland, and charged him with two counts of possession of child pornography. Bloodworth is an active member of […]
Continue ReadingHillsborough County School Board District 6: April Griffin
Editor’s Note: As the Aug. 26 primary election draws closer, the Plant City Times & Observer will be publishing profiles and Q&As from each of the candidates who will represent Plant City and its constituents. In this final edition before the primary, we introduce the candidates for the hotly contested Hillsborough County School Board District 6: incumbent […]
Continue ReadingHillsborough County School Board District 6: Asher Edelson
Editor’s Note: As the Aug. 26 primary election draws closer, the Plant City Times & Observer will be publishing profiles and Q&As from each of the candidates who will represent Plant City and its constituents. In this final edition before the primary, we introduce the candidates for the hotly contested Hillsborough County School Board District 6: incumbent […]
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